So i picked up a Rising 20/20 from Germany after a heads up from TRC-931 (thanks Chris) with the intention of fixing my current fairly mint one. Mine has a record key missing on the deck and the spindle it attached to snapped off. The plan was to buy this parts boxs that was advertised as non working and fix up the deck to go in my box. It didn't quite work out that way as the box that arrived had different connectors to my box and although the deck looked similar there were a lot of differences and it became clear it was not going to work. Damn. No transplant so nothing left to do but fix it then. Pretty filthy and non functioning. I found a bad solder joint on the power board and this restored radio, tape deck needed new belts, capstan wheel rubber changing and general cleaning and lubing, this went really well and i got the deck dialed in real nice. Then there was lots of cosmetic work, the case was awful and needed a respray to top, sides and bottom, speakers were discoloured cream colour so needed a lick, polish out the tuner perspex. tape door and led vu meter plate, polish chrome, grills sprayed BMW sapphire metallic black (my fave grill paint). She ended up looking good.
THe only thing i can't seem to fix is the LED VU meters are completely non operable, no life. I don't know what up with them. If anyone has any ideas or a spare VU board do let me know. Just gotta order some aerial now and she will be finished.
So Tre, do you have 2 of them? I am going to have a look for you for the VUs and i ll get back with news soon.
The VU's sometimes have a small fuse or CP (Circuit Protector) on the led board which can fail due to age or small power surge so multimeter & patience time!! The only one I haven't been able to fix is my Fisher PH-460 which is so hard to dismantle enough to get to the led meter board I am now waiting for another 460 & will make 1 out of the two!! Should be here next week! The rising looks to me so similar to the Crown 950 in many ways or am I barking up the wrong tree? I would love to own one for sure - led panel should be easy to access on these! Post images of led board & wiring connections please!
That cleaned up great, it might be time for a members detailing competition. I'd love some motivation to grab one of my crusty boxes and clean it up like you guys have been doing. These are some of the cooler threads for me since I have bunch of crust....
The Rising is much bigger than the Crown 950.....and has much better bass. Such an iconic box too, with all those horizontal lines etched into the surface. Looks like a giant hair pick!
Thanks Nick, when I have it apart again I will take some pics. She's a bit cold lump and I'd like to get this last issue sorted
