04-01-2018, 10:43 PM
I worked as an ICE repair engineer for just under 23.5 years from Dec.1971 to April 1995, when the firm I worked for closed down. Since then I've worked as a self-employed service engineer, and for more than half the time continued to repair car radios and stereos of various makes & models from Valved Radios to the then current and recent offerings from Radiomobile, Blaupunkt, Clarion, and others, but apart from the occasional vintage radio, I have serviced few car radios for years, and, like you, Trevor, I don't touch, and wouldn't touch any modern ICE gear. One of my current projects is the repair of a 1970s Motorola 114 MW/LW car radio, a type with which I was very familiar, which had simple faults, a s/c Frako electrolytic caoacitor, and a faulty I.F. amp. transistor, plus a noisy Volume control. To complete the job I am adding an 'aux-in' lead at the pwner's request.
