How To Fix a Bell & Howell 8mm Projector Feed Tire Not Turning 

Thank you so much! My wife wanted to watch some old movies and we spent over $75 on a new (old) bulb and then discovered this issue when trying to feed the film! With your video I was able to get the gear loose in about 15 minutes. Works great now!

This was extremely helpful... and when he says you have to use alot of wd-40 he is right! I had to spray and spray and spin and spray, I angled the machine depending on which way i sprayed so it would drain into where it needs to go. I did this last night and got the machine working! Thank you so much

You are the man! Both of your videos on replacing feed tire and this one got mines up running like new! Thank you!

Thank you for this! I have a bunch of old home movies I want to do something with, but after many years of sitting in the attic, my projector was doing the exact same thing - found this video - and your fixed worked!

Immensely helpful!!! I just got one with a feed tire thats stuck too!. Thanks

your videos are always well done. but my feed tire looks perfect, not gummy at all, but tire will not spin when pushing down on the rollers. is it possible i just need a need feed tire. please help? thnx:)

Just got one like this for 10$ and im fixing it right now

This was very helpful mine it spin I think the problem I have is the film jams up

I was wondering if you had any advice if I can’t get my projector to turn on period. It’s a Gaf anscovision 688. Got it at goodwill, and thinking of cleaning it up and selling it for a profit.

I have the same projector. Scored a bulb that worked, but died within seconds of starting. However, before it did, I’m pretty sure I noticed that the focus did not seem to affect the projection at all. Any thoughts?

How can i remove the focus grid/dots?

Any tips on the take-up reel I've examined it and all the gears spin but the one that connects to the real itself when the projectors in forward doesn't move it's like the gears just spin around their axis should there be some type of pressure Thanks for any responses.

i have one of these projectors and decided to try it out. went to feed the film through it and the feeding tire was like tar. luckily it only stuck to the white part at the beginning of the film. what made this tire turn to a thick sticky tar goo?

I have the same projector, for some reason it is just absolutely eating film. I've tried with three different old testing reels and it keeps on getting stuck at certain points in the rollers and will crinkle and bunch of the film. I've manually threaded it all the way through and it will still end up bunching up slightly and becoming an issue. Is it a problem with the old film I'm trying to put through it? Or something I should work on with the actual projector. Any tips?

Does anyone know which model of Autoload this projector is? Thanks

I have a projector like this that starts out running fine, but after a minute or two the picture starts to jump, and the motor seems to bog down. I replaced the belt, but this still happens. Any ideas what could cause this?

This is a helpful fix-it-vid but could have done with some editing (too long) and less loud music. Otherwise thanks for the tip.

Keep your hands out of the way.