Hi guys;
My 8000CDM Audiolab Transport has died: one of the gears that drive the loading mechanism in and out has stripped.
All would be well - I'd just buy another except that...Tag-McLaren, who bought out A'Lab, don't support this model any more: no bits are available in either New Zealand (whre I'm based) or direct from the factory.
The problem is that this pinion is too small for me to get reproduced at gear-cutting engineers..and there doesn't seem to be anything else at modelmakers, etc that I can adapt.
My only hope is that there will be some of these sitting in a 'local' repair shop somewhere around the world (the local agent did comment they tend to go 'frequently' and that he usually carried stock - Bah!).
If anyone on this forum can forward any contacts - preferably email, but I'll try anything! - for anyone that may stock this gear (pinion with a pulley on the back, white plastic- feels like Nylon - Audiolab replacement part number 2696-D), I'd be everlastingly grateful.....
My 'real' email address is "darl at xpress dot net dot nz" - or just drop me a line thru the forum.
Thanks again for any suggestions / help,
-Darl (Pleb)
