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My Akai GXC38D (dolby) HiFi cassette deck. Pinch wheel had gone all naff quite a few years ago and I've only now got round to fixing it up. Probably more for nostalgic reasons as most of the music is now on the PC / ext HDD but there are few live broadcast concerts on tape.

Got a replacement wheel that was almost identical and with some fettling will fit.

Old wheel on the left, replacement in carrier on the right:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...5&d=1534513933

Reassembled into the deck. Applied power at reduced voltage (90V) to allow the capacitors in the circuits to "re-form" This is a vital step as just plugging into full mains will probably blow the lot as it's not been powered for 15+ years

VU meters were reading full scale so I treated all the switches to switch cleaner. Fixed that. Volts up to 150 and still fine. Bought up to 200 and tried a cassette. Clean audio on the headphone output. :)

Left the deck to soak at 150V It'll need this for several hours to be sure the capacitors are OK.

Deck on soak:

https://www.cableforum.uk/board/atta...6&d=1534513968

I won't case it up until I've run it throuh the HiFi amp to check for wow and flutter as the belts are not quite flat having been standing and may need replacing. Still looks promising.

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Congrats,she look nice!!!!!!!!


Tonight I fixed the scale in our kitchen used to measure food and such.... I had mac and cheese tonight and when I pressed the bubton to turn it on nothing happend... I checked the batteries and they were in ok... I tried NEW batteries and still nothing...... I couldnt understand it as it worked last night when I made mac and cheese!!

I was mad so I slammed it on the counter 4 or 5 times.... Whadda ya know,it worked perfectly :D

Its interesting how that seems to work often!!

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Some clever people around here, my latest fix, new bolt for the shed door. :)

Thats a good thing also!!

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Mac & Cheese 2 nights in a row? no wonder the scales broke :D

I had to fix my Macbook Pro 2012, the 500GB hard Drive was getting so so slow and causing the system to keep freezing. So I bought a new 500GB SSD to replace it with. So fast now and next month will be doubling the RAM to 8GB for an extra boost.

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Some minor bugs on a [private] torrenting site. :)

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I had a dog that used to be owned by a blacksmith, when I got him home first thing he did was make a bolt for the door

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That’s a riveting story, that hinges on us believing you are nuts...

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That's a pretty ruff comment

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Gawd don't hold back now just cut to the bone with your comments .

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Replaced the arms of a wooden patio chair that my daughter had caused to rot by picking at the sealant until water got in.

Im glad you were able to fix em buddy :)

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The extending nozzle tube of the vac would not lock at any length, so it's now glued at full extension, held by Gorilla glue and a clove hitch of string.

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Better than nothing. :tu:

Anybody know what's happened to the OP? No recent postings.

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Last post 6 July. Maybe he's on holiday? :confused: