09-10-2015, 10:14 PM
Yes, but you can't win them all. I doubt the owner could find anyone else better-qualified or better-placed to fix the set, so he/she might have to live with it being FM-only. Perhaps not an easy message, but sometimes necessary.
And suppose you did source a replacement coil - or even re-wound it? Would he/she be willing to pay you properly for doing the job? Would the customer even comprehend just how difficult the job has been? If so, that's a rare sort of customer - worth hanging on to
Obviously, it would be different if it was a very common set, where spares like that can be readily found. Any idea if the coil was used in any other sets? I'm not clued up on car radios so I've no idea, but suspect that it won't be easy to find a replacement based on my experiences with Grundig's transistor portables that I'm more familiar with.
Like I say, well done for getting this far - at least you've found the fault
And suppose you did source a replacement coil - or even re-wound it? Would he/she be willing to pay you properly for doing the job? Would the customer even comprehend just how difficult the job has been? If so, that's a rare sort of customer - worth hanging on to
Obviously, it would be different if it was a very common set, where spares like that can be readily found. Any idea if the coil was used in any other sets? I'm not clued up on car radios so I've no idea, but suspect that it won't be easy to find a replacement based on my experiences with Grundig's transistor portables that I'm more familiar with.
Like I say, well done for getting this far - at least you've found the fault
