One of the most difficult parts of radio repair is re-stringing dial
cord used to tune the radio. We have actually run into older un-documented
radios (1932 or older) where we could not successfully restring the radio.
Without dial stringing documentation, some radios are simply impossible to
restring.
DIAL CORD RESTRINGING
Any radio or repair that requires
restringing the tuning dial cord, costs $45.00 to restring and in some
cases $95.00. If you have never tried to do this then you cannot
appreciate how frustrating and time consuming it is. If you think the
price is too high - be my guest and do it yourself. Restringing can
involve multiple hours and delays due to research [ Many radio
documentation sets do not have adequate dial string diagrams.] A radio
that has a particularly difficult dial cord setup can in the worst case
consume 20-30 hours of actual clock time. We do not bill for this time.
Radio Repair Guy