I got a white edition Beocord 6000 that needs service.

At present it has the following problems.

No standby light.

Needs to be lubricated? For fast forward and reverse.

Left channel missing.

It was playing a little today. Left channel playback was gone. Somehow the even the standby light has gone missing so completely dead.

I have opened it up so what is the first thing I need to do? Also what multimeter can you recommend? I do have the service manual for BC6002-8004 to look at as a guide.

Some of the printboards have green/white oxicide. What method of cleanning should I do?

Hi:

You'll want to recap this one. The dead channel may come back; the deck will sound much better. I just restored a 9000 that had lots of distortion. With new caps it sounds great.

As for standby... check fuses. But the fuses may have blown because of a short, perhaps in power supply?

There are 2 fuses.... one on regulator board and one inside the power transformer can.

Derek