{"id":2792,"date":"2025-05-09T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T05:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2025-04-27T13:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:59:41","slug":"rescuing-a-vintage-universum-w2740-flip-clock-radio-full-repair-restoration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/2025\/05\/09\/rescuing-a-vintage-universum-w2740-flip-clock-radio-full-repair-restoration\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescuing a Vintage Universum W2740 Flip Clock Radio | Full Repair &#038; Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, I bring a beautiful vintage Universum W2740 flip clock radio back to life!<br \/>\nBought faulty for cheap, it just needed some careful attention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">Unseizing the clock motor<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Re-soldering loose speaker wires<\/li>\n<li>Replacing the neon bulb<\/li>\n<li>Deep cleaning and restoring the casing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all \u2014 stay until the end to discover a hidden little artwork inside the clock! \ud83d\udd8c\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full process as this classic piece escapes the ravages of time and ticks once more.<br \/>\nIf you enjoy vintage tech rescues and restorations, don\u2019t forget to like and subscribe!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xlDEqN63pu0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><br \/>\n#FlipClock #VintageRadio #Restoration #DIYRepair #Universum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this video, I bring a beautiful vintage Universum W2740 flip clock radio back to life! Bought faulty for cheap,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2791,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2","category-3"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racov.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/feat-sml.jpg?fit=700%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75FkB-J2","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2792"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2792\/revisions\/2794"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racov.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}