tascam 34b problem

[westgate]

im in New Hampshire.
i just went through it again, took all the boards out cleaned the contacts, pushed every wire clip on connection dealy, checked for obvious bad cap, broken what nots.
no luck thus far!
i guess the next step is to search for cold solder joints! not a fun activity, but what can you do!
anyone happen to know of any repair people in my part of the country?

scott f. is in springfield vt, just across the border from charlestown n.h. which is great if you're on the west side of n.h. he's right off I-91.
he rehabbed my nakamichi mr-1 cassette deck and then one of my akai gx-630d-ss quad reel to reels (see slideshow in signature area below).
right now he's rehabbing/recapping my 2 36 year old pioneer qa800a quad amps. he's really good.

http://audio-fixation.net/

 

[westgate]

You mentioned the heads being dirty when you first got the machine.

How did you clean them and what chemicals did you use to clean them? If there was sticky shed oxide on the heads at some previous point, you may need to re clean them a few times with methanol and pay very close attention to how the gaps on the heads look on the edge tracks compared to the interior tracks. It's also important to use fresh tape on the machine once you are 100% sure the heads are spotless.

It takes very little baked on tape oxide welded to the head to block the signal transmission and your edge track problems indicate more of a physical problem rather then an electronic one.

Cheers!

ABSOLUTELY what he said! and VP also (post 17 from back in sept.)