That is so nostalgic!! I remember these from my younger days. This is truly what lasted 😔 us. I remember running one of these radios 📻 with my dad's battery charger for the power source. I had a problem with not being able to receive any stations. The radio got rather hot, and the wire coil inside the radio burned my fingers when I touched it. After a very long evening playing around with the radio, I put it away for the night. After a second attempt for the next day, nothing worked. I had burned my dad's battery charger out. Don't try this attempt. Just came across your TH-cam channel and subscribed!! Your friend, Jeff!!
I didn't notice this channel was back in action! I found you from the arcade and pinball repairs, but I tend to watch the random stuff like this more often. Portable radio/tape players would be interesting. There are some cool looking portable 8 track players or the early pocket transistor radios if you ever come across those at the flea markets.
Good Stuff! I may try my luck at reparing my Dads old console. It has a flip top, looks like a credenza and has a stero, record player and 8-track in it.
I knew an old guy who had one like this in a 1978 Chevy truck it sounded pretty good they were made by Kraco. I think his had black buttons for the AM/FM Presets.
Sears Dashmate made in Japan by Mitsubishi in the 1970's. The optional AM/FM only also made there but later ones that did not have 8- track but a cassette player were made in Hong Kong. First thing I noticed is a badly leaking 16 Volt 100uF E-cap! Ronnie investigating a dried up mechanical tuner that sticks too much is worth watching. Learned how it works! All magnetic material degrades after so long a period of time, some worse than some others. Great job Ronnie!
Good work Ronnie. Reminded me of my 69 Torino which had an 8track. I used a cassette adapter in the late 70s to play cassettes which sounded much better. I was over here just about to yell into the screen to push the on/off button in to change the tracks. Also I think the other button with the /r is to select local or distant (remote) stations.
Funny thing is I absolutely love 8 tracks. But yeah the quality limitations is the reason I went with a digital solution for my Midway Haunted House when I had it. Another fun vid. Many thanks...
Nice work Ronnie. Those old under dash(or factory in dash) players never did sound great to begin with, I worked on my own for years, but they are passable. far as the the speaker distortion , they all did that too if you went further past half much. thats why guys would spend the money on inline amps and EQ's and it still never helped much. that one sounds like it could use a motor speed adjustment ( that little hole in the bottom is where you adjust the motor speed) and a head clean
yeah quality fades like vhs. in the '80's pawn shops bought up all the 8tracks my area my older brothers traded their collections for roller skates & firearms. you have roller skate shoes?
8 track 101 You always have to carry a book of matches with you to wedge under the tape. Not only does the sponge go bad, the outside plastic cases were so cheap they wore out. Jam the matches under the tape to get the tape perfectly aligned to the tape head. The slow draggy tape is probably just slam wore out. Billy Joel the stranger.. slam wore out. Back in the day.. you would be driving down the road and just see miles of 8 track on the shoulder. The tape deck would eat the tape, people would get so mad they would just throw the case out the window and let 'er spool. Once the tape ran out it would snap. These things were junk. Designed by Lear Jet in the late 50's. Mass production and poor quality meant they only worked well when brand new. Let them in your car for a summer.... junk. Nice repair as usual. The 8 track is gone for a reason.. they stank worse than horse $#!t in your bedroom.
That is so nostalgic!! I remember these from my younger days. This is truly what lasted 😔 us. I remember running one of these radios 📻 with my dad's battery charger for the power source. I had a problem with not being able to receive any stations. The radio got rather hot, and the wire coil inside the radio burned my fingers when I touched it. After a very long evening playing around with the radio, I put it away for the night. After a second attempt for the next day, nothing worked. I had burned my dad's battery charger out. Don't try this attempt. Just came across your TH-cam channel and subscribed!! Your friend, Jeff!!
Thank you for watching Jeff!!! You’re the only friend Jeff I have!
Very nice radio...Wired for Sound as Sir Cliff says..Yes I believe you can fix this Ronnie
I didn't notice this channel was back in action! I found you from the arcade and pinball repairs, but I tend to watch the random stuff like this more often. Portable radio/tape players would be interesting. There are some cool looking portable 8 track players or the early pocket transistor radios if you ever come across those at the flea markets.
Great for somebody's Christmas present 🎅
Good Stuff! I may try my luck at reparing my Dads old console. It has a flip top, looks like a credenza and has a stero, record player and 8-track in it.
You can fix it man
Crazy piece of engineering. It's amazing how somebody can come up with a mechanism like that.
I knew an old guy who had one like this in a 1978 Chevy truck it sounded pretty good they were made by Kraco. I think his had black buttons for the AM/FM Presets.
damn, i even have The Stranger on 8 track too, plays really well for me
Great job Ronnie. One led out just to cause you grief. …another happy customer.
Thanks for the video Ronnie!!!
Sears Dashmate made in Japan by Mitsubishi in the 1970's. The optional AM/FM only also made there but later ones that
did not have 8- track but a cassette player were made in Hong Kong. First thing I noticed is a badly leaking 16 Volt 100uF
E-cap! Ronnie investigating a dried up mechanical tuner that sticks too much is worth watching. Learned how it works!
All magnetic material degrades after so long a period of time, some worse than some others. Great job Ronnie!
Good work Ronnie. Reminded me of my 69 Torino which had an 8track. I used a cassette adapter in the late 70s to play cassettes which sounded much better. I was over here just about to yell into the screen to push the on/off button in to change the tracks. Also I think the other button with the /r is to select local or distant (remote) stations.
Funny thing is I absolutely love 8 tracks. But yeah the quality limitations is the reason I went with a digital solution for my Midway Haunted House when I had it. Another fun vid. Many thanks...
Have you got one of them 8-track head cleaning tapes?
I do!
Hi Ron, just thought you like to know that the radio was made by Sanyo, as denoted by the "564" prefix in the model number.
Sanyo always made really good stuff imho. I like their t.v.'s, and in the arcade world they made all the Nintendo monitors (or most). Quality stuff.
@@AmateurRepairTime Agreed. 👍
Ehen your on the station you want to save you pull on of the FM buttons out to you to save the station. I think
Ah ha! That makes sense
Nice work Ronnie. Those old under dash(or factory in dash) players never did sound great to begin with, I worked on my own for years, but they are passable. far as the the speaker distortion , they all did that too if you went further past half much. thats why guys would spend the money on inline amps and EQ's and it still never helped much. that one sounds like it could use a motor speed adjustment ( that little hole in the bottom is where you adjust the motor speed) and a head clean
yeah quality fades like vhs. in the '80's pawn shops bought up all the 8tracks my area my older brothers traded their collections for roller skates & firearms. you have roller skate shoes?
8 track 101 You always have to carry a book of matches with you to wedge under the tape. Not only does the sponge go bad, the outside plastic cases were so cheap they wore out. Jam the matches under the tape to get the tape perfectly aligned to the tape head. The slow draggy tape is probably just slam wore out. Billy Joel the stranger.. slam wore out. Back in the day.. you would be driving down the road and just see miles of 8 track on the shoulder. The tape deck would eat the tape, people would get so mad they would just throw the case out the window and let 'er spool. Once the tape ran out it would snap. These things were junk. Designed by Lear Jet in the late 50's. Mass production and poor quality meant they only worked well when brand new. Let them in your car for a summer.... junk.
Nice repair as usual. The 8 track is gone for a reason.. they stank worse than horse $#!t in your bedroom.
Ok thank you
Oh man nice radio! But what da hell did ya do with the 74 chevy that was rapped around it?! :D
I wonder if you could have cut the back of the burned out LED and put a new bright green one behind it so it works and has the same look on the front.
I think it could have been done
Need new belt,lube motor,cleam pinch roller ,clean play head.
Something inside of me is saying that 'Australian Electronics' is better than 'American Electronics' :P
There’s no such thing as
MAYBE, I know IT'S BROKE