Good Luck !
have you applied contact cleaner to the switches ?
Well there's some initial resistance when the heads are raised as this is driven by the motor. But then when the tape is playing it's only the...
[ATTACH] Today I found a donor deck at a flea market. When I got home with it I had the motor out in less than ten minutes. Then I put the motor...
Beware with those red BASF LH super cassettes. They're known for scraping sounds on the heads.
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Dag Eddy, Bonjour Eddy !
The motor is about 35mm wide and the height is about 38 mm. Come to think of it it is quite incredible how much smaller capstan motors became in...
A quick update : today I replaced the motor with a motor from a donor deck. Unfortunately, that replacement motor is not as big and when I tested...
Good news : it seems my Siera survived the short-circuit. Today I replaced the fuse and got it working again. Even the cassette was playing. I...
Oh another thing : The Service Manual. I looked and looked on the net but it seemed that I could only download it if I payed for it. Then I found...
I just discovered it is in fact glue. I didn't know until now that on some capacitors adhesive was added to absorb vibrations. That means the...
And this is the Siera a few days ago, all cleaned up and awaiting the new belts :
That's very kind ! I definately had the power switch correct on 220V. What happened was that I started the motor by pressing play on the...
Hi, thanks for your reaction. That service manual, is that the one that became available a few days ago on hifiengine ? If it is : I'm the one who...
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