Hi,
I’m working on my second Blockbuster which is pretty perfect minus a non-functioning cassette drive. I’ve changed all the belt drives, replaced the broken head mount with the 3D printed replacement but I am not getting power to the tape drive. I checked the motor connections and it is only reading 2.8 volts. I thought it might be a similar problem another user was having with the R264 resistor so I replaced the 1/8 watt 2.2 resistor with a 1/4 watt 2.2 since I didn’t have the 1/8 watt. The other user used a 1/2 watt 2.2 resistor but I’m worried about the stronger resistor—I want to play a cassette not burn the house down. Do you think it is a dead motor? Is there something else I can look for? In desperation I refreshed the solder on the motor leads but nothing changed. Should I try the 1/2 resistor?
As you can tell, I’m a YouTube watching do-it-yourself knucklehead.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I’m working on my second Blockbuster which is pretty perfect minus a non-functioning cassette drive. I’ve changed all the belt drives, replaced the broken head mount with the 3D printed replacement but I am not getting power to the tape drive. I checked the motor connections and it is only reading 2.8 volts. I thought it might be a similar problem another user was having with the R264 resistor so I replaced the 1/8 watt 2.2 resistor with a 1/4 watt 2.2 since I didn’t have the 1/8 watt. The other user used a 1/2 watt 2.2 resistor but I’m worried about the stronger resistor—I want to play a cassette not burn the house down. Do you think it is a dead motor? Is there something else I can look for? In desperation I refreshed the solder on the motor leads but nothing changed. Should I try the 1/2 resistor?
As you can tell, I’m a YouTube watching do-it-yourself knucklehead.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!