I like to use the closed types for the exact same reason. They are not particularly expensive and you only need a few. Martin

1. Yes, you need to have a belt on the motor, running to a nearby pulley. 2. Yes, it controls the position of the carriage. 3. I have a suitable replacement (also in Denmark). PM me for details. Regarding the forcing around of the platter, it's not something I would generally recommend. This type of Beogram uses a lot of plastic gears, wheels, arms

Yes, the Beomaster 1900 and 2400 are practically identical. The 2400 has remote control, an option that could be fitted to some Beomaster 1900's. The lamps are the same. Martin

Welcome to Beoworld ! Most faults in these decks are fairly easily remedied but unfortunately it's not very easy to say exactly what has gone wrong in your deck. If you lift off the platter (if possible) and the black plastic sheet below it, you may be able to see if the carriage string has fouled on something or the carriage steel tracks have come

Welcome to Beoworld ! Yes, it's a wonderful and classic receiver. The lamps wattage is critical for both the source switching, the volume indication and the tuning discriminators. Some original servicemanuals give wrong specs (12V 40mA is wrong). I can supply a set of correct lamps. Martin

Welcome to Beoworld ! No. You need one of the cartridges in the MMC20... series. Martin

Looks like a Beomaster 1600/1700. Safe to say that one of those caps won't leak anymore. I had a Beomaster 4400 recently, where a similar cap only had the cast yellow bottom part and the foil roll left. The complete red top was found in pieces here and there. The fact that Richs Beomaster 4000 amplifier is the 6 trimmer version is not important

Do you have all the covers installed ? Martin

Losen the input/output board that partly covers the solder side of the amplifier board and swing it aside. The input/output board is held only by a couple of countersunk screws near the DIN sockets at the rear. This way you won't have to desolder anything but the caps. And those caps are bad. (A kit exists for this). BTW, interesting to see that

Yes, it's a rare speaker. We had a thread about it recently: http://forum.beoworld.org/forums/t/38859.aspx Martin