Recent content by olman944

Can't resist looking again. Checked the voltages on pins 1 and 5 (Green wires) to chasis ground. Forward and Reverse read 13V to ground on both pins. Pretty sure one should be ground. I don't like to assume but I'm thinking it should be pin 5 if the symbol with the 12 pointing to 409-1 is the...

I really appreciate all of your insights. I found that there is no voltage to the solenoid and I dont have the tools for troubleshooting. It's time to give up I think. Thank you for all of your help. If I do try to tackle it again I'll look forward to checking back in.

just cancelled it. Reverse play only engages for a second. Head does not turn. (Saw your post on audio Vintage). I'm lost! I had ordered 2 -2B's. Could one be faulty and try the other? Yes, new motor and it plays at the correct speed. Now, the only problem appears to be reverse play.

Speed changes but not enough I have a 530AD-2B. Ordered a -2F to see if it is any better. Coming from Nam so it will be a while. End of the month. Going to play around with it and see if anything else might not be working properly. The reverse play is having issues. Just another thing to look...

Looking at the input voltage to my capstan motor I am getting 12.8V. Is that too high and why I'm not able to slow it down enough? Could I put a resistor in line to lower the votage? Thoughts?

Thanks to all for the warm welcome! To be clear though, all 3 of my R2R decks are fully functioning now. My project is the Pioneer CT-50R.

So, I checked the spring and gave it a little more torque. That might have been part of the problem. I took a cotton swab to the tire with a littke acetone and voila. everything spins correctly. Now the problem is the capstan motor won't slow down enough. Sounds like the chipmonks!. I replaced...

I've been rebuilding my collection of vinyl. (Lost in a fire). When I was working in Germany in the 80's I purchased a Pioneer sound system along with a Teac X-2000R. Last year it fried while I was listening. Couldn't be without it! I found one for sell and purchased it but I still wanted MY...

I'm having problems with the idler tire. What did you do for a fix? Mine doesn't look to be touching the shaft.