Water damage question

[mattvandyke]

I had an 802G that I bought with a pair of Model 15's that had some major water damage. One was fine the other was trashed. I spent quite a bit of time cleaning it up with WD40 and jewlers very small screw driver to clean out the gap. I then used a speaker shim to clean out the gap even better. I was shocked that when it was all done it worked just fine. It's still rocking out in my friends garage. Didn't think I could "fix it" but it worked.

Here is the recap:

Here is a recap of what I did.

Removed 802-8G. One was good - one was extremely rusty
Sprayed WD-40 on bad one and let it sit. Started cleaning with a small wire brush. Then moved to wire brush on a drill.
Worked on cleaning out the gap that had a stuck diaghrapm. Used a small utility razor blade - spent approx 1 hr on it. Used vacume and air compressor
Used paper speaker shim's to clean out the gap more extensively - spent another 2 hours +
Clean all with hot water and soap
Cleaned and polished 32B horns with Armorall
Installed diaghrapms that I had sitting on the bench
Refished cabinets with Howards
Installed 414C (purchased from member Ron locally in the Portland area)
Removed and cleaned crossover network.
Installed all items
Plugged in and she rocks.

I let it run for awhile and then cranked it up a little. All sounds good. Still have some work to do as I think that I'm going to move the speaker connections from underneath to the back of the speaker cabinet. Additionally, I think that I have to replace one of the LPADS.

Here is a summary of the pictures.


http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/P1070120.jpg
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/P1070133.jpg
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/P1070134.jpg
http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/P1070138.jpg


Good Luck!