Recently I bought a Panasonic RA-6600 AM/FM/8 Track stereo off eBay. All is well except for the Tape player has major Crosstalk. Today, I bought another RA-6600 at a flea market (pure coincidence). What's wrong with this one? Crosstalk, the same exact problem (also the washington redskins sticker which will be remover or have an eagles silticker put over it)

anyways, any ideas on how to go about fixing this with out breaking the already cracked plastic piece around the head?

Recently I bought a Panasonic RA-6600 AM/FM/8 Track stereo off eBay. All is well except for the Tape player has major Crosstalk. Today, I bought another RA-6600 at a flea market (pure coincidence). What's wrong with this one? Crosstalk, the same exact problem (also the washington redskins sticker which will be remover or have an eagles silticker put over it)

anyways, any ideas on how to go about fixing this with out breaking the already cracked plastic piece around the head?

What do you mean, crosstalk? One channel bleeding into another, or audio form the adjacent loop?

with some tapes tracks 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, and 4&1 bleed through. and some tapes the tracks are just moved over, meaning track 1 plays on track 2 on the player, 2 plays on 3, and 3 plays on 4. track 4 is on track 1, but only one channel. its very odd. how can 2 of these units both have the same exact problem? one is worse than the other though. the first one i broke even more by trying to tighten the screw around the head to make it more snug, but i endeded up breaking the plastic pice in 2 places instead of one. i glued it back together and put the screw back in, but it sounds just like it did before i did that. no better, no worse.

thats why i figured id ask the experts on AK so i wont mess this one up too.

Thanks!

with some tapes tracks 1&2, 2&3, 3&4, and 4&1 bleed through. and some tapes the tracks are just moved over, meaning track 1 plays on track 2 on the player, 2 plays on 3, and 3 plays on 4. track 4 is on track 1, but only one channel. its very odd. how can 2 of these units both have the same exact problem? one is worse than the other though. the first one i broke even more by trying to tighten the screw around the head to make it more snug, but i endeded up breaking the plastic pice in 2 places instead of one. i glued it back together and put the screw back in, but it sounds just like it did before i did that. no better, no worse.

thats why i figured id ask the experts on AK so i wont mess this one up too.

Thanks!

Are you sure that screw wasn't for head height or azimuth?

No, I just figured that's what the screw was there for. Do you think the problem is somewhere else in the deck?