I'm not sure what drew me to this disaster, the challenge I suppose anyway it's a runner now. I purchased it quite cheap as there was a hole in the top facia, handle was missing and it didn't work. The Sky Queen series had started with the valve model of 1953 around the time of The Coronation, hence the name I guess, but many Ever Ready models carry the 'Sky' tag?
the repair
It arrived with an old belt as a handle, so I removed that and made one from some PVC pipe I had to hand and some end pieces in clear PVC. I used rubber grommets bots and a washer to fix to the rod.
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As the bolt was tightened it squeezed the rubber grommet and held firm. (the original was an all in one mould of clear plastic.) I stripped all from the cabinet and fitted back broken plastic piece I found inside, that left a small hole that I filled with Milliput filler and painted to match.
The only electrical fault I found was one of the AF117 transistors had an internal short to the screening can, so I just put my cutters though the earth wire to the transistor.
Arrow shows the doggy transistor, the only electrical fault I found on this mark 3 version of the Sky Queen. I have included service information for those people that may need it, if you need in PDF, let me know. If any images are not big enough just click on them and they should enlarge.
The carry handle I made wasn't strong enough just glued, so I added bolts each end of the rod, extra bolts were used to hold to cabinet that acted as the hinges.
When I cleaned the front speaker grille I used a hairdryer to remove water from it afterwards but sadly it warped the plastic and I had to throw it away? Instead I fitted the rear grille to the front, it was identical size (Pugh) and then I fitted silvered card to the rear, not original, but looks tidy.
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