Nick Danger's Yamaha M80 Amplifier Repair/ Restoration

[laatsch55]

P.S.

Anyone needing Yamaha repairs should talk to Avionic. He is one of, if not the best.

I'll not argue that.....Merrylander was awfully handy wuth a Yammie too....

 

[laatsch55]

BTW....good to see you around Dave...

 

[brutal]

Then if not wave soldering replacement components is there still a reason if he doewsn't plan on shipping?

No compelling reason.

"Doesn't plan on shipping."

Never say never.

I used to have >100 pieces of Yamaha gear and nearly every piece has had proper repairs or refurb completed. I sold off a large part of it and SHIPPED nearly all of them. Not a single one had any issues, let alone any issues related to shipping.

SHIPPING damage is what brought me to Colorado in 1992 for a job. Maybe I'll tell that boring story some time.

 

[brutal]

I'll not argue that.....Merrylander was awfully handy wuth a Yammie too....

The master for sure before he retired.

 

[brutal]

BTW....good to see you around Dave...

I haven't seen Dave (Avionic) in this thread.

 

[laatsch55]

Post #13

 

[laatsch55]

BTW brutal, Welcome to Phoenix...

 

[brutal]

Post #13

Doh!

You're right. I did see that, then I didn't for some reason when I was posting. Long day.

 

[laatsch55]

They get long in my neck of the woods also...

 

[NavLinear]

Fcuk brutal - you come in hot and hard. I like that! Don't take that the wrong way tho unless you're a hot babe and I'm thinking that's not the case.

It sounds like you've had an arse tonne of Yammie gear over the years. There's a lot of good and great hardware on that list. Cool - glad to see you here. A Nav babe for the newbie. I think she's listening to a Yamaha.

 

[NavLinear]

My old man lives north of Denver near Bolder. I love the front range - nice place.

 

[avionic]

I haven't seen Dave (Avionic) in this thread.

I´m here periodically. Got a personal invite to this thread.

 

[orange]

Fcuk brutal - you come in hot and hard. I like that! Don't take that the wrong way tho unless you're a hot babe and I'm thinking that's not the case.

It sounds like you've had an arse tonne of Yammie gear over the years. There's a lot of good and great hardware on that list. Cool - glad to see you here. A Nav babe for the newbie. I think she's listening to a Yamaha.

Through Sony MDR headphones, of course.

 

[laatsch55]

I love your new siggie Dennis...

 

[laatsch55]

I´m here periodically. Got a personal invite to this thread.

So that's what it takes..

 

[Nick Danger]

Thank you!

Just wanted to thank all of my Phoenix phamily in advance for the help on this repair! Mad, mad props to brutal and avionics for showing up to lend their expertise- sorry about the PM harrassment to you both and appreciate you taking the time to see the massacre I have started to create.

 

[Nick Danger]

I have removed a few caps, bus bars and a jumper at this point and figured it was time to start removing the glue. Been using a combo of picks and needlenose to get at it. So much glue was used that some components are completely covered in the stuff.

Eyeballing the caps still in the unit and the ones removed look good with no leaks or bulges.

Bus bars need to be addressed as corrosion was beginning to take hold.

Figure I would stop at this point and ask how it looked to more experienced eyes and minds. Cheers.

 

[laatsch55]

You are going to replace all electo's ....right?? Acetone will do the rest ..maybe... Buss Bars...Tarnx

 

[Nick Danger]

So that's what it takes..

Did a bit of beggin' for help, Lee. Couple of folks names kept popping in regards to this line of amps and thought it best to ask those who know, ya know?

 

[laatsch55]

Keep track of where those Blackgates came out of , you could probably go with Nichicon KZ's in place of those...if not the right value in KZ's, Elna Silmic II's...