Wow!!
This took me 3 days of hard work to bring back to 100% working order!!
The cassette deck is pretty complex & requires removing the cassette mechanism completely to access & replace the 2 belts that drive it
Not for the faint hearted in fact when I opened it up, I saw the 2 motor multi layered pcb's over the reel motor & the many microswitches that all needed cleaning back to metal due to tarnishing.............
Once the deck is out & in front of you, it's relatively easy to unscrew the lower level of mechanics & lift it away to reveal the huge flywheel driven by a large flat belt & a tiny second belt on the top of the flywheel that drives the full auto stop mech
After cleaning & replacing the two egg shaped belts, it's time to reassemble the mechanism, check for any micro or leaf switches (There's a few!!) & clean them up......found one lurking under the decorative silver metal plate on the front of the deck which I removed to check for rubber tyres (None, all gear driven) This switch is for the music search solenoid & needed de-gunking!!
At this stage, I decided to totally strip down the whole system & clean/service every last part of the tuner, amp & cassette deck as the pictures will show!!
While the cassette mech was still out, I powered her up to clean the freshly oiled capstan shaft heads & pinch roller - much easier when all open & didn't take long at all!!
No azimuth or speed tweaks, in my experience these JVC component decks are always spot on
Reassembling the tape deck is no picnic, nor is it too difficult, hence the choice to do a complete strip down & knowing that the amplifier & tuner would be easy compared to the deck - Like my PC-11, the cassette deck is absolute quality & these deserve to be saved & used for many years to come!!
Amplifier & tuner both completed on last day (Y/day) & nothing to report here just cleaning & Servisol & polish the cases of both
Late last night was time to connect & test it out..........
& Viola!! Everything worked first time
Cassette deck is very very good, sound quality is superb with a wide dynamic range & slick performance! The logic controlled mech is perfection & a delight to use!! Recording quality even on ferric tape is very good - stability is as good as it gets & the tiny led's are a nice touch!!
As expected, the speakers were farked - foam all gone
Ah well, enough waffle - Here are the images......there are a few
https://youtu.be/EqiBfTXcpQU
