Dynasty Discolite

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supramav

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Background:

So last week I am over at my sisters house, and my brother in law, who knows I love old school retro stuff, brings out a dusty old boombox. He found it while cleaning out his storage and was going to toss it or use it as a decoration piece. Immediately I'm thinking wow this thing is awesome, but it wasn't until after a quick google search that I realized I has something very special in my hands. At this point I realized that he probably didn't know the value of it, and told him that I can't accept it. He insisted I keep it anyway!

So here I am, clueless about boomboxes, holding onto what is apparently one of the more sought after boomboxes out there! Regardless, it's something that I will cherish forever, and I can't wait to learn more and get this thing back to it's former glory! So far I have taken the back off, and started cleaning it up a little bit.

The issues that will need to be addressed:
-missing "Audio Visual" and "Disco Lite" emblems
-missing button on "Normal/Metal" switch
-tape door hinge broken
-tuning string came completely loose while pulling apart the case, I have no clue how it goes back together
-volume slider is noisy/crackling. It goes from dead quiet to very loud with little movement

Other than that it seems to work great!

Here it is first time firing it up at home.
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Tuning Knob Before
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A little bit of metal polish and here it is after
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Figured I would polish up the tape deck switches too
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All done!
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Tape doors had these little smudges that wouldn't simply wipe off with soapy water.
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Rubbed down with Meguiars M205 polish and a microfiber towel
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Next I started working on fixing the tape door hinges. Luckily I found one of the broken pieces inside the case. I will come up with a solution for the other hinge later on. First I shaved down a chip of wood to fit.
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Then I JB welded the tab back on with the wood chip as a reinforcement, got the idea from browsing these forums!
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Replaced foam pieces that basically fell apart as soon as I touched it.
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The face of the box was really bugging me with the ton of swirls and scratches it had.
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Got it all taped up ready for polishing
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50/50 shot after EXTREMELY CAREFULLY polishing with rotary buffer and Meguiars M105 followed by M205, both with orange pad.
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Someone please help me with this! Have no idea how to route the tuner string back
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That's it for now. I ordered Deoxit D5, F5, and the 100% faderlube. It comes in tomorrow so I'll tackle the switches next!
 

supramav

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I have been driving myself crazy searching, but unfortunately haven't come up with anything yet.
 

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I couldn't tell you how to route the string without opening mine up but I have no place to do that right now.


The polish job looks really good. Nice work.
 
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