Mini Meet / Resto / Repair

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Today Member's Fresh Produce (Peter) & Mac Daddy Freshness (Adrian) stopped by for some blasting, restoration and repair work.

They brought by a bunch of boxes and we worked on a few.

Peter got a cassette deck crash bar for his JVC RC-838 so we opened it up, pulled the chassis and speakers and did a quick rinse out and cleaning of the case which was filthy with dead bugs and dirt. We installed the crash bar, sprayed and cleaned the controls and reassembled.

Another 838 looking and playing good!

Adrian brought his Helix HX-4700. After a little testing we found the pizo tweeters were fried (Big Shocker). So, like my Helix HX-4700, we swapped in some new tweeters, pulled all the grills, cleaned out the box, pulled and cleaned the EQ and knobs with deoxit, replaced some of the screws, put some crimp connectors on the wires to the clock so the rear case can be fully removed without unsoldering anything, cleaned the decks, moved the blue tooth antenna from deck 1 to the cassette storage compartment in the back and installed the new custom made "Better than nothing" Knob!

The new tweeters made a world of difference and the box sounded great!

Here are some pictures...



The EVH Victor M70 with the Sony CFShithouse 500

 

[JustCruisin]

Great pics! Lovin that last colorful pic..

 

[Ken]

Looks like a lot of fun!

 

[blu_fuz]

Bros

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Great pics! Lovin that last colorful pic..

This was the first time I got to see this Sony up close and I have to say, there is more detail in that radio than a camera can capture. It is absolutely brilliant. Considering Peter was born in the late 80's he captured the 80's in all it's pastel glory.

We got some good work done but there is much more work to do!

 

[im_alan_partridge]

You have a real repair shop thing going on, damn I wish I lived closer

 

[fresh produce]

I had such a great time! That was my first time taking a boombox completely apart and cleaning it inside and out. I didn't take any before pics but it looks so great now especially with new crash bar!










Here's some pics of the Jvc EVHm70 and the Sony CFShithouse 500 together

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Nice pictures Peter!

The M70 and CFS 500 look great together along with your zebra stripped mono.

We'll do some more full strip down's. anytime you want to go through a box we'll do it. Believe me, the 838 is tougher than most. But your's came out really nice.

Make a list of what you want to work on and we'll tear into them.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

You have a real repair shop thing going on, damn I wish I lived closer

Thanks, there are a few tools I could use, But I can get a lot done with what I got.

If you're ever in Los Angeles...the door is open!

 

[mac daddy freshness]

Chris!! It was awesome hanging out with you again and thanks a million for helping me with my helix and making it louder than it was before and also for the knob it looks wayyyy better now hahah

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Chris!! It was awesome hanging out with you again and thanks a million for helping me with my helix and making it louder than it was before and also for the knob it looks wayyyy better now hahah

No Problem Bro, I think it sounds much better too. Pick out another and well get it worked out!

 

[SLO]

Dam all the boxes are lookin NICE!I'm going to have to take a cruise out your guy's way one day and dig into my 931. I'd like to do the "patent pending" Lasonic TRC 920, bluetooth mod to my Lasonic. I also would like to dig into my Magnavox and see why my volume won't crank up like it should. When I received the Magnavox it wreaked of nicotine. Smelled more like a box of cigs instead of a boom box. That JVC looks wicked and super clean with that crash bar. And im really lovin the Van Halen box and the bright colors on the CFShithouse. Props to all you guys on the repair work and the dope collection!

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Dam all the boxes are lookin NICE!I'm going to have to take a cruise out your guy's way one day and dig into my 931. I'd like to do the "patent pending" Lasonic TRC 920, bluetooth mod to my Lasonic. I also would like to dig into my Magnavox and see why my volume won't crank up like it should. When I received the Magnavox it wreaked of nicotine. Smelled more like a box of cigs instead of a boom box. That JVC looks wicked and super clean with that crash bar. And im really lovin the Van Halen box and the bright colors on the CFShithouse. Props to all you guys on the repair work and the dope collection!

Thanks SLO,

Yes, the bluetooth mod is now a painless "Out Patient" procedure!

Regarding the Magnavox, Have you tried contact spray on the volume knob / slider?

 

[SLO]

Thanks SLO,

Yes, the bluetooth mod is now a painless "Out Patient" procedure!

Regarding the Magnavox, Have you tried contact spray on the volume knob / slider?

HAHAAA, The doctor, I like that, and regarding the Magnavox, I did spray the contact cleaner in from the front, but it's still not playing to its full capacity. I took the back off one time and cleaned out all the dust and tried to deoxit all the kjobs from the inside but they are kinda tucked in there pretty good. I may try opening it up again for some "surgery" . It's on my to do list for sure

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Yeah, you have to get the spray right into the potentiometer and work the knob back and forth. It really can't be done from the front. But I'll bet if you can get to them, that's the problem

 

[mancardo]

i really like the victor M70

 

[SLO]

Yeah, you have to get the spray right into the potentiometer and work the knob back and forth. It really can't be done from the front. But I'll bet if you can get to them, that's the problem

Thanks for the helpful tip! I'm going to give it a go one more time and see if I can get to the pot (not the drug LOl) a little better once I take the back off and inspect it closer

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

i really like the victor M70

Thanks man

Thanks for the helpful tip! I'm going to give it a go one more time and see if I can get to the pot (not the drug LOl) a little better once I take the back off and inspect it closer

Right on, hopefully that will work

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Gtrat looking mod painted boomers there Chris!!📼📻🎼🎵

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Thank you, the M70 is mine while the Sony belongs to FreshProduce.

Makes me want to paint up another!