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Hi,
A friend of mine recently got a free 424 for free as it wasn't powering on. I bought a new power adapter for it and made sure it was the same exact one for the machine. I got the thing to turn on but after testing it I see that the capstan motor doesn't run at all. The FF and RW will both work but the transport will not engage with the tape and the capstan doesn't turn.
I have looked around and found some similar issues with the MKII and MKIII and read how the motor for these machines work on all three generations. The problem is, the two places I found that used to sell the particular motor are no longer offering it.
Does anyone know of a site or store that I could look into? Also, I have an old Porta02 that doesn't work and I was thinking that if the capstan motor is still good in that then maybe it would be a replacement for the 424? Doubt it but figured I'd look into it.
A friend of mine recently got a free 424 for free as it wasn't powering on. I bought a new power adapter for it and made sure it was the same exact one for the machine. I got the thing to turn on but after testing it I see that the capstan motor doesn't run at all. The FF and RW will both work but the transport will not engage with the tape and the capstan doesn't turn.
I have looked around and found some similar issues with the MKII and MKIII and read how the motor for these machines work on all three generations. The problem is, the two places I found that used to sell the particular motor are no longer offering it.
Does anyone know of a site or store that I could look into? Also, I have an old Porta02 that doesn't work and I was thinking that if the capstan motor is still good in that then maybe it would be a replacement for the 424? Doubt it but figured I'd look into it.