Calm down Graham, calm down!

Hasn't the BV8 got the rubberised finish like a Serene? If so, I can't see it being able to take paint!

I can picture him sat there waiting for the auto mod to let him on.

[quote user="Dillen"] these are "real" watts - not those modern cheap japanese watts [/quote]

The circular one is BC119, just like it says in the schematics.

Wish I'd known that before!! Just took it out, it took about 6 seconds! What a numpty!

Glad I was of help. Can I put it back together now?

...and the two transistors. I took about 20 photo's but couldn't get it focussed properly. I can confirm that the black one is indeed BC147B, but under that it seems to say DE0 whereas yours says D90. I couldn't see any writing on the circular metal one, but it looks just like yours! My schematics suggest it should be BC119 Forgive my ignorance

Oh Menahem! You've no idea how difficult this was for me to do. Partly because my camera has auto focus that doesn't like close ups, partly because I have no technical expertise, and partly because my decoder is still in place, and if I unsolder it, I might as well chuck it in the skip, as I would never get it together again! Anyway, here is