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Old 7th Mar 2018, 1:08 am   #7
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Default Re: Grundig TK14 Help

Last year I worked on one of these for someone else. The idler wheel for the fast wind had cracked and bulged (pot metal deterioration) and was jamming the whole mechanism up. Removing it allowed playback at least until a spare one was sourced.

Do not try to use the machine in this condition until you've had a look inside.

Also use a junk tape for test purposes - there'll be no second chances if you accidentally erase precious recordings!
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