A Little 'Generic' Stereo Restored & Saved!

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Nickeccles

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Just A Quickie This One


I suspect this one won't appeal to many.............


I have had this for a good five years just sitting in the 'Boomer Store Room' I felt sorry for it & had to save it, used to own one of course back in the day around 1982 (A great year for me!!)

This was filthy & dead so time to investigate!! I guessed this would be a fairly easy job & it was.........

Seized motor, stretched belt & mains fuse blown!! I was very surprised to see a flat capstan belt & a large flywheel in this little Ingersoll, I expected 'Mickey Mouse' throughout this machine but that wasn't the case at all...........everything pluggable & really easy to get access to the cassette mechanism!


Capstan shaft & motor bearing oiled, it was time to replace the mains fuse & power up - All good so far!! Motor running silently & after oiling both reel shafts (Almost seized reels) it was time to clean heads & pinch roller which were very dirty & seemed to take forever


Plugged in my headphones (Speakers were off in the front panel) & played a tape........

Speed spot on with no instability at all - that's what we want to hear


Tiny azimuth adjustment required to restore maximum treble & channel balance & suddenly this little Ingersoll sounded ace through my earphones


Now I know this little units speakers are small & not up to much but after cleaning the case & reassembling, she works like new in every way & looks so clean & new


An easy restore & am glad I did it now...............

Another one saved from the skip


Oh & VIOLA!!

Here she is



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https://youtu.be/1BLDi1EN8Hs





 

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That looks lovely, well done! Can I ask, how did you adjust the azimuth and what does it look like? I have a problem with the balance on one of mine and would love to get it fixed.
 
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