GE 3-5025A Tape Recorder Repair and Restore
Old tape decks and recorders come my way once in while either by someone giving them to me or by purchasing them at thrift stores or Flea markets. I purchased this one at a thrift store for a few dollars. When powering on the unit to test i.e. found a few problems. The first problem was the 6 volt DC power jack was loose when I went to plug it in to try out the tape recorder.
The second problem was the fast forward and rewind buttons were not working. The play button would work just find. The last problem had to do with the volume control. It would only go up in volume. The control would not go to lower setting and was scratchy.
Here is the tape recorder opened up and disassembled.
Here are the new belts I used to replace the old drive belts.
New belts replaced and installed.
Next thing I did was to repair the broken loose solder joints that were attached to the 6 volt DC power jack.
The last problem to repair was the volume control.
I used some electrical contact cleaner and sprayed some on the contacts. Then I moved the volume control knob up and down a few times.
Here is the tape recorder unit all reassembled and cleaned up.
This article was prepared for you by Mark James; Pennsylvania U.S. Mark is a computer Technician and electronics hobbyist. Holds two associate degrees one in Computer systems technology and one in electronics engineering technology.
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