Glad your back, I was practically yelling say Hay dude you the belts on wrong. I smiled when you finally realized that it was running backwards, and as always a great video. Thanks
By the way it's not just TEAC, the belt routed like that so as to provide rotation in both directions was a very common design AFAIK. I've definitely seen it before.
Yeah, I was pulling my hair out for you to notice that the take-up spindle was going the wrong way or convince yourself of it. LOL I was a teenager when this machine came out. Always loved the look of the top loaders. Great video!!
'A Type 1 tape I don't care about'?.. it's a Maxell UDS-I from the early eighties. Very collectable and rated one of the best type 1's ever. The best Type 1's are considered by some to be the best tapes period. Great Video by the way.
Hey! I just randomly stumbled across your video while trying to figure out this TEAC A-170S my father gave me. It wasn’t working so thats why I’m here. My partner and I took the backing off and noticed the main belt for the cassette is corroded. I think everything else is fine, so far, where am i able to purchase such a belt for this tech? I had a similar issue with my walkman as well. These are things that my parents gave me though I’m very young i still treasure them along with the music they showed me when i was a kid. I would love to fix these and play music on them again. Hopefully you can help me, Thanks.! ^_^
How did you get the top cover off? I undid the 4 screws that were connected to some plastic posts on each corner of the machine (inside, underneath), but still couldn't pop off the cover.
lmull3 Yeah, I had, I figured out there were also 2 extra retaining screws I hadn't noticed while reading over the service manual, thanks for this great video though!!