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Old March 28th 09, 09:25 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Default Help!!! Wiring in a GE portable?

Well, I've done something stupid. I was trying to fix my GE portable
player, and one of the four screws holding it together was so rusted I
couldn't get it out. WD-40 was no help, I couldn't even drill the
screw out with a reversible bit, so I resorted to prying the two
halves of the case apart (as gently as possible) to break the post
that one screw was anchored in.

It worked, but oops - three of the wires that connect to a board in
the top half of the shell came off whatever jumper or board they were
soldered to on a board in the lower half :-( I can't figure out where
these wires go, and (obviously) they player doesn't work at all
without them - no radio, nothing.

The three wires are a red, a black, and a green that loop around the
frame of the speaker in the top half of the unit. I've put pictures
of the unit itself, the "guts," and me holding the three wires. Can
anyone help me figure out where these wires go back in and give me a
clue as to the easiest way to fix this?

Thanks! Pics linked below (mainly because I can't figure out 100%
which type of portable this is - I was on 8trackheaven.com and they
have a few different GE Portables, but I couldn't find one that is
identical to this one).

http://www.chickenfriedsteak.us/publ...re/8TRACK1.JPG
http://www.chickenfriedsteak.us/publ...re/8TRACK2.JPG
http://www.chickenfriedsteak.us/publ...re/8TRACK3.JPG
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Old March 29th 09, 01:40 PM posted to alt.collecting.8-track-tapes
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Default Help!!! Wiring in a GE portable?

On Mar 28, 3:25 pm, chickenfriedsteak
wrote:
Well, I've done something stupid. I was trying to fix my GE portable
player, and one of the four screws holding it together was so rusted I
couldn't get it out. WD-40 was no help, I couldn't even drill the
screw out with a reversible bit, so I resorted to prying the two
halves of the case apart (as gently as possible) to break the post
that one screw was anchored in.

It worked, but oops - three of the wires that connect to a board in
the top half of the shell came off whatever jumper or board they were
soldered to on a board in the lower half :-( I can't figure out where
these wires go, and (obviously) they player doesn't work at all
without them - no radio, nothing.

The three wires are a red, a black, and a green that loop around the
frame of the speaker in the top half of the unit. I've put pictures
of the unit itself, the "guts," and me holding the three wires. Can
anyone help me figure out where these wires go back in and give me a
clue as to the easiest way to fix this?

Thanks! Pics linked below (mainly because I can't figure out 100%
which type of portable this is - I was on 8trackheaven.com and they
have a few different GE Portables, but I couldn't find one that is
identical to this one).

http://www.chickenfriedsteak.us/publ...re/8TRACK3.JPG




sorry but that picture doesn't help much, what you need is a SCHEMATIC
to trace where that goes, and preferably another unit to look at, so
you can reconnect the wires

FWIW, if you have the drill out already, you should have just drilled
out the screw head completely with a regular drill bit- basically
milling away the top of the screw head- then the set would have just
separated and come apart easily without breaking anything- you would
have also easily drilled out the broken off stud remaining in the
other half, and just bolted it back together with a sheetmetal or wood
screw when finished

why in the world would you pry it apart like that ? oh well, live and
learn

those are good sounding portables though, I had a few of them, they
put out a lot of sound for their size
 




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