badasscat
New Member
I have recently acquired a Panasonic RE-8190 quadraphonic 8 track deck and receiver combo. It's really cool, but it has a loose tuning knob that kind of just flops around (though it does still work, mostly). When I opened the unit up to replace the belt on the 8 track motor, I found a little metal clip that I can only assume came off the knob somewhere. It doesn't look like anything else is broken otherwise.
The two problems I have are that I have no idea how this is *supposed* to go together or why the clip would have fallen off (which would help me to know if it was the only problem or if something else is missing), and also I have no idea how to access the internals of the knob itself, which I assume I need to in order to fix this. I can't find a service manual online. So if anyone has any experience with taking the faceplate off on this thing, I'd appreciate it.
A couple pics:
If I need to unscrew that plate above to get access, it seems basically impossible. There's no real way to get my fingers in there without removing everything around it, which seems very complicated due to the design of this thing. So I'll probably just forget it if that's what I need to do. But I'm really hoping the clip goes in from the front and there's some easy way to get at it from there.
Thanks!
The two problems I have are that I have no idea how this is *supposed* to go together or why the clip would have fallen off (which would help me to know if it was the only problem or if something else is missing), and also I have no idea how to access the internals of the knob itself, which I assume I need to in order to fix this. I can't find a service manual online. So if anyone has any experience with taking the faceplate off on this thing, I'd appreciate it.
A couple pics:
If I need to unscrew that plate above to get access, it seems basically impossible. There's no real way to get my fingers in there without removing everything around it, which seems very complicated due to the design of this thing. So I'll probably just forget it if that's what I need to do. But I'm really hoping the clip goes in from the front and there's some easy way to get at it from there.
Thanks!