11-06-2026, 07:13 PM
Now its working and still in bits as so far as the plastic case is still apart and the handle and knobs are off I might as well clean it up and make it look a well as it can without spending too much time on it.
Its filthy, it was looking as if it was kicking around a dirty commercial kitchen for years, covered in grease and fat.
I scraped off as much as possible before sticking it in a sink full of hot soapy water, not the electronic bits of course. I discovered the the knobs are fluted and grooved and that the case has lots of fine groove areas too.
It came up quite well considering. Most of the original silver finish is still intact, some staining on the base from leaking batteries in the past and the battery connector pad and springs were well corroded but vinegar sorted that out.
Reassembled it looks presentable.
I can't full test the tape player as now I don't have a cassette tape but it winds both ways and all the mechanism works.
Flushed with success I have decided to sort out another odd ball radio that I always said I would never touch, a Chinees TR82 copy, AM and FM, mains and battery. It came with the previous Ferguson and is in the same disgusting filthy condition but works OK. So that's for a future post.
Sam.
Its filthy, it was looking as if it was kicking around a dirty commercial kitchen for years, covered in grease and fat.
I scraped off as much as possible before sticking it in a sink full of hot soapy water, not the electronic bits of course. I discovered the the knobs are fluted and grooved and that the case has lots of fine groove areas too.
It came up quite well considering. Most of the original silver finish is still intact, some staining on the base from leaking batteries in the past and the battery connector pad and springs were well corroded but vinegar sorted that out.
Reassembled it looks presentable.
I can't full test the tape player as now I don't have a cassette tape but it winds both ways and all the mechanism works.
Flushed with success I have decided to sort out another odd ball radio that I always said I would never touch, a Chinees TR82 copy, AM and FM, mains and battery. It came with the previous Ferguson and is in the same disgusting filthy condition but works OK. So that's for a future post.
Sam.
Boater Sam.
