ESTIMATE WAY 1 - PREPAID ELECTROLYTIC REPLACEMENT* All old radios that are more than 15 years old have elements in them that are called electrolytic capacitors. These capacitors are universally used in AC power supplies and gradually fail over time. Your radio, if it has not been serviced in many years, will most assuredly need new electrolytic capacitors. Therefore, knowing you will need this vital replacement to be done, the most exact method of getting a binding estimate from us, is to send us your radio and prepay this replacement. Once we have received the radio, replaced these components (which would be the first thing that we do to any radio), then we can give you an estimate of any further repairs that need to be done (if any). The following links are to a payment and information page, where you tell us some basic information as to the radio you are sending us and pay the fixed fee for electrolytic replacement (Either $65.00, $85.00, $105.00, or $130.00 based on the radio). The payments may be made with any normal credit card through PayPal. Once you have completed the submission of a little information, and made payment through PayPal you will be instructed as to where to send your radio. Hopefully, you have looked at our pages on PACKING (if not please do).

*This $65.00 filter capacitor replacement rate applies to small 5 tube or less table radios. The $85.00 filter capacitor replacement rate applies to radios with more than 5 tubes or greater than 10lbs. $105.00 is for radios over 30lbs. $130.00 for radios over 45lbs.

IDENTIFY YOUR RADIO IN THE TABLE BELOW

Click the link on the left side of the table that most closely matches your radio for number of tubes, weight, type, etc. (See - How to identify tubes, age, power transformer, etc.)

click link	5 tubes or less	ac/dc portable	>5 tubes	>10 lbs	car radio	power transformer	>30 lbs >45 lbs	1936 or older	Ham Receiver
pay65	Y
pay85		Y							Y
pay85			Y
pay85				Y
pay85					Y
pay85						Y
pay105							Y
pay105								Y
pay105			Y			Y
pay105				Y		Y
pay105			Y	Y
pay130							Y

After we receive your radio, we will replace the electrolytic capacitors and will check the radio for any additional work that needs to be done (if any). We will then send you an estimate for any additional work. This estimate will also include (separately) the cost for shipping your radio back to you. If you do not wish to do any further work, we will return the radio once you have paid for the return shipping.

If you elect to do any stipulated additional repair restoration, then that will be performed subsequent to our receipt of the estimated (firm) repair charges . After all work is completed, your radio will be shipped to you using the safest and most economical means of transport.

SUMMARY - This is a low risk option because you get some basic work done that will most assuredly have to be done anyway, and we have the radio in-hand in order to give you a precise detailed accounting as to what needs to be done and why. Many times, simply replacing the electrolytic capacitors puts the radio back into service, though not secured from further failure down the line from other marginal components.

ESTIMATE WAY 2 - PHYSICAL EXAMINATION This is the safest way to get a binding estimate on repair of your radio. You simply send us the radio, where we can physically and electrically inspect it - thus providing you with a list of the recommended repairs at a fixed cost. The following link gathers some basic information from you about what we can expect when we receive your radio and we will send you the address that you can ship to. There is a charge of $40.00 for the labor of receiving, unpacking, chassis removal, and testing. This money will be credited towards any repairs that you select after we examine the radio. The estimate you receive from us will be precise for each recommended repair. If you do not wish to proceed with any of the recommended repairs, we will simply return the radio to you after we receive payment for the return shipping. GO TO ESTIMATE WITH PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

 

 

ESTIMATE WAY 3 - BALLPARK ESTIMATE FOR DOCUMENTED RADIO

This option allows you to receive a BALLPARK estimate on your radio repair without physically sending the unit to us. To take advantage of this you must have read and thoroughly understood the process of documenting a radio which is found on the DOCUMENTATION page.

Since this estimate is a BALLPARK, the more information you provide us, the more precise and possibly lower, the estimate will be.

For example, if you only provide us with,

Table Radio/Plugged in - no sound

we can give a BALLPARK estimate but it would be very high. (We have no idea about age, condition, number of tubes, date, model, manufacturer, etc.)

Once you have gathered all the information found on the DOCUMENTATION page, click the following link to send us the data. If we have any further questions about your radio, we will email you back before providing a BALLPARK estimate. It usually takes about 4 - 8 days  for us to turn around a desktop BALLPARK estimate based on submitted information.

GO TO BALLPARK ESTIMATE WITH TOTAL RADIO DOCUMENTATION

 

 

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