C100 tape deck 1 is giving me grief!

[Northerner]

Uiano wconion
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my email is stedenus@gmail.com

i remembered myu email passwird is bucitis77

Woh! Why are you giving out emails and passwords on a public forum?! Not wise lol

 

[Radio raheem]

First there was PAC man fever followed by conion fever , hell I'm still stuck on poo-nanny fever lol
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These stupid farking tape decks , having rubber driving the decks is like have a Sherman tank with rubber bands driving the tracks.

Im lucky Floyd lad, both of my decks have new belts which is great as there is no way id try re belting one of these buddy

 

[floyd]

I gave up one mine 5 minutes into the job lol.
I stripped those tiny ass screws that hold the top plate on the upper deck .

 

[Radio raheem]

im not surprised you gave up as it's like swiss cheese in there lol

 

[floyd]

My original m90 sat in the closet under some junk until about 2004 when I finally decided to work on the deck which only needed belts and I did open it up once then quickly put the back on and said **** it till I finally summoned up the balls to work on it.

 

[Radio raheem]

if only all boxes were as easy to work on as the m90 Floyd, at least the belts are lad

 

[Transistorized]

You could resurrect Darth Vader with all the wiring in there.

 

[caution]

I don't see what all the fuss is about, I drew a wiring diagram for you guys

 

[stragulus]

Little late, but if you're in there rebelting, put in an SBS9.2 instead of an SBS8.9; it's a little too tight and it will impact rewind performance. This deck is fairly sensitive to the belt tension because of the little plastic gear that moves when you switch between fwd/rwd.

 

[lewdawg]

Been reading a bunch of different threads and topics trying to find out the definitive belt sizing for the lower deck. Flywheel to motor = FBM9.6, underneath flywheel to other two pulleys = SBS9.2, to tape counter = ? Sorry I know this has all been covered just looking for the info in one spot!

 

[caution]

FBM9.6
SBS8.9 (two of them)

 

[lewdawg]

FBM9.6
SBS8.9 (two of them)

Little late, but if you're in there rebelting, put in an SBS9.2 instead of an SBS8.9; it's a little too tight and it will impact rewind performance. This deck is fairly sensitive to the belt tension because of the little plastic gear that moves when you switch between fwd/rwd.

This rewind performance issue is something I've read about as well. You mentioned a nut/bolt/washer solution, didn't you caution? I think I'll buy both sizes and try the larger first

 

[caution]

Yeah. The SBS9.2 wouldn't work on my C100F. Just slipped and slipped. If you can find a washer whose inner diameter is just a touch larger than the shaft on the back of the tape run module, tape it down on that to avoid the shaft from skewing under tension from the counter belt.

 

[Northerner]

I never check belt sizes I literally just pick the one that seems best and change it up or down if the deck doesn’t run right. I’m lucky enough to have bought up a closing down hifi shops stock of belts so I have a lot to choose from. Makes life so much easier

 

[lewdawg]

Very jealous Northerner. Trying to find a good place to order online here in Canada. There was one site I found with a ‘.co’ extension but they’re all out of the FBM 9.6. Best price I’ve found though—under 3 bucks CAD! There’s a guy here in Ottawa that my local hifi shop refers people to for belts. His prices are steep but I guess i’ll have to suck it up.

Will try your technique caution.

Thanks lads

 

[Transistorized]

belts deteriorate just sitting. best bet is to replace your stock every 5 years

 

[Northerner]

belts deteriorate just sitting. best bet is to replace your stock every 5 years

Not so easy to do lol. Don’t know how old the ones I have are but they’re all good like new so far