Hello all, This is a part 2 of a recent post I had regarding a C2200 I obtained that showed up with a shattered glass faceplate.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=604626
I was able to purchase the glass online from AC and it came promptly and in bullet-proof shipping materials, wow was I impressed with how this thing was shipped!
I will however tell you that if you have never done one of these or are thinking about doing one of these, to do it properly takes time and patience....as well as some rubber gloves and an assortment of tools. The glass is very fickle and any dust or fingerprints can be left behind marring your view of the instruments, etc that display behind it (yes speaking form experience).
Here we have the unit completely disassembled. Left side is the front instruments and circuit board, if you look in the top left of the picture you will see the selection buttons which each plug into the circuit board, have to be removed carefully, and a rubber band gasket that has to be removed in order to pop them out of the glass. There is also a plexiglass diffuser behind the glass that must be separated fromt he glass by force as it is adhesed on there. In addition, you will have to remove blue tinted plastic strips that give the tinting color on the meters as well as lower window. Disassembly took appx 1.5 - 2 hours.
this is the front of the unit completely re assembled, buttons back in, diffuser, tint strips, metal side rails, all circuitry. The top corners of the side rails were slightly damaged by UPS as well I am assuming that is where it was dropped, so I simply flip flopped them, now the dented corners are barely noticeable as they are now on the bottom.
Front piece back on and hooked up.
Very interesting here, notice the volume knob. These will pull right off the socket set inside the knob, so one must be careful doing this. I was as ginger as could be and it slid right off after removing the first time. I simply squirted some epoxy in the knob and re-set the little receiver hub.
Here she is all put back together.
Once you get into one of these units you will quickly realize and appreciate the build quality and engineering that is put into this piece. Every part is of the highest quality material, and everything fits snug and exact as it should. Took me about 4 hours all in all, someone more credentialed would probably do it in half the time.
I am very excited to have this piece grace my collection now. Beautiful and functional in so many ways.
Hope this helps someone down the line!
-Patrick
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=604626
I was able to purchase the glass online from AC and it came promptly and in bullet-proof shipping materials, wow was I impressed with how this thing was shipped!
I will however tell you that if you have never done one of these or are thinking about doing one of these, to do it properly takes time and patience....as well as some rubber gloves and an assortment of tools. The glass is very fickle and any dust or fingerprints can be left behind marring your view of the instruments, etc that display behind it (yes speaking form experience).
Here we have the unit completely disassembled. Left side is the front instruments and circuit board, if you look in the top left of the picture you will see the selection buttons which each plug into the circuit board, have to be removed carefully, and a rubber band gasket that has to be removed in order to pop them out of the glass. There is also a plexiglass diffuser behind the glass that must be separated fromt he glass by force as it is adhesed on there. In addition, you will have to remove blue tinted plastic strips that give the tinting color on the meters as well as lower window. Disassembly took appx 1.5 - 2 hours.
this is the front of the unit completely re assembled, buttons back in, diffuser, tint strips, metal side rails, all circuitry. The top corners of the side rails were slightly damaged by UPS as well I am assuming that is where it was dropped, so I simply flip flopped them, now the dented corners are barely noticeable as they are now on the bottom.
Front piece back on and hooked up.
Very interesting here, notice the volume knob. These will pull right off the socket set inside the knob, so one must be careful doing this. I was as ginger as could be and it slid right off after removing the first time. I simply squirted some epoxy in the knob and re-set the little receiver hub.
Here she is all put back together.
Once you get into one of these units you will quickly realize and appreciate the build quality and engineering that is put into this piece. Every part is of the highest quality material, and everything fits snug and exact as it should. Took me about 4 hours all in all, someone more credentialed would probably do it in half the time.
I am very excited to have this piece grace my collection now. Beautiful and functional in so many ways.
Hope this helps someone down the line!
-Patrick