I saw a bunch of posts recently about the TGCD repair attempts. (This is for you Charlie. ;-)
It reminded me that a year or so ago I'd promised to post pics of a repair I did where I replaced the entire mechanism:
Sorry about the size of 'em...
If I remember correctly, it went more or less like this:
- File, dremmel, etc, the inside of the top of the case, making room for the different shape of the KSS-220A.
- Secure the KSS-220A in place with screws. (Had to pre-drill some new holes if I remember right.)
- Reverse the polarity to the mechanism motor. Heh, it was working in reverse of what it needed to.
- Make room on the board for the mechanism motor. As you can see in the pics, it's in a much different place than it is on the mechanism in the TGCD. This took a bit of work.
- Had to remove the line-out and power-in jacks. (thus, this unit would never be used outside of the TG base again...)
- Had to move a lot of the caps, you can see I used some small wires and some small metal pins to extend them away from where the base of the motor needed to sit.
- Made some slight adjustments to the pots, nothing major tho.
I don't still have the unit. After a bunch of testing I put it up on ebay where I made ~$20 for ~10 hrs work. ;-)
It reminded me that a year or so ago I'd promised to post pics of a repair I did where I replaced the entire mechanism:
Sorry about the size of 'em...
If I remember correctly, it went more or less like this:
- File, dremmel, etc, the inside of the top of the case, making room for the different shape of the KSS-220A.
- Secure the KSS-220A in place with screws. (Had to pre-drill some new holes if I remember right.)
- Reverse the polarity to the mechanism motor. Heh, it was working in reverse of what it needed to.
- Make room on the board for the mechanism motor. As you can see in the pics, it's in a much different place than it is on the mechanism in the TGCD. This took a bit of work.
- Had to remove the line-out and power-in jacks. (thus, this unit would never be used outside of the TG base again...)
- Had to move a lot of the caps, you can see I used some small wires and some small metal pins to extend them away from where the base of the motor needed to sit.
- Made some slight adjustments to the pots, nothing major tho.
I don't still have the unit. After a bunch of testing I put it up on ebay where I made ~$20 for ~10 hrs work. ;-)