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Any guesses? I'll settle for guesses at this point. I've tried demagging the heads and tape path. Nuthins' doin'

I was recording to my Model 80 these last couple days when suddenly it started making a terrible noise whenever I hit record. It will play fine but as soon as I punch in or hit record it starts making this noise. The noise is coming from all the other previously recorded tracks and is so loud it...

The right belt is just a matter of length and width. Use that site I linked or email Marrs. Anything is possible my friend.

Thanks brother. The dbx is working great on that machine. There is a dropout (every time I hear it it's glaring lol) but that's the tape, not the unit. I wish I could do it over again too (the 90's, maybe the song too...)

https://soundcloud.com/free-country/under-fluorescents Recorded on the Tascam 688

And put the buyer into instant bankruptcy.

Reminds of that Seinfeld episode. He's lucky he didn't get interrogated by Newman.

You're going to have issues with pretty much any belt that you put on there that's not close to the original specs of the one that came from the factory. You can always tie a string around the the flywheels and then subtract a bit to make sure it'll have enough tension to stay on. Here's an...

Did you replace the capstan belt too? From what I understand the drive belt brings the heads and pinch roller wheel up and down when you press play and stop. Check again and see if one broke or came loose. If it was working for a couple days and then stopped it's most likely the belts, but who...

"It can do things that digital and other analog recorders can't"

Lol, maybe. The problem is that Reverb is telling me that the buyer has a certain amount of time from delivery of the item to return it if it's not working as described. I understand that it didn't have a crack in it's side but that's not my doing, so I don't feel like I'm responsible for it. If...

So, I recently bought a Tascam 246 from a guy through Craigslist with the plan to fix it up and sell it. This is the model I was asking about replacing the VU meter bulbs on last month. I went through and cleaned it up nice, with new belts, pinch roller wheel, idler tires. I tested all the...

Got em all replaced and it's looking great. The replacement bulb was a shade darker than the original so I just took out the other 3 and replaced em (so now I have 3 bulbs to replace if any of em go out on my personal 246). I had some trouble soldering the leads directly to the harness but I...

I would think shipping to Bob Schuster's place (Long Island) wouldn't be too bad. There's also NJ Factory Service in north Jersey. Both guys are top service techs that have been doing it for years.

WTF!? Also, who is watching it? Where'd this guy even come up with that price? I see some wild stuff but this really shocked me

Okay. I appreciate the info. I should have it done by tomorrow and I'm thinking of doing all of the lights as the new bulb isn't frosted and may be brighter. That shouldn't bother me but I think it will haha

So I began tackling this bulb replacement tonight and I've got a question that hopefully someone will be able to help me out with. The new bulb has wires coming out both ends of it while the bulb I just took out has caps on either end. I thought maybe I was supposed to put these caps on the new...

Marrs, Vintage Electronics, Dynamic Tech. Not really sure but I do know that Tascam doesn't carry them anymore.

Thank you both. I was thinking about just buying a used 244 meter for $25 but figured this would be good for me to learn for future repair jobs. I ordered the lights so I'll check back and let you know how I did. The last time I soldered anything was 10 years ago so these are good tips to have.

@ GCalo Sent you a PM. @ Sweetbeats I assume you have some experience on putting these in. Wanna throw some knowledge my way? I read they need to be soldered in and I have a solder kit and some experience with it. Is it pretty self explanatory or what?