You poor abused little fella 😦At least they didn’t paint the bottomMessy bench time lets see what we haveSome broken wires hanging down in there……..The grille cloth was extremely white under the badge, yellowing on the grille clothUsing acetone and goof off to remove the old paint.A toothbrush dipped in goof off helped get deep into the tolex grainEndless red paint and rags…..Took the grille cloth off and used cleaner and hot water in the sink to try and clean the cloth.Soaking the cloth in cleanerIt got a little better but still needs more cleaningBrushing in bleach and rinsing it off quick made an instant effectWhat a difference all white again!Cleaning the speaker baffle before the cloth goes back onCloth stapled and glued back on.Baffle ready to goCabinet interior cleaned, shellaced and ready to glue down loose tolexShellacing the upper back panelGluing down tolex in the lower back panelFixing lifted tolex little by littleMore glueing Clampin down!A little hydrogen peroxide and the sun’s u.v. rays work wonders on yellowed white vinyl and plasticHalf a day in the backyard sun made it white again.Speaker is in good shape but showing it’s age on the surround.5G19 date code on the cone?Decided to reinforce the old speaker surround with some speaker dope.Glad I bought this stuff, it worked great and the cone moves easily as it should.Before I cleaned the speaker basketAfter looking shiny againMixing up leather repair to fix exposed corners and tiny rips in the tolexAll clean and tidy tolexThe cabinet came out looking greatThis is what it looked like when I took the back panel off. Well damn the chassis fell apart.You can see the chassis separation better here.Is that capacitor goop coming out of that black filter capacitor I see?If I was a betting man I would say that black capacitor needs to be swapped out. lolBroken capacitor leadTypical of vintage amps, the PVC wiring can turn green with a slime over timeW5-8 date codes on the original TEN branded tubes7k to 8 ohm labeled output transformerCleaning the control panel with simple greenThe pots all have a July 1965 date code.Panel ready to be cleanedTop of the panel all polished upWorking on replacing the filter caps and rectifier diodes.Removed the heater wiring, twisted wiring coming up.3-prong cord ground installed with a grounding bolt.New heater wiring and an extra 20uf filter stage for the pre-amp installed.Blue 100 ohm resistors installed on the heater wires to reduce humNew filter caps doneNew twisted speaker wires installedIncreased the size of the 50ohm resistor to 100ohms and added zener diodes to drop the voltage to the output tube plate.Zener diode twisted leads left long to help dissipate heat and loosely wrapped in shrink tubeWiring up a switched output jack to allow hookup to an external cabinet.Output jack bracket installed with a slight discreet modification to the cabinet1961 6AR5 installed in the amp/ the original tube will be a spare12th week of 1961 I believe
