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SUCCESS!!! Just wanted to report that there WAS in fact a screw which was supposed to be taken out but which the service manual does NOT show. I had to do some detective work but I was finally able to remove the top cover. I have attached a couple of photos, one of the location of that screw...

I appreciate you hanging in with me Cory :) . Those two screws are not the issue because all they do is affix the head cover. The issue is more in the upper right corner, it's really stuck there, despite all screws being take out. I'll have to carefully re-check everything.

I will have to check again to make sure I'm not overlooking something. I also might get one of those tiny inspection cameras with a light to see what's going on in there. I don't think there are any screws in the cassette bay. I know the 464 (and likely the 488) has those but not the 246.

Thanks Cory, I wonder if something like this would work too (it has a height adjustable platform too): https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0CQC7D9DV/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_1?smid=AXNK5ME4JRG50&th=1

The top cover Cory. It's basically the same procedure as on the 244, just the screws being in slightly different positions. Something is holding tight onto the right side / corner where the two small VU meters are located or, when looking at the 4-3-1 diagram, that upper left corner

I was attempting to remove the front case and looks like I hit a road block. Now mind you that I had done this before a number of years ago (on another 246 unit). I pulled off all the sliders and control knobs and (from the bottom) removed all the screws as shown in the service manual (copy of...

Cory, sorry if this was answered before but how exactly do you remove that pin from the pinch roller assembly to remove the old pinch roller?

Thanks Steen, great info! Much appreciated. :thumbs up:

WOW, Cory, thank you!! This makes me a lot LESS nervous now. Information GOLD. Thanks again. :)

I'm doing okay these days Cory, haven't really done much with my stuff for a while, most is in storage, including the ATR60-4HS :D

RFR: The jack inserts no problem, all works well. Although the crooked orange cap might be difficult to re-solder or re-flow because, looking at it closer, one of the legs (the front one) is sort of folded in half and bent at the base too, likely from pressure on that cap when someone previous...

Thanks guys, much appreciated. :thumbs up:

Thanks for the advice, good options. I'll probably take option two (cause bending the board a bit more makes me nervous indeed), even though that will mean a bit more work, having to take the top cover off to better access those clips (although that's still fine cause I need to change the pinch...

Hi guys, I'm going through a Tascam 246 that I bought locally some time ago, testing functions, cleaning up melted rubber etc.. and have found something rather odd. The photos attached below show the "monitor B pcb assembly" being bent at the front end, what looks like that orange oval...

You too Mark7 :D :thumbs up:

Cory, Dave: So nice to see the old faces again still posting. I occasionally lurk, for account of a busy life. Cory, fascinating 244 story (so far ;) ). I still fondly recollect our conversations and the help that you gave my 244 (among others). Lovely machine indeed. Dave, it's been a long...

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I apologize for the off topic but there's a seller in the USA who has a good price (very cheap) on a NOS part for an old U-MATIC VCR that I wish to get my hands on. He offers free shipping to the States but a whopping $50 just to ship to Canada. Mind you that this is a small and light part - the...

Hi, I got several prerecorded tapes on 5" and 3" reels, which came with a SONY portable deck, looks like home recorded family stuff from the 60 - 70's.. Some back-coated tapes in there and some not but that's not really important here... I am aware of sticky shed, various ways to deal with it...

Cory, here's a couple of those pics promised... They're the same model TC-800B, the one with reels on I'm almost done cleaning, need to recondition the roller and belts (though for 40+ year old rubber it's all still fine) and so too are the electronics! Those SONY's just keep going and going...