Hi all. I just bought a beautiful unrestored non-working RCA 911K floor radio and two boxes of various tubes still in their original boxes. I've removed the electronics from the cabinet and downloaded part of a data/parts list and adjustment manual for this model. I immediately noticed the tuning motor, for moving from preset to preset via buttons on the front of the machine, is missing along with two gears that move the tuning wheel. I have a parts list that lists the motor and gears although that may not be that much help these days since it'd be unlikely that this part could be found in it's original box.
Do any of you recall this mechanism and where one might purchase a replacement motor and gears? The rest of the tuning wheel/wiring is there. I think it'd be a great accomplishment to get this radio running again, and with the Magic Eye... it'd be a hoot!

I may have your tuning motor. I have an RCA chassis with electronic tuning. I am not sure of the model. I am using the chassis for parts (unfortunately). It has bands A, B, and C, with 4 knobs, an eye on the left, and a band indicator on the right. You may have the tuning motor and gears if you wish. E-mail me (click on my name upper left) and send your address.

The tuning motor does work well, by the way, though the capacitor tends to start to sizzle after much continuous use.

T.

:I may have your tuning motor. I have an RCA chassis with electronic tuning. I am not sure of the model. I am using the chassis for parts (unfortunately). It has bands A, B, and C, with 4 knobs, an eye on the left, and a band indicator on the right. You may have the tuning motor and gears if you wish. E-mail me (click on my name upper left) and send your address.
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:The tuning motor does work well, by the way, though the capacitor tends to start to sizzle after much continuous use.
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Hello again, Thomas. Hoping you're still open to figuring out if the tuning motor and bits from your possibly RCA 911K chassis are the right one. I know that the mechanism from the 811K is cosiderably different. It appears to use switch contacts instead of the brass wheel with the insulating strip to set up the station presets. I sent an email so this posting may be redundant. If you're able to email me a photograph of the tuning motor and gears I'd be able to tell if it's the correct one.
Thanks Thomas
Al Wiebe