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Originally Posted by Adam
So I picked this up at a thrift store today. V of M tape-o-matic 736. I don't have a tape to test it with. The motor turns, the belts seem to be ok, but a lot of the mechanism is gummed up like it needs to be lubricated. What's weird is that the motor turns when I press stop and stops when I press play! I see the switch that turns the motor on and off (it's on the top right) and I don't really see how this could work any differently. Before I take this apart any further, anyone worked worked on one of these before and know what's going on?
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Brian is right. The behavior you describe is normal for that era of single motor belt driven RTR deck. That 'dohickey' is usually a lightweight lever that presses against the tape to make sure there is tape.
I've got three of it's older siblings in my collection.
What diameter reel does/can it take (it looks like 5")? I've got all reel sizes I know of in 1/4" tape....If you give me a size I can bring a full reel of tape for you to the next WARCI meet to have gratis.