TSB on center console button

DDHRocks said:
That's it, time to trade it in!

I kind of like the idea that it might have a touchy console button, it would be like my old '76 Le Mans where you had to bang the dash to get the glove box to open...
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Or back when Murray was a youngster and had to bang on the TV to get CBC to stop being fuzzy.......

;)
 
Jack Raccoon! said:
The only joy in my life right now is by trying to sneak a cheeky word into the Forum every now and then. Let me have a win once in a while...
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Big brother sees all.......try a different language like Mandarin perhaps......



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1st Vette said:
Or back when Murray was a youngster and had to bang on the TV to get CBC to stop being fuzzy.......

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Memories of my dad and me going to the hardware store with a bag of vacuum tubes to test them so we could watch Star Trek later! Oh the good old days! <sigh>
 
Murray20c8 said:
Memories of my dad and me going to the hardware store with a bag of vacuum tubes to test them so we could watch Star Trek later! Oh the good old days! <sigh>
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Ah yes . My dad tinkered with electronics back then as well. He built a CRT TV using a Heathkit just for something to do. I remember an oscilloscope on his workbench in the basement. Can’t remember if he built that but I believe he did. the CRT and tubes etc were exposed. Dangerous as heck when I think about it, lol.
 
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1st Vette said:
Ah yes . My dad tinkered with electronics back then as well. He built a CRT TV using a Heathkit just for something to do. I remember an oscilloscope on his workbench in the basement. Can’t remember if he built that but I believe he did. the CRT and tubes etc were exposed. Dangerous as heck when I think about it, lol.
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My dad was an engineer, but all tv's had little to no transistors and were virtually all vacuum tubes. When a tube went bad you could call a repairman who came with his own bag of tubes or go to the hardware store where they all had vacuum tube testers. You'd find the bad one, open the door under the tester and grab a new one. It was almost always the high voltage tube that went bad. So long ago! wow!
My father-in-law worked for CN telecommunications. They'd have men with bags of tubes standing behind the communications equipment just to replace tubes when they went bad.
 
Murray20c8 said:
My dad was an engineer, but all tv's had little to no transistors and were virtually all vacuum tubes. When a tube went bad you could call a repairman who came with his own bag of tubes or go to the hardware store where they all had vacuum tube testers. You'd find the bad one, open the door under the tester and grab a new one. It was almost always the high voltage tube that went bad. So long ago! wow!
My father-in-law worked for CN telecommunications. They'd have men with bags of tubes standing behind the communications equipment just to replace tubes when they went bad.
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In NS lots of drug stores and grocery stores had tube testers as well. I have bought and sold a couple of the suitcase style models that the repair men carried.
 
Murray20c8 said:
My dad was an engineer, but all tv's had little to no transistors and were virtually all vacuum tubes. When a tube went bad you could call a repairman who came with his own bag of tubes or go to the hardware store where they all had vacuum tube testers. You'd find the bad one, open the door under the tester and grab a new one. It was almost always the high voltage tube that went bad. So long ago! wow!
My father-in-law worked for CN telecommunications. They'd have men with bags of tubes standing behind the communications equipment just to replace tubes when they went bad.
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Ya , my dad also had boxes of vacuum tubes laying around. Wouldn’t be surprised if there were still some in the dusty corners of his basement. He never threw anything away having grown up in the thirties. Fond memories.
 
Rruuff Day said:
In NS lots of drug stores and grocery stores had tube testers as well. I have bought and sold a couple of the suitcase style models that the repair men carried.
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Ya, now that you mention it a lot of stores had them. Big business back then. No one could go long without their tv and many couldn't afford the service guy. LOL. Likely why everything has the "No serviceable parts inside" sticker now.
 

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