PAUL Camden
Member
Just purchased a pioneer 1020L for 200 bucks. the play switch was working intermittently and I thought maybe
cleaning with Deoxit might do the trick but the problem got worse and now the capspin wheel doesn't engage at all so I think it needs to go in for repairs. after doing some research I'm thinking the control board needs work.
so it took the back off and can see the belts are original. I suspect this thing hasnt been serviced in a very long time. If I take it in I might as well have the belts replaced, heads polished and get everything calibrated but Im guessing that isnt going to be cheap.
so, the question is how much is reasonable to sink into this one? I did get a brand new Quantegy tape on a TDK metal reel and 2 extra TDK metal reels with the deck so not a total loss.
what do you guys think?
cleaning with Deoxit might do the trick but the problem got worse and now the capspin wheel doesn't engage at all so I think it needs to go in for repairs. after doing some research I'm thinking the control board needs work.
so it took the back off and can see the belts are original. I suspect this thing hasnt been serviced in a very long time. If I take it in I might as well have the belts replaced, heads polished and get everything calibrated but Im guessing that isnt going to be cheap.
so, the question is how much is reasonable to sink into this one? I did get a brand new Quantegy tape on a TDK metal reel and 2 extra TDK metal reels with the deck so not a total loss.
what do you guys think?