Sony TC-8 Question

I have an old Sony TC-8 player/recorder that has been in the closet for
years. When I tried it today, it played the tape very slowly; could this be
a belt problem?
There is also akind of 'jingling' sound then playing, maybe the fan hitting
something?
The main question I have is how do you open this thing?

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 21:14:02 GMT, "ommadawn"
wrote:

I have an old Sony TC-8 player/recorder that has been in the closet for
years. When I tried it today, it played the tape very slowly; could this be
a belt problem? snip

....and lack of bearing lubrication.

There is also akind of 'jingling' sound then playing, maybe the fan hitting
something? snip

Fan?

The main question I have is how do you open this thing? snip

That's the "toaster" looking thing from Sony, right? Only seen one,
didn't even bother to try to fix it.

belt and capstan

actually it's a upright standing deck, with a large AC motor, good
design- plays the tape vertically, it goes in straight down- so no tape
dragging usually, as the tape is on top of the capstan

I have one, the transport is fine, but channels are shot- bad pots

great for making an adjustable head machine- the tape adjustment screw
is facing horizontally outward- drill a hole, bingo, adjust the head
while running from outside

The jingle is the belt riding up on the fan-like piece that rotates when the
unit starts up. I'll try a new one and see what happens.