Philips Freetimer D8132 boombox - How good/bad is it?

This one's a little bit different insofar as we're trying to fix a Philips Freetimer D8132 Mark II from 1985. Using the RT37 deck mechanism (which is a refinement of the RT1 mechanism), it has the, what appears to be, common issue of the three central gears just disintegrating. We manage to find some online and get them installed, return this back to working condition. Some of the video work was terrible on this one so it's quite heavily edited which may mean some of of this video is a little grainy. Link to the eBay listing for the gears (I bought all three but they are available separately): https://ebay.io/m/zSAY0U Link to the RT1 deck mechanism: https://freeservicemanuals.info/en/se... Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:34 A look around the deck 05:00 Power on test 09:00 Disassembly of the Philips Freetimer 11:58 Capacitor issue 17:40 Removing the radio assembly to gain access to the deck 20:30 Removing and servicing the deck 27:10 Replacing the gears with new replacements 42:14 Dealing with the broken aerial mount 44:00 Reassembly 54:40 Testing and the cassette deck 01:00:28 Direct capture #philips #cassette #boombox #repairing