I am posting this to warn others, these amps are bloody heavy, so when droped they smash things, I have not opened the chassis yet but from the twisted chassis I suspect a mess lies inside.
Has the amp been nursed back to 100% funtionality? Has it returned to previous owner or stayed with the new one? How extensive was the damage? Have Colin and Paul kissed and made up? :x
Well the beasty is nearly all back together with new caps and FET,s 10off plus a few other bits, repainted after I bashed all the metal work as flat as I can. So early next week I will fire it up and see if all is well. phew it was hard work and heavy, cutting a re-taping heatsinks, fixing right angle brackets and now to sort the front out. Will post pics soon.
And sore fingers, I tried fixing the granite front panel on, so after 5 masonry drills lots of noise I managed to drill into the granite about 3mm this took 5hrs and that was just one hole and it is 12mm thick, give up time me thinks . I am glad the owner now wants to fill a metal front phew. All the PCB's work now so to fit it all together with the transformers etc.
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You even said how nice it was at the time, so not sure why you are now saying its a cock up made from scrap bits.
The above text is what you wrote when the amp was for sale before.
I still have some here. Let me know.
I was trying to put a link for the TOCA for sale thread, but it doesn't matter now. Thanks anyway.
Damn shame if such a well restored lovely amp has been wrecked.
Something important invested...
Has the amp been nursed back to 100% funtionality?
Has it returned to previous owner or stayed with the new one?
How extensive was the damage?
Have Colin and Paul kissed and made up?
:x
Lol, i'm sure Colin will work his magic on it
Will post pics soon.
How are you fixing the front on. Glue ?
Why did it need new FET's ?
O dear, that does sound like a major impact.
Look forward to the pics
Good work Colin. Brings back memories
Better with the ali brackets like the other TOCA I had which Ben has now.
Metal front sounds like a much better plan !
Lol...........I could have done with some of that today at work..........precisely inserted up.............:)