Update 4: The path of most resistance
Broken tuner cord, it was caught between the chassis pieces when I first got the unit as the bronze post had been removed in error.
The tuner indicator is hinged so flips out the way for access. Unfortunately the wiring for the lamps of the slider are the "stops" for the hinge so are really easy to break off.
I tried to sort the Tuner cord yesterday. I wasn’t having much luck, it’s one of those fiddly jobs that you really have to be in the right frame of mind to do. I found a most excellent blog full of B & O content, including a Beomaster 6000 repair, here: beolover.blogspot.co.uk/. I found instructions for setting up the tuner cord here so went off and got some of the recommended braided fishing line to replace the original broken cord.
I kept having the cord slip off the wheel when it was almost in position or have it “correct” only to find the indicator tape was at the wrong end of it’s travel in relation to the tuner wheel.
I cut the cord to the same length of the original cord but for some reason had way too much cord left. There isn't room on the purple wheel to take extra cord as it just slips off and you have to start again! Super frustrating!
I decided to go off on a tangent and find an Aerial to help get some noise out of the FM tuner. I was convinced I had an old wiring loom with a radio aerial cable in it but it turns out none of the looms I had stashed had any radio connections. I did have an aerial with cable in my old Toyota Hilux Surf though. As it’s a wing mounted aerial there isn’t much cable to rip out and as an additional plus the dash is half out already. The “only” problem was I needed to get the wing off. This required opening the passenger door. That required either shifting the adjacent tractor bogie or moving the Surf that is sans Engine and front wheels. (also blocked in by a Tractor frame that had wheels but no steering or brakes). As I didn’t have a suitable coupling for the bogie (or a working tractor) I decided to haul the Surf out.
I spy one aerial...
The Tractor frame was towed out of the way with relative ease. The Surf needed it’s front wheels back on, these were on hand but totally flat. This turned out to be quite handy as I couldn’t jack up the car far enough due to the jack sinking in the soft earth. After jumping on the flat tyre to make it flatter and using a lever to pull up the suspension arm I got a wheel on. The other side had sunk even deeper so required a couple blocks to get enough height. With air in the tyres the Surf pulled forward no bother and I liberated one retractable aerial with a 10mm socket. Win. I’ll get back to the fishing line tuner cord another time…..
Hubs were nearly touching the ground
One tyre on, went like a F1 pit stop, just with more swearing.....
Rolled pretty good with some tyres with air in them
One liberated Aerial unit.
Broken tuner cord, it was caught between the chassis pieces when I first got the unit as the bronze post had been removed in error.
The tuner indicator is hinged so flips out the way for access. Unfortunately the wiring for the lamps of the slider are the "stops" for the hinge so are really easy to break off.
I tried to sort the Tuner cord yesterday. I wasn’t having much luck, it’s one of those fiddly jobs that you really have to be in the right frame of mind to do. I found a most excellent blog full of B & O content, including a Beomaster 6000 repair, here: beolover.blogspot.co.uk/. I found instructions for setting up the tuner cord here so went off and got some of the recommended braided fishing line to replace the original broken cord.
I kept having the cord slip off the wheel when it was almost in position or have it “correct” only to find the indicator tape was at the wrong end of it’s travel in relation to the tuner wheel.
I cut the cord to the same length of the original cord but for some reason had way too much cord left. There isn't room on the purple wheel to take extra cord as it just slips off and you have to start again! Super frustrating!
I decided to go off on a tangent and find an Aerial to help get some noise out of the FM tuner. I was convinced I had an old wiring loom with a radio aerial cable in it but it turns out none of the looms I had stashed had any radio connections. I did have an aerial with cable in my old Toyota Hilux Surf though. As it’s a wing mounted aerial there isn’t much cable to rip out and as an additional plus the dash is half out already. The “only” problem was I needed to get the wing off. This required opening the passenger door. That required either shifting the adjacent tractor bogie or moving the Surf that is sans Engine and front wheels. (also blocked in by a Tractor frame that had wheels but no steering or brakes). As I didn’t have a suitable coupling for the bogie (or a working tractor) I decided to haul the Surf out.
I spy one aerial...
The Tractor frame was towed out of the way with relative ease. The Surf needed it’s front wheels back on, these were on hand but totally flat. This turned out to be quite handy as I couldn’t jack up the car far enough due to the jack sinking in the soft earth. After jumping on the flat tyre to make it flatter and using a lever to pull up the suspension arm I got a wheel on. The other side had sunk even deeper so required a couple blocks to get enough height. With air in the tyres the Surf pulled forward no bother and I liberated one retractable aerial with a 10mm socket. Win. I’ll get back to the fishing line tuner cord another time…..
Hubs were nearly touching the ground
One tyre on, went like a F1 pit stop, just with more swearing.....
Rolled pretty good with some tyres with air in them
One liberated Aerial unit.