On Jun 10, 7:45*pm, Bru-Ha wrote:
Hello all,

Back to the subject at hand, I am looking for advice on servicing my
Realistic TR-803 player/recorder. Are there any "experts" who would
like to toss a bone to this poor puppy who can't afford to send it in
to a shop? It doesn't need much, but the minimum it needs is the head
height adjusted.

Thanks in advance, Bruce



I've had 3 of those TR803's- they were the last recorder that Radio
Shack ever made. They have a plastic tape head mount/support, which
is prone to cracking. The head then becomes loose inside and will
even fall out with wires still attached. Be sure yours doesn't have
that problem.

Also avoid anything "DeserTBob" tells you, he gave advice here a while
back that destroyed someone else's tape deck- do a search on
"Ommadawn" and his tape deck. BEWARE DESERTBOB !