Well I got the rest of the caps for the tone board in today and set about trying to get this thing finished, after finishing the recap I de soldered the balance pot again for another go....this time I hit the two plates with a bit of heat from the iron effectively gluing them back in place....after doing this I carefully bent them evenly, then I reassembled....with success! its now fully operational!
Very happy with my handy work I set about full reassembly of unit, but prior to this quickly retested all functions.....Damn! more problems....I now have a problem with FM, no sound at all.....I then pulled the tuner boards again and checked for loose connections, reassembled... got sound but couldn't pull a station....repeated process and now no sound again.....bit frustrated now.....the tuner board was particularly difficult to get one cap out of, Ive checked the coax lead and all solder joints....I am now worried I may have blown an IC handling the board....bit stuck right now, Suggestions?
As far as everything else goes, big improvement on frequency response after re capping tone board, I am listening to the system now, with s-40 speakers that have just been refoamed, and it sounds very sweet....its going to make someone very happy....if I ever get it off my bench! lol...lots of hours gone in now....
