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Fixed my grandpa's cassette deck with a $3 belt kit instead of paying a repair guy $120, and the cheap way won
Two ways to deal with a dead tape deck: drop it off at the electronics guy on Grand Ave and hand over $120, or open it up yourself with a $3 rubber belt kit off the auction site. I picked the second one after the repair guy quoted me 3 weeks wait. The belts in those old decks turn to black goo after sitting in a hot garage, and that goo is what kills the play function. I spent maybe 40 minutes with a screwdriver and a pair of tweezers getting the old melted belt out of the pulley. The new one popped on and the thing spun like it was 1985 again. The repair guy had told me the motor was probably shot and it would need a full rebuild. It did not. Opening it up myself taught me how the whole thing works, which the repair guy would never do. If you have a tape deck that clicks but won't play, check the belt before you believe anyone who says the motor is dead. Has anyone here had a repair quote come back way higher than the actual problem turned out to be?
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