From what I remember (it's been a while since I worked on one of these) all of the adjustments are done from above - like adjusting tappets on a car engine. There should be no need to access anything under the leaf springs. Chris.

Sell the terminal 5000 on its own offered on a worldwide ebay auction. Very sought after due to the size of the MCP 5000 (which isn't really for easy every day use) these are not country specific so will work with any BM5000 anywhere. As for the rest. I would agree with Mika. Chris.

[quote user="stotty1111"] Phone - looks like a British Telecom Trimphone from the mid '70's - used to have one way back then, wish I still had it! Tony [/quote] Classic telephones - wish I'd kept mine. We had a starling which used to perch on the house roof which did perfect trimphone impressions (the starling not the roof ). On

It may prove easier to bleach the whole top panel & then stain back to the colour you need Craig. You may even find the mark disapperas with white spirit once the lacquer is removed. Fine steel wool should do the job. Chris.

I'd start with some steel wool dipped in white spirit to remove the original lacquer & see how apparent the water mark is when you're back to bare wood. Don't use caustic soda - it will break down the glue holding the veneer on if it penetrates + it is really nasty stuff & can burn you without knowing if you don't clean it off

Great photo thread Fredrik, I can't wait to see the finished article, your dedication is staggering. Chris.

While you're in Maplins buy some 2 pin DIN speaker cables, I too suspect that is your problem. They sell moulded ones with male plugs & bare wires for connecting to any make of speaker or ones with male & female plugs for most B&O speakers. Chris.

I love the dedication & the results are very impressive. I really hope they do sound good, they deserve to. Chris.

[quote user="9 LEE"] Not sure what formula we have, but it appears to be the right one! [/quote] I do! Members + Beoworld = best forum on the net I agree with the previous comments, the membership is brilliantly knowledgable & unerringly selflessly helpful that it is becoming increasingly difficult to single out any one person. A few years

I don't know much about the reel to reel BeoCords but there's a rather nice looking WHITE one on ebay UK. Never seen them for sale in white so I'm assuming they are quite rare. Chris.