[Johnson] common problems / upgrades for a valiant.

[w1cjf at verizon.net]

How is it going? I am chris and i am 28 years old from rhode island. I just picked up a absolute drop dead sexxy valiant from a local on craigslist. I am the 3rd owner as the previous one was given this valiant from his uncle who bought it new, as a kit it looked liked to me. As every tube along with other markings on the case for what does what. All notes were done in pencil. As i am going through it now cleaning it up and stuff, i am wondering what common problems do I need to be made aware of so i can take care of them now? I have heard of something with the band switch but i am not certain what the problem is and the fix for it. This has the STOCK tubes in it and has never been re-tubed. This is the first thing i am going to take care of, along with the power cord which the shielding has fallin right off of the cable itself. The caps are not leaking which is a good thing i guess, but i think i will need to change them down the road. I know I am young but i just love these damn things, I have had offers to trade it for a newer style radio ie a 746 PRO but it will never happen. My uncle is helping me with this project since he knows alot more than I do. The paint on the front of the radio is dead sexxy, i cleaned it up tonight and it looks like it just rolled off of the factory minus 2-3 very small nick's but other than that all the screen print is 100 % intact. It also came with the original owners manual which has a lot of info in it. Here is a link to my album of pics of it so far from the previous owner, I will get pics of the state it is in now next time I goto my uncles and start working on it again. I know that this mailing list will be very useful me and there are a lot of great members that are apart of it.

http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f154/plasmablue636/Johnson%20Valiant/


73's

chris