![]() But, as most of you probably know already, it was impossible. I asked my sister to give me some red nail polish for this, it worked perfectly Naive as I was, I thought I could find replacement parts from the same brand and models, to stay as true as possible from the originals. First, listing them all (more than 100 capacitors, from 21 different sorts) and mark them so that I could see if I forgot any. The capacitor replacement was probably the longest task. I assume there are better tools for this, but once again I'm a beginner with no experience in boomboxes and very few electronic tools. The final issue after all of this was the playback speed, but having an album both in tape and digital format, I could set the right speed by playing both versions and synchronizing them. They were really hard to clean out but I managed to make it work. The culrpits were two contactor on the back, that had A LOT of oxidation. Once this was out of the way, I had to take care of a terrible humm sound coming from the tape deck. Turns out I could find one with the exact same size, and it worked perfectly. At the edge of despair, I found a perfect replacement: plumber O-rings. I tried to find a spare but couldn't, so I checked if it was possible to glue it back together, which didn't work since there was a gap. It was split in 4 parts and not salvageable. Then there was that rubber wheel which probably have a technical name but being a complete newbie I have no clue. Thankfully I've got some that were the perfect size, since I bought 2 bundles of belts to restore an Aiwa walkman (a pending project). The biggest problems were of course concentrated on the tape deck. Thankfully, isopropyl alcohol does wonders. Every other belt have turned into a disgusting sticky paste, which was a pain to clean. Surprisingly one of the belts was still here, although being a bit loose: the tape counter belt. A lot of capacitors (that I already planned to replace due to their old age), a lot of dust and dirt. So, time to open the beast and start the serious things!Īs you can see here there wasn't much to say. I was pretty surprised by the sound quality, far above what most people would expect from this old lady. So I bought this (big) baby, described as "good cosmetic condition, tape deck not working".Īfter getting it, I did a quick check: a few dents and scratches (not unexpected for an early 80s device), broken radio tuning knob, bent antennas, tape deck not working (as described) but I could hear the motor which was a good thing, a bit of hiss with the volume knob, and radio working just fine. And after going through some restoration tutorials and stuff, I thought I'd be able to manage with a faulty unit. At first I thought I'd buy a fully serviced boombox, but seeing the prices I changed my mind. I snagged this beauty for a hundred euros on a french used goods website. ![]() So for my first post here (besides introduction that doesn't really count), let's go big: the restoration of my boombox, the Crown CSC-980L. ![]()
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