How much does a working Becker run at a pap? My tape deck don't work or can I take it apart and clean it
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Alan Boucher <
alstheone@verizon.net> wrote:
>If you run the speakers down, they probably won't work any better.
>
>On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Nate <
vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I really need to begin photographing the awful looking and filthy Beckers
>> I find in Pick-A-Part as they're *so* nasty , often you cannot read the
>> letter & number on the buttons etc. and when they're finished they look so
>> nice and sharp .
>>
>> I use Meguiar's # 40 Rubber & Plastic Cleaner / Conditioner and soft
>> tissues to gently loosen then float away the grime , then I use a Foo-Foo
>> can of compressed air (Computer Cleaner) to blow out the hidden moisture
>> that gets behind the buttons and into the LCD and screws it all up .
>>
>> The original 1984 Becker Electronic in my Coupe , degraded until it
>> stopped working completely over a week or two , I'd cleaned the face plate
>> in situ a while before and as it died , each number crystal illuminated all
>> it's segments and the radio wouldn't turn on nor off , no volume control
>> and it said it was playing AM & FM simultaniously , all I heard was static .
>>
>> As it's always damp & foggy overnight where I park it near SWMBO's house ,
>> I decided to remove the face plate and blow it out as I felt that any
>> residual moisture from the cleaning , may have spread until it shorted out
>> the circuit , I was amazed at how many tiny droplets of liquid blew out of
>> the various cervices and buttons .
>>
>> I just now re placed it and Lo ! it plays fine again so I took the newer
>> Becker Grand Prix I'd replaced it with , out and tested some of the grimy
>> but free face plates I'd collected , one works fine so I took that into the
>> shop and ever so carefully cleaned off the grease , dust , food globs and
>> God alone knows what all else , blew it dry and schlepped it out to the car
>> and , once again I was rewarded with a nice playing radio that looks As-New
>> again .
>>
>> Tom says he wants to play with the faceplate with the loose & not working
>> well volume tab , I'll also give him another faceplate that has bad LCD
>> segments , else I'd have to toss it in the trash , a thing I hate to do .
>>
>> I need to go through my stacks of Beckers and clean them all up for future
>> use or maybe swap for other parts I need .
>>
>> Soon I'll run down some good quality front speakers as one has begun to
>> crackle a bit .
>>
>> -Nate
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