O well the good news is btw the mic and headphone audio output still works when I put in batteries. I think the wire I cut gave power to the motor, operation light and the tape player components. Also when I go onto replace the capacitors how will I access it because all the actual circuit components it's on another pcb below the one I can see when I take off the back cover and to get to it I have to remove the pcb on top an I'm scared I'll cut more wires that way? And if someone can help with the wire problem in the images still stuck on that?
I would recommend taking a picture of where the wire was originally sodderd, desoder the spot, then take the wire and very carefully shave off some of the protective coating, then sodder where you shaved off to the original spot. It's something I found in many vintage computer repair videos, I'm very positive it can carry over to the walkman circuit board.
I posted the pictures already like 2 or 3 posts back lol the thing is the wires are so tiny and small that I feel like I'm gonna struggle doing it ive never soldered anything before so I'm like a virgin I have virgin nerves like how do I strip the wires when they're so small
Method 1 Use sand paper or a nail file and sand off the coating. Method 2 Take a pair of scissors or your finger nails If they are shap enough and press them into the coating enough to strip without cutting the actual wire.
Ok I'll try to do that and desolder when I get to my desk, another question for my original problem my WM-3 was making a weird noise another poster told me it was because of a faulty capacitor I was going to replace that too but the problem is all the physical electronic components like resistors pontentiometers and capacitors are on another PCB below the ones I can see and access. And idk how to get to that without snapping all of the wiring on the pcb I have access to
Record a short sample of the noise, depending on how it sounds, I'll let you know if it's caps or if it's something else I've noticed with all of my walkmen
GUYS GOOD NEWS I MANAGED TO FIX THE WALKMAN well not completely but it's a start. I feel so high on happiness right now live I've just given birth. I managed to take off the insulation by using my soldering iron to burn it off and using the tweezers to pull off the burnt insulation then I just desoldered rubbed isopropyl alcohol everywhere and soldered one of the wires one of the wires again because it's 4 am in the morning and the insomnia is real so only had time for one. Anywho the operation light works again! I'm so close to being able to play my tapes I can practically lick it. Honestly though those helping hands and the magnifying glass was a lifesaver I had to point like ten lamps at those fine wires. Cause they're small as hell.
I soldered the other wire and neatly arranged the belts and the motor and spindles seem to be working again without that weird noise in my original post however the motor stops after like 5-10 seconds I think well I hope if I replace the fault capacitor(s)? It'll stop doing that thing where the motor stops after a while. Finally progress.
