Pear52
New Member
I know this is a low end deck. I saw it at Goodwill and it was pretty clean. The play functions worked so I bought it, $10. It is a dual deck and on one side the rewind does not work, on the other, the FF does not work. In both cases, it tries to work and the motor and belts move, but the button kicks out in about 1/2 sec. I can see at least some of the belts are in rough shape. The counter moves on play but otherwise does not seem to move.
My intention was to replace the belts and hope that it worked. I have no tape deck in my system now, and this would just be something to have if I wanted to play one of my old tapes. I am not expecting that much out of it for fidelity, but I also do not want to put much in it as its value is not there.
Is is likely that new belts would make it function? I just don't want to get started going down the rabbit hole of repairs on such a low end deck. Part of the reason I even bought it was in the store, I saw a comment by another AK member with essentially the same deck that loved it, saying it was a little workhorse.
My intention was to replace the belts and hope that it worked. I have no tape deck in my system now, and this would just be something to have if I wanted to play one of my old tapes. I am not expecting that much out of it for fidelity, but I also do not want to put much in it as its value is not there.
Is is likely that new belts would make it function? I just don't want to get started going down the rabbit hole of repairs on such a low end deck. Part of the reason I even bought it was in the store, I saw a comment by another AK member with essentially the same deck that loved it, saying it was a little workhorse.