I have waited and waited for my father to pass down some of his beloved hifi but he has made me wait so long its not in the greatest shape. Heres the GF555 he gave me finally last night. Im hoping to restore it and get it fully working again as its been in the family 36 years. The issues i have found so far are as follows. All help gratefully received.
1) The volume slider crackles (I've got some switch cleaner to try tomorrow)
2) The Tape deck only plays on one channel (hoping the switch cleaner fixes this)
3) The record deck chews tapes (probably the rubber capstan thingie I've read about here)
4) The silver cosmetic AMTS trim is missing (hoping for a donation or lucky find)
Today i decided to spend 3 hours cleaning the GF555 to see what it was like underneath 30+ years of crudd. Im actually surprised. It doesn't look too bad.
1) The volume slider crackles (I've got some switch cleaner to try tomorrow)
2) The Tape deck only plays on one channel (hoping the switch cleaner fixes this)
3) The record deck chews tapes (probably the rubber capstan thingie I've read about here)
4) The silver cosmetic AMTS trim is missing (hoping for a donation or lucky find)
Today i decided to spend 3 hours cleaning the GF555 to see what it was like underneath 30+ years of crudd. Im actually surprised. It doesn't look too bad.