technoplayer
Recovering Gear-aholic
I am on a quest to get all the gear I've got in hibernation to either be fully functional and used or get rid of it. I dont know about other list members but I have come to a late life realization that
1) I have too much stuff and 2) I have diminishing patience to keep fixing and maintaining stuff I rarely/ever use.
That said up front, I have a very clean 388 I'd like to use that worked perfect when I last use it several years ago and is now glitchy. Nothing serious I presume, just stuff like dropped playback on a few channels and sticky controls. I would appreciate some guidance in walking thru a few issues.
What I DONT want to do is damage the stupid thing while trying to fix it (Rule #1). That said my first (very minor) issue is the rewind button sticks down. I understand cleaning/lube will fix this right up, but cannot seem to get the tape deck control panel off, and i dont want to force it (see Rule #1). I have taken off the four corner screws but something seems to be hloding it down.
Question: how do i get the control section out? The exploded view in the manual makes it look like those four screws are the entire story.
>>> This is the most minor issue ...more to come. Any help here? Cory maybe??
1) I have too much stuff and 2) I have diminishing patience to keep fixing and maintaining stuff I rarely/ever use.
That said up front, I have a very clean 388 I'd like to use that worked perfect when I last use it several years ago and is now glitchy. Nothing serious I presume, just stuff like dropped playback on a few channels and sticky controls. I would appreciate some guidance in walking thru a few issues.
What I DONT want to do is damage the stupid thing while trying to fix it (Rule #1). That said my first (very minor) issue is the rewind button sticks down. I understand cleaning/lube will fix this right up, but cannot seem to get the tape deck control panel off, and i dont want to force it (see Rule #1). I have taken off the four corner screws but something seems to be hloding it down.
Question: how do i get the control section out? The exploded view in the manual makes it look like those four screws are the entire story.
>>> This is the most minor issue ...more to come. Any help here? Cory maybe??