Strange motor sound...

[mmcodomino]

Hi everyone!

Last time I visited Peter, he gave me his remains of a Crown 850 he used to rescue another one.

I came to find out almost everything is there except for some screws and the antennas. I plugged it in (without speakers built in) and the VUs acted normal according to the functions and everything else gave a reaction.

So I am planning on maybe rescuing it and make it work a bit at least.

I took out the tape deck and all the belts have melted and are like slime on the wheels..UGH.
The motor always makes a loud strange noise when it is running and it looks like some of the black stuff went in it...
Is it possible to rescue the motor?
Or do I need a new one?
Maybe I will modify the tape deck to play MP3s but that would be rather sad I think...it is the brown version of an 850 so it is pretty cool.
If this resto does not work out I will use the front for my regular working 850 .
Help with the motor would be appreciated.

 

[monchito]

if i were you run for your life when you hear a noise coming from the motor

 

[steedums]

you can probably save it. Are you sure that black goo got into it? if so, you can pop off the back cap and clean it out. The motors are pretty simple. I'd try to squirt some contact cleaner into it, or put a little machine oil on the bearing and see if that fixes the noise.