And no less than 18 sold by now ... ? Martin

Welcome to Beoworld ! What a nice find, congratulations ! Most FM problems are usually related to the ECC85 frontend tube which is fairly short-lived compared to most other tubes. It's not uncommon to see the original IF tubes still in good condition after 50+ years whereas the frontend tube will have been replaced a couple of times. A voltage check

Welcome to Beoworld ! Clean those preset pots first. They can cause lots of faults, both intermittent and more permanent. Check also that all cables are correctly seated and in their correct sockets. Martin

Worth mentioning that the Beovox 3800 speakers were UK only. I know they are fairly heavy speakers but there will probably be (there are!) B&O collectors in other parts on the world who would be interested if you can offer worldwide shipping so give that a little thought when eventually listing them. Martin

Velkommen til Beoworld ! Vores medlem Leslie fremstiller nye glasplader til Beomaster 4500 etc. Måske han kunne overtales til også at fremstille nogle til Beocenter modellerne. Han er fra Holland og skriver fint engelsk. Jeg foreslår, at du spørger ham. Martin

Welcome to Beoworld ! The small nylon wheel runs under a friction plate under the subplatter. Take off the subplatter and remove the wire spring and metal plate to gain access to what is underneath. In other words, the thin steel rod (as marked in the above photo) goes through the key-hole shaped opening in the base and the small wheel runs on the other

Ambient light may confuse the sensor (at least the original sensor - I am not sure what is in there now). Have you tried with all surface panels fitted ? Martin

I wouldn't worry too much about anything on that board. I suggest you check the tracking circuit and related mech. as mentioned earlier. It drags towards the left because it is fed a wrong signal from the tracking sensor, either the interrupter has become lose from the tonearm base spindle, something went wrong with the sensor or lamp assembly or

Sounds like the overcurrent protection tripping. There is a service note for this if I remember correctly. I will check. Martin

Not all owners realize the MCP has a door... Martin