Re: [ARSCLIST] reel to reel tape deck

[phillip holmes <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Do a google search for "Terry's Rubber Rollers" for the rubber parts.  Run 
the machine up VERY slowly on a variac, or you could loose resistors and a 
transformer.  Start at 0 and work your way to line voltage over a couple 
days (with the power switch "on").  Many old machines die a horrible death 
because they sit for years and the electrolytic capacitors go bad.  But if 
you warm them up slowly, they should re-form.  And maybe the rubber isn't 
shot.  If it was sealed, perhaps they might work.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Stern" <sternth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:20 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] reel to reel tape deck


>  I have recently retrieved a Reel to Reel tape deck I bought many years 
> ago, which landed in storage shortly after I got it.
>  It was either never used or used for a few hours.  Haven't opened the box 
> yet, so do not know the condition.  I assume that the rubber parts are 
> probably shot, and would like to know if anyone knows a source for parts 
> and service.....
>  The deck is an AKAI GX230D.
> Thank!  Thomas.