I bought this at a garage sale for $50, My wife really loved the cabinet which is in great shape. After cleaning up the power amp & the reciever chassis, I replace the old shredded a/c cord with a new #14 3 wire cord to ground it properly. Before plugging the radio in I metered the a/c for signs of grounding which there were none. After supplying 120 vac to the power switch on the upper right side of the cabinet all the tubes lit up minus the dial light, which turned out to be a cold solder joint on the bulb housing. I also ran the 30ft plus ant wire's to my basement pipes just for shoots & giggles. I'm not getting any audio from the unit but when I turn the volume pot I'm getting some scratching sound from the speaker which is good I'm guessing. I've cleaned all the tube sockets and everything related, I've also notice some brown xformer oil that was on the power amp section of the chassis. It appears that some of the secondary taps were removed and a more modern smaller xformer was in stalled (obivously after market)I'm guessing since all of the tubes are powering up this section would be alright. If you could give me any insight on problematic issues with this radio or if it's even worth pursuing.

That is a great radio. It sure is worth getting it going again. You can download the schematic here. Don't connect your antenna to your pipes, as that is grounding it out. Just a long wire should do. If you are getting noise when turning the volume control, that's a good thing alright. The transformer being replaced I would hope someone knew what they were doing. As a start for now, if you can have the tubes tested. Then with the aid of the schematic, check for open coils such as the antenna coil ect. I take it you are new at this, So keep posting. I am sure with the help of all the other radio guys here, you will have it singing again.

:That is a great radio. It sure is worth getting it going again. You can download the schematic here. Don't connect your antenna to your pipes, as that is grounding it out. Just a long wire should do. If you are getting noise when turning the volume control, that's a good thing alright. The transformer being replaced I would hope someone knew what they were doing. As a start for now, if you can have the tubes tested. Then with the aid of the schematic, check for open coils such as the antenna coil ect. I take it you are new at this, So keep posting. I am sure with the help of all the other radio guys here, you will have it singing again.

::That is a great radio. It sure is worth getting it going again. You can download the schematic here. Don't connect your antenna to your pipes, as that is grounding it out. Just a long wire should do. If you are getting noise when turning the volume control, that's a good thing alright. The transformer being replaced I would hope someone knew what they were doing. As a start for now, if you can have the tubes tested. Then with the aid of the schematic, check for open coils such as the antenna coil ect. I take it you are new at this, So keep posting. I am sure with the help of all the other radio guys here, you will have it singing again.

Thanks for the info Warren, I really appreciate it. I know enough just to be dangerous if you know what I mean, but I think with the help from you guys I can get through the repairs. I did in fact download the schematics which will definitely help, take care...

Jon

That's funny, I just finished my Westinghouse WR5 (same as the Radiola 80) today after a full recap and replacement of three out of spec resistors. I also found a loose connection for the upper chassis tube heaters under the terminal strip. I am listening to it now as I am writing this note. The old Radiola sounds good, it’s tuning selectivity is good and that’s with just a Model 10 Godar loop antenna.