Thanks for your input, Paul. The AF114-117 series seems most prone to short, typically from the screening pin (housing) to one of the other internal connections or the germanium chip itself. Let's put on blue glasses and a nerd cap and dig deeper... It's correct that in some cases, you can cure a transistor with this fault by "zapping"

The dial also received a good clean. Looked like it never had it's inner side cleaned. And this is where I just have to give a warning; Don't clean the printed side of a dial unless you are absolutely sure that what you do won't hurt the lettering. In many cases, the lettering will wash off, leaving only a shiny blank piece of glass... The

Biltema, I think. wonderful tool ! Not a lot happened today either but the main chassis is now on the bench. Even if my intention was to attack the snapped dial string for the rotating AM antenna, a tiny detour was taken although still headed in the right direction. To get to the dial string pulley on the knob spindle, the whole dial will have to come

The Beomaster 700 has a tape input/output and a turntable input. A reel-reel deck can be connected directly to the tape socket. Martin

If you can find an original woofer, that would be the best. I have yet to hear a modern replacement do the same as the original. Others may disagree. I am not sure if I have any more but I'll have a look and let you know if I do. Martin

Probably the magnet that has become lose and has locked the voicecoil. Sadly, that's very common, especially if dropped or shipped with inadequate packing. Try pushing the cone inwards (gently! and don't push on the center dome) and feel if it will move or stands completely frozen. If frozen, find a good original woofer and replace. If it moves

Valget af pickup er nok mest smag og behag - og pengepung. Nu da man kan få repareret og sat ny nål og ophæng på alle B&O's gamle pickupper, er mange muligheder åbne. Holdbarheden er nok 50/50. En Beogram 8000 er måske at foretrække grundet dens rem-frie træk af pladetallerkenen men vil nok behøve

Work can continue on other fronts while we wait but not a lot happened today; The cabinet had a split at one end. It was gently opened and cleaned off as much of the old glue as was possible. Fresh woodworkers glue was added and the cabinet was clamped tight and left for the glue to set overnight. Martin

Frede, Yes, and I will definitely keep that as an option. After all, the capacitor is mounted horizontally, facing its solder tags towards the back, so its housing won't be that much visible through the holes in the rear panel. Martin

Hi Frede, Thanks for your input, greatly appreciated ! Funny you should find those, I did look at these: http://www.thevintagesound.com/store/jj-100uf-100uf-500v-can-cap-p-736.html http://www.tubeampdoctor.com/english-store/100-100uF-500V-35x80mm-cap-can-clamp-mount-pid-499.htm one of them being the exact same cap as the one you showed (but at another