Name the beauties that try your patience!

[blah blah]

It sits there looking awesome, it's a clean gorgeous machine.... that just ain't right!

What boxes do you have that you KNOW can be repaired, that are not junkers, but that just won't seem to revive regardless? Not one's where your too lazy to fix the problem, but the ones you REALLY have tried to fix. Even our experts must have one or two!

Me:

kaboom rv db-100- see my endless thread
aiwa cs 660- it works fantastic with the back off, but when on, there is a short i cannot find for the life of me.

 

[Eddy]

For me , it was the GF 9595 . It looked mint but was completely dead. It took many parts spenders to bring it to life again
I was so glad it was 100 % functionnal again. It still means a lot to me

 

[redbenjoe]

BB -
i have some boxes that may NEVER be 100% functional --
because of broken or missing deck parts that CANT be located or even
fabricated

if i like the sound of the box enough --
and if it has line in/out jacks -
then its worthwhile to rig an outboard portable deck to it

also --all our member techs here say that fm stereo tuners are
a bear to fix :annoyed:
so , again - a good walkman thru the line-in
becomes the tuner section

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Same here Eddfy-My Gf-9595H. Trying & testing the transformer blew a circuit. Was working for a while-trasnsformer got hot.
I'm hoping Prime can fix it for me still.Hope he's coming to the meet!
Still have to fix that capstan on my 9191.
Otherwise the others aren't bad.
I don't have many at all that need deck work-about 7 I think.,but not bad out of 80.
Have a great weekend-GB.

 

[Eddy]

Same here Eddfy-My Gf-9595H. Trying & testing the transformer blew a circuit. Was working for a while-trasnsformer got hot.

Most likely a bad smoothening capacitor. Quite normal for a 30 years old capacitor.
If the transformer is still good, it's best to replace the rectifying diodes and the capacitor.

 

[JVC838]

My AIWA CS 880:
both speakers and passive radiator were refoamed, the voltage regulater needed resoldering, the tapedrive mechanism was defektive, the on / off switch was replaced.
But there are still some tasks for me: the line in for MP3 doesn´t work correct ( it´s only mono ), the counter for MS is always lighting during tape operation...

But the efford is positive : it sonds very good and it is a good receiver

 

[Ghettoboom767]

Same here Eddfy-My Gf-9595H. Trying & testing the transformer blew a circuit. Was working for a while-trasnsformer got hot.

Most likely a bad smoothening capacitor. Quite normal for a 30 years old capacitor.
If the transformer is still good, it's best to replace the rectifying diodes and the capacitor.

Thanks for that Eddy-I'll pass that along to Prime if he's still interested in working on it.
I don't have testing equipment and I'm so rusty tracing stuff!
I do believe the transformer bay be shot.
Thanks & have a super weekend-GB.

 

[Superduper]

My AIWA CS 880:
both speakers and passive radiator were refoamed, the voltage regulater needed resoldering, the tapedrive mechanism was defektive, the on / off switch was replaced.
But there are still some tasks for me: the line in for MP3 doesn´t work correct ( it´s only mono ), the counter for MS is always lighting during tape operation...

But the efford is positive : it sonds very good and it is a good receiver

The CS880 that I'm currently working on also has consumed SO MUCH of my time it's starting to get old. I know I'll get it done but I've invested way more time than I planned on and seems nothing is easy on it.

BTW, I love the RR1140 you have in the avatar. Always wanted one but those pesky switch tips almost always seems broke and mint ones are soo hard to find.

 

[2steppa]

My Pioneer SK757; the tape has started inexplicably drifting out of azymuth then starting to crease the edge of the tape if left unchecked. No obvious signs of damage of wear, heads aligned ok, transport clean, adequate torque on the take up, supply reels move freely. Bit of a mystery at the moment. :annoyed: