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I have been contacted by a few. My work is very busy right now but I will be taking in a few things as time permits. It might take a couple weeks for me to get to it but that is the best I can do right now. I don't want people to send me stuff and then complain it takes too long, that's all.
 
Giving away some free radio knowledge to the community. If you power up an fj60 radio with the power reversed, you will smoke it. I have seen this a few times, and knowing the value of these radios now, I will share with you the likely damage done. You will likely find a burned/open trace on the little electronic volume control circuit board. This board is in the rear of the radio above the amplifier board. Fix that first by installing a jumper wire between the nearest solder pads on either side of the broken trace. There may be other collateral damage, but this usually fixes it.

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Engineer8000 said:
Giving away some free radio knowledge to the community. If you power up an fj60 radio with the power reversed, you will smoke it. I have seen this a few times, and knowing the value of these radios now, I will share with you the likely damage done. You will likely find a burned/open trace on the little electronic volume control circuit board. This board is in the rear of the radio above the amplifier board. Fix that first by installing a jumper wire between the nearest solder pads on either side of the broken trace. There may be other collateral damage, but this usually fixes it.

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I forgot to tell you that my radio is fine. The 60's battery voltage was very low and wasn't enough to power up the radio. Battery was new a year ago and was on a battery tender the whole time, but it still went bad. I'd rather the battery go bad than the radio.
 
I think Cape Fear Electronics will live on for a while. I am retiring again from the rock and will focus my time on this. Only 61 so have to do something to stay busy. I'm going to get a real web site and try to make this look more professional. I have been repairing radios, emissions computers, carb fan relays, ac amps, wiper relays, etc. I also made a foray into the old VW idle air controllers.

I am looking for ideas to expand. Is there a demand for something out there?
 
Engineer8000 said:
I think Cape Fear Electronics will live on for a while. I am retiring again from the rock and will focus my time on this. Only 61 so have to do something to stay busy. I'm going to get a real web site and try to make this look more professional. I have been repairing radios, emissions computers, carb fan relays, ac amps, wiper relays, etc. I also made a foray into the old VW idle air controllers.

I am looking for ideas to expand. Is there a demand for something out there?
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i am having kittens right now reading this !



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I'm very happy to hear you're back in business, Russ!

All of the 1970's and 1980's auto electronics in Euro and Japanese cars I'm familiar with could use your magic. I think if you can do some marketing, especially on social media, you'll have more work than you want. There are only one or two other people I know of who can repair these components.
 
Just a heads up. PTC 8 dumped about 17 inches of rain on our little town of Boiling Spring Lakes on Monday. Most of the roads around us are washed out, others are still flooded. I'm saying that to let you know that if you sent me something, the mail will be delayed.

There are many more like these. Worse than Florence, I think.

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Engineer8000 said:
I think Cape Fear Electronics will live on for a while. I am retiring again from the rock and will focus my time on this. Only 61 so have to do something to stay busy. I'm going to get a real web site and try to make this look more professional. I have been repairing radios, emissions computers, carb fan relays, ac amps, wiper relays, etc. I also made a foray into the old VW idle air controllers.

I am looking for ideas to expand. Is there a demand for something out there?
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How about vintage Sony Walkmans? 😂 I recently found my old one and have acquired more in the past couple of months. I've been able to replace belts and resolder audio jacks(common issue), but know nothing about adjusting and calibrating them. Just a thought.
 
JLH911 said:
How about vintage Sony Walkmans? 😂 I recently found my old one and have acquired more in the past couple of months. I've been able to replace belts and resolder audio jacks(common issue), but know nothing about adjusting and calibrating them. Just a thought.
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If @Engineer8000 is doing walkmans certainly he can work on my TEAC 48 1/2” multitrack open reel machine … RIGHT?

Just kidding.
 
Cassettes aren't the same. Your walkman will pickup WiFi, I think cellular as well. The loudest noise to pick up on a cassette player is a receiver/transmitter for a cordless phone. Just press play without a cassette in it, and turn the volume all the way up, recording is even worse. The Fisher Price children's cassette player is kinda phony, it has a 'cassette,' but it records by other means.

Playing cassettes will work, just keep them at a distance, or build a Fairaday cage, lol. I think that my modern USB cassette ripper uses a very short cord for this reason, that and there is some kind of swollen piece, midway in the cord.

I discovered that my former printer's WiFi was on, even when the setting was turned off. Maybe it is like that so the printing dialog, on the computer, doesn't have to refresh?
 
How about 80 Series factory alarm units the "brain" part of it? Mine gave out a while ago and I don't know why, but I miss having remote power locks. 🤔 I think finding a schematic would prove difficult unless it's stuffed in a FSM.
 
JLH911 said:
How about 80 Series factory alarm units the "brain" part of it? Mine gave out a while ago and I don't know why, but I miss having remote power locks. 🤔 I think finding a schematic would prove difficult unless it's stuffed in a FSM.
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Do you have a picture of the circuit board?
 
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