I’m a sucker for vintage radios but they often come with “issues.” I received a “new” FleaBay 898B today that the listing said will not power on, I figured it wouldn’t be a big job. Got that part fixed which was the fuse on the PS board probably popped because electrical tape on connections to replaced bulbs had fallen off so probably shorted to chassis. Not sure why factories used solder-in fuses (maybe saved a nickle) so I swapped in a fuse holder. All of the bulbs were dead so I…

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