One of El's finest videos. AM I RIGHT? Dope tunes, perfect close ups, the out of focus shot made my piss myself and dat intro was on fire. 5 Star Brandon Rating right there. 👌
When I broke my phone acouple years ago, I bought a Walkman for $3 at a garage sale and used it for the months where I had no phone. I used the FM radio and it was awsome
Awesome vid! I have found memories of using a walkman as my portable player when I was a kid. Also at 4:44 you can just carefully lift the t bracket slightly to remove and replace belts without even fully removing that pita spring.
I actually have a Walkman one that slings around your next that I wear outside to save my phone battery and I get a lot of funny looks. And a lot of "WOoooah that's so old I used to have a Walkman back in the day"
Your video is really great!! it gives me some hope in order to refurbish my Sony Walkman TPS-L2. Mine has the same problem, bands are too lazy too. I didn't know that I could buy them on eBay. I will try to fix mine too!! Your video inspires me! Best regards!!
Me: Man! Wish I had something so cool! Sucks to be me :( Also me: *watches this vid on a 700 dollar phone that literally does almost anything you could need as far as technology goes*
Big Love. I am also starting to appreciate all the efforts put into technology from the past and repairing any vintage electronics that is spoilt yet sophisticated.
Just found and watched this video.... it was "recommended". So now it's 2019, and I just watched you repair a 40 year old walkman and restore it to it's former glory..... that makes me so happy to see! I remember those Sony's when they first arrived in ther UK back then (they were the first ever personal HiFi tapeplayers - a revolutionary new type of HiFi device); I had just started my first job in an independent HiFi shop in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and they seemed like amazing, magical devices...! So Well Done to you Elliot for doing this...that little Walkman is a true piece of history... :-)
The Retro Future Golden Classic as it is. My friend once found pretty freaking big black dead bug inside of a second-hand SNES. Disgusting... but what can be more classic than that? :)
The Retro Future put a proper Chrome tape in there, it has a fantastic high tone that just makes you happy! ... great Walkman find! ... I’m tempted to send you some tapes, but you can’t play any of them on air... copyright...:)
I remember a very similar Walkman from my early childhood, the only difference is that mine had a metal housing and metal buttons. Rock solid, but as heavy as a brick.
Neat! I picked up an off-brand portable tape player at Goodwill a while ago for a couple bucks to test out my repair chops and play some old tapes I have. That one wasn't quite as much of a pain as this but still rewarding. Electronics repair can be quite addictive.
The patience u have for things mixed with when i try and do this stuff my fat fingers make everything harder makes its quite amazing when you see how things can get done with determination mixed diy awesome work!
It's in remarkably good shape to begin with, kudos on getting one. I recently found a WM-F18 from '85, needs a 3D printed battery cover heh. Great job.
I was freaking out about the intro and then outro happened OMG you are a genius !! This is the quality content I subscribed for 😄 I hope you will make more videos outside 💜
I know this video is 5 years old, but I am actually currently bidding on this model of the TPS-L2. Been wanting it for nearly 10 years. The one I'm bidding on doesn't output audio but hopefully I can get that fixed up. If not, I'll be happy enough to just own it even if it doesn't work
Good vid! I always found the older models too complicated and the advanced slim new ones likewise. If there is anything I have taken away from repairing these on my own is that if you stick with sony its very unlikely that you won't find the service manual online for free (which also most of the time provides step by step instructions on disassembly) and the second is if you ever have corroded contacts just use some sandpaper on them and that basically can get rid of any corrosion left over.
The only issue with sanding off corrosion is that without the resistant chrome plating that the corrosion ate away you've got a patch that will oxidize much quicker. To really fix crusty contacts you'd have to replate the metal or use something likewise to seal it.
El mejor regalo de la época dorada de SONY, tenía todo para triunfar por su calidad, como producto de reproducción de cassettes para los aficionados al audio, eran buenos los auriculares y el acabado, hoy en día sigue funcionando, tenía una ventaja que los clientes valoraban si estabas escuchando música y te saludaban por la calle, pulsabas micro y podias entablar una conversación sin sacar los auriculares, era una solución para apreciar y no perder contacto con alguien que te decía hola o buenos días. En la tienda era un producto que dejaba satisfecho al comprador y al vendedor, el que tiene mi hijo en casa al verlo ves la calidad. SALUDOS.
excellent video, my only suggestions would be to apply some white lithium grease for electronics to the teeth of the gears, this will help reduce the wow and flutter of the tape, you may also need to re texture the pinch roller with some fine sandpaper and isoprop just so that it grips and moves the tape smoothly.
for minor jobs like capstans certainly, it's just important to avoid it wicking to anywhere else in the walkman since it makes plastics turn to mush after a while (and makes the belts lose their tension)
apple vinegar cleans battery acid leakage/corrosion pretty well, that and baking soda, just be careful not to apply it on anything but the actual battery acid
I with you would be prepared to sell that Ssony Walkman to me. I wa born in 1979 and I grew up with Walkman's but the original looks so solid. If you ever decide to sell it, please let me know, I will use it every day as I have loads of cassettes. Thanks
Questions why does it appear to have somekind of internal battery is that something that should be changed if it is somekind of capacity holder after all these years or is that something else, you really should have cleaned everything inside while you had it open and checked everything and is the stuff on the contacts from battery leaking? If so did you try vinegar, finally don't oil plastic it makes it go nasy
You didn't show cleaning the wiper potentiometer on the headphone board or anything of that manner. you also didn't oil up the motor or the spinning brass pieces. this is something you NEED NEED NEED to do. the pot is for the adjustment of the speed. since you have new belts it will be very out of sync speed-wise and may be too fast.
I am still new to Walkmans! The sound is great, doesn't seem to be playing too fast or anything? I didn't want to fiddle with this unit too much given its age & price. I will be doing some repairs to a WM-3 and will try and do all of that one.
Be very careful with oils and plastics as some oils can eat out plastics or make them very fragile and sometimes deformed over time. Sorry if I made some mistakes or if my grammar is bad. Just wanted you to know about oils. Greetings from russia! :)
Yeah petroleum based lubricants chemically attack certain types of plastics. This is why gasoline containers have to be made of plastics that resist the reaction.
If you could, because no one else will, id really appreciate a pic or somthing oh the tape head ajustment screw cover, mine is missing and fabricating one is near impossible
Kinda, i bought a broken game gear and i bricked it by accident :c can you upload a video on how to replace capacitors on a game gear? if you can of course, thanks
You mentioning in the title that this was from guardians of the galaxy is one of the things that piss me off. Maybe you should sell this and with that money you can buy a new car. I hate guardians of the galaxy because of what they’ve done to selling prices of these things. And now because of that, if I want one of these which I do, I have to pay on average $2,000. So yeah, not happening.