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| Spyridon:
so that's what 25 years of dust looks like... Time to start striping everything out of the cab. The power supply had one wire that was soldered directly to the pin on one end and just connected to the harness with electrical tape. I'll fix this when putting everything back together |
| Spyridon:
Now to start cleaning these guys up. The transformer really needed a clean up. After taking lots of pictures to make sure I can get everything back together, I started removing the parts from the board The board the transformer and fuses were connected to was hand washed. There were too many wires soldered onto the transformer to remove and put into the dish washer, so I hand cleaned everything with water and a little bit of dish detergent. Looks much much better (you can actually see the colors of the wires now) The wire harness and cage go into the dishwasher. No detergent, just the water. I considered putting the PCB's in as well, but I didn't want to go through the trouble of removing the socketed chips. when it comes out, you can actually see the circuit board in the bottom of the cage. It was still a little wet in this picture, but I took a hair dryer to it to make sure it was completely dry |
| Spyridon:
Next I needed to remove the monitor. This was not an easy one to get out by yourself. I ended up having to lay the cab on it's side, remove the bolts, and then pull it out. I discharged the monitor before I removed it. Every screw that was removed was put into a sandwich bag and labeled so that I can get this back together. Here is what it looked like with everything stripped out. |
| Spyridon:
I used Citristrip to remove the paint on the sides. (Ummm...orange smell) The screens covering the vent holes on the back were pretty dirty. I removed the staples and pulled these out to be cleaned I also removed the bubble from the back for cleaning |
| Spyridon:
The cab design on Gorf is really nice in that the top seperates (12 screws) from the bottom I applied bondo to some areas that needed it. |
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