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Old 19th Sep 2019, 9:35 pm   #8
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Default Re: Teac X2000R, non-worker – what to check?

As above posters have said, I would give this a wide berth. I repaired one about 18 months back. I was lucky as the one I worked on was almost mint, just needed a new belt and the frozen pinch roller mech freeing up. The tension arms on these are indeed a very complicated matter.

On your prospective buy, the sheer amount of areas that have received 'attention' is worrying. Broken motor connections, messed up tension, logic problem...That's a machine that's either seen a lot of use or has been abused. Neither scenario bodes well in itself, but then to cap it all, the seller has had a dabble and given up halfway through! (possibly after making things ten times worse).

Do yourself a favour, steer clear unless you want to inherit someone else's problem. And at that price?!! Repair in this case is likely an expensive mess which would add to the already excessive price tag.

Sorry if that sounds like a lecture by the way! Off to vent my spleen elsewhere now ;-)
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