76 Delco AM Radio No Audio

[monkeyspunk79]

Greetings all. I'm trying to hunt down a problem with my original 76 Delco AM radio in my C20. It will power on, and I can hear an audible "pop" when I turn the volume knob up, but there is no audio present. I took it out, board & capacitors looked good. I cleaned it up, lubed the tuner slides and tried another antenna and still have nothing. Any ideas on what else it could be? Thanks

[zieg85]

Honestly you can pick up them for $5 at a swap meet.

[monkeyspunk79]

I've been looking and I only see the AM/FM ones for a ton of money. I think most people chucked their AM radios long ago to put in tape decks in the 80's.

If anyone has a good souce for a working AM just drop me a line. Thanks!

[zieg85]

Sunday I just sold my AM-FM mono radio for $25.  I have seen them cheaper...  Check with your local pick and pull, I have to believe their are still some out there.

[monkeyspunk79]

Will do. I'll keep my eyes peeled. Its funny. I had a box of old Delcos I pulled over the years and sold them at a swap meet 4 years ago. Then I get this thing and don't have them.

[zieg85]

I put my AM back in my 1985.  I will wait till it gets cooler before I tear into it and install the factory 4 speakers, wiring and the new AM-FM Stereo with the MP3 jack for my ipod.

[Layne]

I've got an AM radio out of my citation, will that work?

[78 Chevyrado]

I dont know the site...  but there a place you can send your old knob radio off to and they'll totally upgrade everything in it to new specs...  it can even have a usb or cd changer control in it.   It upgrades everything except the looks, so itll still look period correct but be like a current new radio on the inside.

[zieg85]

I dont know the site...  but there a place you can send your old knob radio off to and they'll totally upgrade everything in it to new specs...  it can even have a usb or cd changer control in it.   It upgrades everything except the looks, so itll still look period correct but be like a current new radio on the inside.

Here is one, hope it is ok to pass it along  http://www.radiosforoldcars.com/

[monkeyspunk79]

Thanks for the help everyone. I think the AM out of the Citation is the vertical one right? Stands up and its an odd size if I recall.

I found two good used ones online and I will keep mine for parts in case the glass lens, etc is broken on the others. I appreciate the help. The newer USB / iPod upgrades are slick, but I think for now I'm just going to stick with my geeky single speaker in the dash and go OEM. Maybe down the road I'll add a full stereo, but I'm trying to stay as original as possible.

[Layne]

Yeah, your right. it was a long shot. I don't know why I saved it...