Fisher PH-490 - Popcorn anyone :)

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stynger007

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This Fisher 490 came to me with a totally dead deck. No power, no motor run. Pulled the back off, and like a deer in the headlights there were wires- everywhere

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Not to be deterred, continued on to test the motor using an external power supply..



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Motor checked out - but was loose -now for the unplugging - the tiny limit switches looked delicate -



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Undid the circuit board first, removed all plugs , wire ties, removed the rear housing and accessed the belts- stretched out , 1 off ..


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took a parts unit and replaced one of the tiny rubber spacers that secure the motor mount -


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Motor and circuit board reinstalled after new belts and cleaning limit switches, plugs were fairly easy but there were several stray wires-marked them out and reinstalled plugs and wires-


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Plugged in main unit to power supply, leaving middle of chassis out to test the deck and...


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One happy, 100% Fisher PH-490 :-D

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TMR

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awesome bud.. she's a real beauty.. have one question though.. how did you get the second row of LED's to function.. i didnt have time to find the root of that problem.. just curious..
 
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Thanks guys! :cool:

TMR said:
awesome bud.. she's a real beauty.. have one question though.. how did you get the second row of LED's to function.. i didnt have time to find the root of that problem.. just curious..
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Thanks TMR , The second row of LED's came to life after cleaning all switches using switch and contact cleaner. I think it`s called deoxit in the States .. :-)

baddboybill said:
Very cool :cool: told ya it easy ;-)
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Hi badboybill , it was fairly easy but you didn`t mention the entire face removed from the chassis! :-O :-) :lol:

Biggest things were being careful not to bend the tiny limit switches and not to lose track of which wire plugged into where :-D


The deck operation - when pressing buttons to engage, it responds in a very quiet and solid manner - you feel confident once you have pressed the button it has locked into place and engaged - it doesn`t react like a boombox at all, more like a pro home cassette deck- Fisher did a great job on this unit ! :yes:
 
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stynger007 said:
The deck operation - when pressing buttons to engage, it responds in a very quiet and solid manner - you feel confident once you have pressed the button it has locked into place and engaged - it doesn`t react like a boombox at all, more like a pro home cassette deck- Fisher did a great job on this unit ! :yes:
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Fisher made some excellent quality decks for sure. Even my little PH-463 has a terrific cassette deck mechanism that sounds close to what you are describing for the 490!
 
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