Reel idler for Ferguson FV39S and FV10 - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

FERNSEH · 17th Jan 2014, 2:17 am

Last month a customer asked me to check out an S-VHS cassette.
I inserted it into my Ferguson FV39S. No results, it turned out that the reel idler was faulty.
The problem was the tyre on the idler wheel was perished. I had nothing in stock to replace it so I contacted Charles Hyde and Son of Pocklington. (CHS Ltd).
They no longer stocked the idler assembly in the UK , However, it is still available from their affiliate company in Germany, ASWO.

The idler assembly is the same as the one used in the once popular Ferguson FV10B and can be ordered from CHS under the part type VID1091.
I think the FV20 series employs the same tape transport system so the VID1091 should also fit in that machine.

DFWB.

17th Jan 2014, 2:17 am	#1
FERNSEH Dekatron Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Posts: 7,444	Reel idler for Ferguson FV39S and FV10 Last month a customer asked me to check out an S-VHS cassette. I inserted it into my Ferguson FV39S. No results, it turned out that the reel idler was faulty. The problem was the tyre on the idler wheel was perished. I had nothing in stock to replace it so I contacted Charles Hyde and Son of Pocklington. (CHS Ltd). They no longer stocked the idler assembly in the UK , However, it is still available from their affiliate company in Germany, ASWO. The idler assembly is the same as the one used in the once popular Ferguson FV10B and can be ordered from CHS under the part type VID1091. I think the FV20 series employs the same tape transport system so the VID1091 should also fit in that machine. DFWB.