Beogram 8002 From North Texas: Project Assessment

Today is the start of another Beogram 8002 (Type 5633) restoration project.  The owner doesn't live too far away so no boxing and shipping was necessary.  Just a lock down of the floating chassis screws and the Beogram was delivered.  I like when that happens.

This Beogram 8002 is the usual USA type (5633) with the rosewood trim.

Although a little dusty, this Beogram 8002 appears to be still intact with its original parts.
The main aluminum deck panel looks like it was already re-attached by somebody though.
Same for the aluminum lid over the tonearm compartment.

The dust cover and tonearm compartment lid assemblies share a hinged panel and that piece was already off.

Three of the four plastic mounting clips for the back panel (highlighted in yellow) are broken off (missing).  The fourth one is intact.

The fixed bracket where the dust cover lowering mechanism attaches to the dust cover is coming loose. It still has the original Bang & Olufsen mounting tape that is now deteriorating.

That will have to be removed, cleaned up and re-attached.

This photo shows the tonearm compartment deck cover in two pieces (outlined in red). The original B&O tape deteriorated as usual on that piece so it will have to be cleaned off and put back together.
The two green outlined areas show that the deck and tonearm compartment lid are already securely attached.

Inside the Beogram 8002 all of the components look to be original and in good shape.  A good starting point for the restoration.

The main circuit board and the transformer assembly are intact.
I do see something interesting with the circuit board though....There should be a little post on the Beogram frame and a slotted rubber grommet that keeps the main board securely in place. That post is broken on this Beogram and the grommet nowhere to be found.

I will have to see if I can make some sort of replacement that will do the job of securing PCB 1 to the frame.

The PCB 1 board itself looks all original.  That is always good.

The same is true for the control button panel.  It looks to be in really good condition.

The only notable issues I found with this Beogram 8002 are the back panel for the dust cover (missing mounting tabs) and the missing mounting post on the frame for securing the main circuit board.  I don't regard either of those issues as anything major to overcome and I expect to have this Beogram back to like new condition.