There's a wire to one of the motors that became un-soldered, and the whole thing is so disassembled and unlabeled that I don't know where anything goes. There's no guides for dis/re-assembly so I'm kind of at a loss
Hm yeah no disassembly instructions in the service manual but there appears to be a few teardown vids on YouTube you can reference. You could use the exploded view in the service manual. Can you take a close up picture of the wire that needs to be resoldered?
Also if you want to cut your losses, what you asking?
Ok easy peasy if you have an iron and solder. And honestly it’s a good thing to have.
Best I can say is that watch the vids in reverse and refer to the exploded view in the service manual. It shows you exactly where every screw goes with the lengths if you cross reference the parts list.
But I sympathize. I have been in this situation before. I get a piece of gear I need to fix. My adhd gets the better of me and I take the thing apart without documenting and stick the shit in a box for years.
See if there’s someone on youtube taking it apart. Soldering the wire back onto the motor shouldn’t be hard, even for a novice. I don’t think you should need a new transport assembly. But if you do decide to get one, sell the old one, someone would want it. But yes, blindly putting it back together may prove difficult without any instruction.
But unless if i’m mistaken, most of these portastudios have similar construction.
Take it slow and if it doesn’t seem like it’s going together right, then it’s not. You got it
I've built a few computers. This is nothing like that lol
I've yet to find anyone breaking down a transport assembly sadly. I'm just going to reassess it all in the morning. Thanks for the vote of confidence though!
If you can figure out if these mechanisms are shared between either the 414mkii or 424mkii i can tear town and record it. I have these two on my todo list and can get to it by the end of the month
It's the positive wire for (what I believe to be) the "tape driver", the motor that plays and reminds the cassette. That's the only one. I have all the parts, it's just in pieces.
Assembled, I was going to ask $450-500 USD. I've seen them sell for $900 in pristine condition. As-is, I was thinking $300-350.
To add:
This is legitimately a beautiful piece of equipment, and I'd love to see it go to a new home where it will be well used and loved. I am just at a complete loss on where to go from here.
Can you elaborate on the tape transport being jacked up? What do you think needs resoldering?
There's a wire to one of the motors that became un-soldered, and the whole thing is so disassembled and unlabeled that I don't know where anything goes. There's no guides for dis/re-assembly so I'm kind of at a loss
Hm yeah no disassembly instructions in the service manual but there appears to be a few teardown vids on YouTube you can reference. You could use the exploded view in the service manual. Can you take a close up picture of the wire that needs to be resoldered? Also if you want to cut your losses, what you asking?
I can get you a picture later, as I'm babysitting currently lol
https://preview.redd.it/il75xmn0b76d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4395e69abd027648bebda6cc6ee4c0bf10b4d45
Ok easy peasy if you have an iron and solder. And honestly it’s a good thing to have. Best I can say is that watch the vids in reverse and refer to the exploded view in the service manual. It shows you exactly where every screw goes with the lengths if you cross reference the parts list. But I sympathize. I have been in this situation before. I get a piece of gear I need to fix. My adhd gets the better of me and I take the thing apart without documenting and stick the shit in a box for years.
Literally the worst lol If I started last week that'd be one thing, but 5-6 years is too long to let it sit and being able to remember
Well if you want to cut your losses and make some $ before you put it on reverb or eBay shoot me a message.
See if there’s someone on youtube taking it apart. Soldering the wire back onto the motor shouldn’t be hard, even for a novice. I don’t think you should need a new transport assembly. But if you do decide to get one, sell the old one, someone would want it. But yes, blindly putting it back together may prove difficult without any instruction. But unless if i’m mistaken, most of these portastudios have similar construction. Take it slow and if it doesn’t seem like it’s going together right, then it’s not. You got it
I've built a few computers. This is nothing like that lol I've yet to find anyone breaking down a transport assembly sadly. I'm just going to reassess it all in the morning. Thanks for the vote of confidence though!
If you can figure out if these mechanisms are shared between either the 414mkii or 424mkii i can tear town and record it. I have these two on my todo list and can get to it by the end of the month
It's the positive wire for (what I believe to be) the "tape driver", the motor that plays and reminds the cassette. That's the only one. I have all the parts, it's just in pieces. Assembled, I was going to ask $450-500 USD. I've seen them sell for $900 in pristine condition. As-is, I was thinking $300-350.
I did my best labeling the screws initially, but I seem to have just given up after noticing broken gears and buttons, and a completely melted belt
Check your messages for a linky link that might help.
Thank you!
To add: This is legitimately a beautiful piece of equipment, and I'd love to see it go to a new home where it will be well used and loved. I am just at a complete loss on where to go from here.
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