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I posted this on AK but thought I'd do so here as well in case Sam or another cassette deck aficionado catches it and cares to comment.
Last winter, while walking my dog, I saw a Yamaha receiver, speakers and this Pioneer CT-F2121 at a curbside. When I got back home, I took the car and picked it up. I wasn't going to bother with the deck but thought I'd do the resident(s) a favour and take it as well. The receiver and speakers were sold. The deck's transport functions were pathetic so I shelved it.
Recently a friend asked if I would change belts and idler tire in his Pioneer CT-F1250 so I ordered a belt kit, including idler tires for this CT-F2121 at the same time. After completing installation of the 1250's belts, I installed the 2121's belts last night.
No question that it needed new rubber, but the new parts did not make the deck function as it should. It strained to REW & FF and would only do so if I did not fully depress those keys.
And then I discovered playback was fast and it warbled..
The motor speed change did not coincide with how the pot was adjusted. It would slow then speed up no matter which direction I moved it - counter clockwise or clockwise. I have yet to remove the motor and possibly take it apart. In the meantime I have been checking online for replacements.
I was aware of the Universal Capstan motor advertised on TH but it is over a $100 US and being in Canada, the landed cost would be grotesque.
The motor inside the CT-F2121 is labeled Mitsubishi MHI-5R9C, operating at 9 volts dated 1975. There is a motor on the auction site about 1/10th of the above price, similarly labeled.(but 1982) and claimed to be NOS.
Pics are below. First is the motor in the deck I have and 2nd is that from the auction site.
Just wondering what the consensus is - would the NOS motor be genuine or a fake? It's price is tempting enough for me to not even bother dicking around with the original motor.
Last winter, while walking my dog, I saw a Yamaha receiver, speakers and this Pioneer CT-F2121 at a curbside. When I got back home, I took the car and picked it up. I wasn't going to bother with the deck but thought I'd do the resident(s) a favour and take it as well. The receiver and speakers were sold. The deck's transport functions were pathetic so I shelved it.
Recently a friend asked if I would change belts and idler tire in his Pioneer CT-F1250 so I ordered a belt kit, including idler tires for this CT-F2121 at the same time. After completing installation of the 1250's belts, I installed the 2121's belts last night.
No question that it needed new rubber, but the new parts did not make the deck function as it should. It strained to REW & FF and would only do so if I did not fully depress those keys.
And then I discovered playback was fast and it warbled..
The motor speed change did not coincide with how the pot was adjusted. It would slow then speed up no matter which direction I moved it - counter clockwise or clockwise. I have yet to remove the motor and possibly take it apart. In the meantime I have been checking online for replacements.
I was aware of the Universal Capstan motor advertised on TH but it is over a $100 US and being in Canada, the landed cost would be grotesque.
The motor inside the CT-F2121 is labeled Mitsubishi MHI-5R9C, operating at 9 volts dated 1975. There is a motor on the auction site about 1/10th of the above price, similarly labeled.(but 1982) and claimed to be NOS.
Pics are below. First is the motor in the deck I have and 2nd is that from the auction site.
Just wondering what the consensus is - would the NOS motor be genuine or a fake? It's price is tempting enough for me to not even bother dicking around with the original motor.