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Andy's Teac X1000R problem

Andyman

Andyman

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Looks like I've joined the broken X1000R party too :cry:

I just had a seller drop off a "mint" (his words from the auction) Teac X-1000R a few hours ago (he was in town for the holidays and drove it over) and it doesn't play. I called him on his cell phone and he said he'd make it right, but he had to call the guy up who he sold it for. He asked me to email him the issues so he could let his guy go; he had no idea of what I was talking about. I Paypal'd the auction, so I'm pretty sure I'm covered, but I really wanted to be listening to it now, not making room on a shelf while we work things out.

BTW, here's a pic. How many of you think this is "mint"???
 
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hard to tell andy if she's mint under all that dirt, hope you get it sorted. :yes:
 
Well, i just went out to the garage to move some stuff and messed with it a bit more. The FF and Rewind work, but not as snappy as my Pioneer RT-1020L that this is to replace. I can hear the solenoids snapping around in there too, so I think what I'll do is ask to pull the case and see if all it needs is some belts. If that's all, I'm going to ask for an adjustment to cover belts, the cracked cover, and cleaning and installation.

If the belts look fine, it's a whole new ballgame though.

I guess when things look to good to be true, they probably are.

Here's a pic of the cover and the impact smash.
 
Kool beans, Ron! I already figured I be getting ahold of Rolf if I was in over my head.
Thanks!

Now, it's a matter of waiting for his response. I gave him 48 hours. If I don't hear back, I email Paypal and I'm pretty confident they'll pull my payment until we settle on something.
 
That looks a whole lot like one I bought that had seperate play, ff, and rewind
motors. The ff & rew motors were worn and slow, would quit before it could run a tape through. Sold it for parts as I didn't want to spend for 2 used motors (like I already had?) or for new ones. :(

Carl
 
Not Mint, Maybe "Minty"

It always amazes me how sellers won't spend 2 minutes with some 409 and a couple of paper towels. I would have been embarrassed to drop that off in that condition.

Murray
 
Skippy:

I don't think the guy who delivered really knows much about it. He said that "he", not "I", boxed it and that he sold it for someone, who'll he'll get in touch with. I don't even know if he wrote the auction copy. The seller usually sells printing presses, not audio gear, but calling something filthy, non-functional, and with an obvious 1" star impact on a dirty, scratched, cracked cover "mint"??????

Doesn't matter though, I got hardcopies of the auction and pics and intend to hold the seller to delivering to me a "mint" X-1000R", or reimbursing me for making this one reasonably close.

Sometimes I'm no fun.
 
Belt

Pull the case, it sounds like a broken belt. If thats the case, npot too bad. Those covers are always broken, besides they look rediculous.

The wooden cases are always smashed, made of shitty flakeboard, if yours is good, Amazing.....

How much did you Pay ? - Joe
 
I pulled the case and the belt isn't broken, but it seems to be way too loose to grab the flywheels. I've ordered one and a oiling syringe from the teacman and hope that they'll do the trick. Laying it down it plays for about 5 seconds of sound before it stops.

I already sent the seller an email about the dirt, damage, etc and he's waiting for my "settlement" offer, but I've told him I won't know until the new parts get in. Hopefully, this weekend.

I paid a midrange price for it based on some other closed auctions, but I paid for a "Mint" one, that was "Well maintained", not one that doesn't run, is dirty, cracked and chipped. If he's not responsive to my request, which will be a full refund including my parts and shipping both ways if the parts don't bring it to life, I'll be knocking on Paypal's door and am pretty sure, they'll listen.

But hopefully, it won't go there.
 
X1000R Service Manual

Andy: Thje loose belt will cause those symptoms, while you're in there clean the linkage going from the pinch roller assy up to the solenoids at the top front of the deck. Very importand thet they be clean and not fouled with any dirt, the amount of lift from those 2 solenoids generates the pinch roller pressure. You want all you can get to keep the tape travelin past the heads
Joe :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

The pdf of the X1000R service manual will be coming later this evening.... send me your email jmunniejr@jotmail.com
 
Andy, that was not a mint deck. :no:
I hope you get a refund from the seller, if you need any pointers replacing the belt let me know. :thmbsp:
 
Hi Rolf!

Glad to see you back online. I got the belt in and she works, but there still are two issues at this point.
The pinch rollers are sticky and I want to lube the entire mechanism, so it looks to me like pulling the front plate is the best way to get at it. I've got most the parts off, but I'm stuck on getting off the right roller between the pinch roller and the tensioning arm, and getting the tensioning arm bottoms off. Do they just screw off?? Mine are beaucoup tight. The caps and the roller came off no problem, but the base is tight on the arm.

Also, there's a problem with the right takeup reel not engaging when I go to play from FF. It's infequent and usually will go away if I rewind and then play forward, but it shouldn't be there at all.

I haven't been back in touch with the seller for my "settlement" yet; I'm waiting to see how this all plays out.

BTW, how do these heads look to you??? There's some obvious polishing and I can feel the a bit of a ridge with my fingernail, but I have no idea how this wear stacks up.

TIA!
 
Yikes, those heads has some severe wear Andy.
I would replace or re-lap if you planning to keep it.
Linkage for the pinch-rollers you can reach and oil behind the headstack, no reason taking the faceplate off.
The Tension rollers has a screw from the back on the arm (hard to reach) so don't try pull the inner part off. :no:
 
WOW!...it must have some serious hours on it....

My machine must have ..jeez....I couldnt even begin to estimate how many are on it ...but ...there are enough to wear the brushes in the drive motor down into the brush holders!...had to replace the motor and the belt...which was doing what yours was...loose and wouldnt stay playin'...

Even with all the hours on mine...my heads still don't look like those...but it could be the picture.... the way the light is reflecting off them .......:scratch2: :dunno:

Good luck on your deal...I hope it all comes together for ya :thmbsp: ......
 
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