I finished up my 2285B and I have in place of pride in my loft with the 2226B relegated to the floor right now. I'm still debating on keeping the 2285B but while I noodle that around, I've picked up a 2230 and started the restoration. Overall it's in pretty fair shape other than the power switch is fried, a few bulging caps and every stinking switch stuck or near stuck I'm debating buying replacements and refurbishing them vs pulling these out and seeing what i can do with it. The speaker select switches are so stiff, you cannot easily push them much less get them to rebound out. I'll probably take those apart first just to see whats up. There is a white powder lightly around the chassis, almost like it was by salt air at one time. And no, I'm not going to taste it
I plan to get a new power switch wired in, replace the prime power caps and recap the P/S board.. THEN try a dim bulb test and see what I've got to work with.
I've order some parts from ibuildmarantz not so much I need them, but I want to see the quality of the kits before I recommend them to some of my friends who want to do one off light restorations. I've heard good things so I want to see for myself
Here are the glam shots You can see how cooked the contacts are for the switch.
I plan to get a new power switch wired in, replace the prime power caps and recap the P/S board.. THEN try a dim bulb test and see what I've got to work with.
I've order some parts from ibuildmarantz not so much I need them, but I want to see the quality of the kits before I recommend them to some of my friends who want to do one off light restorations. I've heard good things so I want to see for myself
Here are the glam shots You can see how cooked the contacts are for the switch.