And inside the chest was a heavily padded BG4000....  

Not a particularly good image but does show the extent of the protection the chest provides for these delicate machines...given the degree of abuse they would suffer at the hands of almost all delivery companies Login to view image

Lifted out ..... Login to view image

Well secured and packed.....platter was packed separately and stowed away under the Beogram in foam and cardboard Login to view image

Been here before as can be seen from the Rudi patented laser printed capacitor bracket, and the ne 6v & 24v power supply smoothing capacitors....cant quite remember what else I did in here but I suspect it may have been a replacement of the 24v regulator OTR1....It comes with the description of "misbehaving" in as much as the tone arm is driving inboard and not returning to the stop position when required....I will have a look. Login to view image

Ok.....opened up and a visual inspection prior to power on reveals only one screw holding the main PCB in place....not a very encouraging start. Login to view image  

Login to view imageIts doubtful I would have missed the absence of said screws so im suspecting a third party involvement somewhere.....

Quick look under shows signs of activity....looks like 1TR29 and 1TR30 have been replaced with something else...also the speed control relay has been replaced.... Login to view image

Put the PCB back and got the variac out.......with the meter in series slowly powered up, the multivibrator circuit clicked on and there was no smoke or crackle of unhappy components..current draw was around 20ma... Login to view image