Been after one of these for a long time!!
Once again many Ebay sellers were either on the amphetamine, the weed or the other vice, namely 'The Tins'
With asking prices up to £100 BIN & even £50 £60 ball park, it has taken a while to find one that isn't battered to death & complete for a few quid!!
Many thanks to MyOhMy Christine who contacted me & helped me get this - I have had a very busy 10 days or so & there are stereo's arriving daily at the moment & she organised it all for me!
This was a good one when plugged in!! - The motor ran non-stop because the auto stop bar was seized solid & was preventing the final part of the stop process!! Now these early-ish mechanisms rely on the flywheel to quickly disengage the play & record functions (No full auto stop back then!) So the flywheel was franticly trying to end the last used mode & there was a familiar sound with these decks - A really loud clattering noise that wouldn't stop unless power lead was out!!
That's how hard this stereo was to repair, clean dried grease & spray a tiny bit of new grease on all the bars & levers, the belt must have been done as it was pretty much new
Really good head & roller clean including the reel bases & single rubber tyre (All fine) followed by a motor speed test (fine) & a tiny azimuth tweak
All in all, less than 90 minutes from unboxing to video
Et Viola!! A lovely little bush...................& we all love a bit of that
Great little stereo
https://youtu.be/N3-omqBbuJM
