Re: Sony TC-366

From: Andre Foucart (sky53711a_at_skynet.be)
Date: 09/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 21:28:06 +0200

Many thanks Tim.

I have find belts, not from Sony but it's good.
I have found the service manual from a german office
(schnepel@justone-schnepel.de).
I am waiting the book.
The only problem is that the function selector don't lock.
I hope the service manual shall be useful.

André

"Tim Schwartz" <toschwartz@worldnet.att.net> a écrit dans le message de
news: 41459421.A3EC15E3@worldnet.att.net...
> Andre,
>
> Contact the Sony parts distributor(s) in your country, they might still
> have some belts available, and hopefully will have a copy of the service
> manual. There is not much to adjust in these mechanisms, unless someone
> has forced or bent something. The biggest issue is lubrication. Many
> of the old oils and greases will have dried out and turned to putty.
> The old lubes need to be cleaned out before applying fresh lubes. I
> would not take apart the entire mechanism, but threat the symptoms on a
> piece by piece basis.
>
> Unless you have alignment tapes and proper test equipment, I would not
> try to align the heads. Also, if the heads have a lot of ware, the worn
> groves in them can cause edge damage to tapes if you try to re-align
> them.
>
> Regards,
> Tim Schwartz
> Bristol Electronics
>
>
> Andre Foucart wrote:
> >
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > I own an audio tape recorder Sony TC-366, 30 years old...
> > How to find spare belts ?
> > Where to find the service manual to adjust the mechanism ?
> >
> > Yes it's an old timer but I own so much tapes with family souvenirs...
> > And it was a very fine recorder.
> > Sure, DVD recorders are better but....
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > André

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