I’m taking the view that the 8000 is very similar to the three off 8002’s that I have very recently worked on….one of which had that self same problem, firstly I would suggest you upgrade to silver which will give you access to the service manual for this machine. If you read my thread “Beogram 4000 and also BG8002″ you will find the section regarding a tone arm that wouldn’t drop (feel free to look….3 people have done so already) check you are getting the required 5.0 vdc to the solenoid when it reaches the drop point…..the thread details where to measure assuming you have a meter to do so…..let me know
Craig
Hey Craig, I saw that your solution was “following a thorough examination I failed to find a break, reflowed the solder connections on all four connection points and now the solenoid energises and the tone arm drops…..dont know which solder joint was responsible 😐”
I get 32Ω, 4,57V on the Solenoid control wires. Do you mean reflowing those?
Cheers Lencl