This one didn’t have much luck, but I have since found another way to fix this board because honestly, volume control is important! In hindsight, I probably wouldn’t have used as much contact cleaner. It seemed to disturb the grease that was supposed to protect the trimpot. Lucky for me, it was toast anyway!
Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Volume Board Repair Attempt
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