'67 AM Radio very quiet and static-y

[Markuli]

Originally Posted by Dead Parrot

If that is a mostly untouched original radio, my suspicion is some/most of the capacitors are shot or real far off original specs. One link on the subject: https://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

Also, if something was inside the unit chewing things, it probably took a piss or dump inside. Neither does a circuit board and parts much good. It also may have chewed something else. If you have one, examine what you can with a magnifying glass or similar.

The latter is definitely true, that radio was covered in mouse "evidence". Crap falling out of all the nooks and crannies... I took a read through that web page and it confirms what I also read in the troubleshooting section of the Corvair radio service manual (these radios share a lot of the same components and layouts). If I ever get around to testing the old radio it'll probably check out as the capacitors. Link for those interested: https://www.corvair.org/chapters/cor...anuals.php#RRM

I ended up buying a radio off the forum and it works like a charm. I've read that these radios are hard to kill, but the mice managed to send mine to its grave.

Now I have to decide if I want to spend the dough on an oem- pattern upgraded speaker or try and get these (surprisingly decent) Autozone speakers to fit without any cutting.