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04-13-2023, 06:03 PM
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Good afternoon party people. My belts showed up today so of course the first thing I did was see if this thing lived. I replaced the broken drive belt and also the one loading belt that was easy to do, which was still flexible but noticeably harder than the new one. However, one of the pulleys seems to have been damaged either by grease that was on the old belt or some chemicals leaching out of the belt itself as it sat in one spot. I cleaned it up the best I could with isopropanol. Do I worry about it? It appears to be part of the main drive mechanism so I figured this would be important, however, as you can see, it is in fact playing.
Questions: 1. Picture quality is... not great. Am I just spoiled by watching Blu-Rays and 4K streaming, and I've forgotten what VHS looks like? The only tape I have is the one that was stuck in this machine when I got it which is an old pre-enjoyed rental copy of Speed. 2. Tracking seems to be best most of the way to right. Is this a problem or worry about it some other time? 3. FF and REW leave the tape engaged with the heads even if pressed after STOP. Is this correct? The mechanism is working, it loads and ejects properly. 4. I cleaned the heads with isopropanol on a flour sack, but I realized I do not know. Can I use my tape head demagnetizer on a VCR, and should I? Or just stop here and keep playing? 5. Any idea how to replace the last belt? (see previous post with pics) Thanks guys! So far I'm in (mods, please edit if price discussion is not allowed) $12.50 for the unit $10 for belts $14 for the owner's manual (to get the remote part number, and also because this is kinda complicated) $22.30 for the remote so I'm almost $60 in at this point although it does appear to be functional. My rational head says I'm getting close to market value of the thing. Thoughts? 
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