Hello,

I bought a Beocenter 3500 at auction a few days ago with the intention of refurbishing it.

In general it appears well taken care of and the stylus looks OK so I thought it was worth a go.

I decided to plug it in when I got it home and wasn't expecting much which turned out to be for the best.  It made a brief humming noise and then nothing, no lights illuminated,  I didn't try to get it to do anything else.

The arm is not rigid but it does feel like there is still some type mechanism to which it is attached offering very light resistance.

I've ordered pretty much every replacement part available from Danish Sound Parts (great service btw - hope I'm not breaking rules by saying that).

My plan is to dismantle it such that I can remove the circuit boards, clean them up and replace the electrolytic and tantalum caps, rectifier etc.

I've also bought a replacement idler wheel - my philosophy being that I might was well replace what I can whilst it's in bits.

I'm comfortable doing the electronics but I've been nervously poring over the exploded diagrams.  I'm not really sure where to start so I'm going to remove the cover and take it from there.

If anyone has any tips regarding removing and working on the mechanical parts then I'd be extremely grateful.  Have done some searching to see if there is anything information-wise out there already but haven't found anything.  I do have a copy of the service manual which is more informative than I was expecting.

Also if there are any custom tools worth hunting down I'd like to hear about those.

Thanks very much for reading.

Steve.