Re: Akai 1800 Check Out
Thank you Mark, that is a good tip about the cable tie, I will give that a go.
Yes it does not seem logical to have the 8 track deck playing on its side.
Prior to powering up started the usual internal inspection and when I removed the front panel found a major problem, that I thought worst case might occur, the Play/Record metal cam looks completely shot. Will have a proper look at it in the morning.
Somewhere I think I have a spare cam off a GX-4000D, cannot remember if it is Play/Record or FFD/RWD cam, I know the Play/Record cams are very similar across many of the Akai range, but I do not yet know how compatible the 4000D cam is with the 1800.
I see there are loads of Threads/Posts about the Akai cams that crumble apart, looks like I have found my first one.
David
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