Pioneer SK909L needs a bath!

Picked this up from a Boomboxery Facebook group person on a 400 mile round trip.



Before he got it up it lived in a car repair workshop so whilst the outside had had a wipe down the inside was pretty grim! Needed to at least get rid of the spider in the tuner dial!



Lots of greasy fluff :-(



Can't cope with such muck so it needed cleaning



Speakers are pretty grim too



Casing gets the usual bath...well a bucket at least.



Starting to come together...



Still need to paint the speakers then I need to decide whether I want to take most of the workings out to rebelt the deck...looks like a lot has to come out to do it!

I say fix the deck while its apart that way once you get her back together you can relax and say **** time to rock.

you're nearly there Si....as far as i remember the 2 back boards need to come out, then you're nearly at the deck, the deck is easy to re belt, just getting to it lol

am i the only one with a fully working one of these haha...i also have the box somewhere

If it's just the two boards at the back then that's not impossible I reckon. It's a beautiful quality machine so maybe I'll give it a go

you have the main back board si, then another big board underneath that, i used to do the whole thing in 45 minutes lad...i wouldn't dream of it now though...the trick is putting the boards back together without shorting them out buddy

Excellent, doesn't sound too bad, thanks Reno

Beautiful job mate!! I wanted one of these for so long...maybe 1 day...

Cheers,
Cpl

Those are so rad!
I love the EQ slider cluster.
Well worth a day in the car.

Cpl-Chronic said:

Beautiful job mate!! I wanted one of these for so long...maybe 1 day...

Cheers,
Cpl

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Yeh me too, they don't come round very often sadly

Radio-Active said:

Those are so rad!
I love the EQ slider cluster.
Well worth a day in the car.

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Yeh the eq is fab...you can adjust the sound a lot. It was a long journey in busy British roads but worth it

Traded a Philips Elephant for one a couple of years ago. Sound is amazing for the size! Missing a slider from the eq... hope to find one some day!
Great work Si!!

These things are absolute POWERHOUSES and weigh a ton! This one is getting the proper treatment!

Great score Si, the 909 is a deluxe unit, and so iconic! I promise she'll be a jewel when she leaves your beauty parlor

Wow! They really do nor make them this way anymore! Great job!

Yup beautiful unit and Si is elbow deep repairing the deck at the moment, i hope it all comes good for you bro

Takes some digging to get into this thing!

Got the deck going, albeit only temporarily! Will dive back tomorrow

omg.....you're not meant to do it like that si bro....fark, i wish you all the best...omg i can't believe it

edit, you got her going, WOW deep respect lad

Rimmer36 said:

omg.....you're not meant to do it like that si bro....fark, i wish you all the best...omg i can't believe it

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Lol...ever the comedian Reno 😂

The service manual disagrees lol

Hurb said:

Traded a Philips Elephant for one a couple of years ago. Sound is amazing for the size! Missing a slider from the eq... hope to find one some day!
Great work Si!!

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Wow that's a good trade!

Very nice job!

Rimmer36 said:

omg.....you're not meant to do it like that si bro....fark, i wish you all the best...omg i can't believe it

edit, you got her going, WOW deep respect lad

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Love ya si, you're a far braver man than me and you fixed her....Deep respect dude

Rimmer36 said:

omg.....you're not meant to do it like that si bro....fark, i wish you all the best...omg i can't believe it

edit, you got her going, WOW deep respect lad

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Love ya si, you're a far braver man than me and you fixed her....Deep respect dude

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Thanks Reno. Not quite sorted but almost there. Sadly I have to go to work today otherwise I'd be on it...damn job lol