Thanks for the great tips! My reel to reel just gave me a challenge with a slow playback and rewinding motor issues. Will try checking and looking into the caps issues now too. Keeping my fingers crossed.
I want to thank you so much for your video about the gx-260 d reel to reel you fixed. I have the same one .I had a hum on playback an record so I used the circuit cleaner and it worked. thank you so much.
Great video, I ran into the same problem today, did a search and found this video. I have a 635d that I'm having right channel problems with. I can't figure out the problem but its weak and scratchy.
Many.. many thanks for the video you made. I was FINALLY able to solve the recording and signal output to the amplifier issues i had with my Akai Gx 260D. Thanks to you is on a fantastic shape. Any tips on how to lubrifil those motors?
sir you did a video for the replacement of 1.5 uf cap (SONY TC 200 hybrid and i watched it , and i repaired my sony TC 350 and also learned about the 50 and 60 cycle issue thanx
great video! I have a few x200d's. Do you know what a replacement for the red capacitors labelled 331k on the preamp board would be? Maybe 331k 250v? No other marking but its a poly chicklet.
Nice job. A friend's dad has the same machine that is suffering from that traction problem. He asked me if I could fix it. The problem may be finding a spare for those special high voltage caps. Guess mylar caps would do?
That deck is reel neat!! Would like to hear one playing showing the flywheel and pullys in action. P.S. thanks for alerting me to J.B. Weld. I have been looking for strong adhesion.
Thanks this helped me! I’m Going after the 1uF 2uF 250WV ac motor cap in my spare Gx-260d-Play slows down after running for several seconds. The schematic I have for the gx260d is horrendous! I have the non UL model. I tried to see in this video what brown wire was 60hz and which brown wire was 50hz-common looks like the lug on the oil filled cap with the few wires on it. Any hints?
Hi Well done for your video. I'm from France. and I am looking for the belts for this model. Do you know if they are always made or if they are custom made? it is better to change all polarized chemical capacitors? Thanks for your feedback. Pascal
It is nothing special. Really. Bottom shelf an old Teac cassette deck. Next shelf up Sony DAT, Next up a Sangean HD tuner, next up 200 disk CD, and on the top my Yaquin tube amp. There is a BT / Network DAC plugged into it. I have a Tascam reel to reel and Thorens TD165 sitting there not connected. Technics SB7000 speakers. In my studio I have a Technics SLM1, Technics RSM275 cassette, Sony CDP555ES, Tascam DA40 DAT, and Technics SUV9 amplifier. Altec Lansing 305 speakers Nothing real fancy but it sounds great. I have much stuff that is not connected including a McIntosh1600 receiver and Sansui 9090db, a B&O linear tracking turntable.
I found the video when I was looking for Rubber Renew. As a tape recorder lover, that stuff is interesting. I've just watched this video in which the Akai is revived. What I wonder about why you did not free the inside of the recorder dust. A vacuum cleaner and a brush you do the job.
Because it wil just get dusty again. That unit has no back on it. When I received it, it came from a radio station, and they had it rack mounted with no back. It sits on the top shelf of a 6 foot cabinet so you can't see the back open, but it picks up dist like crazy. Little dust won't hurt it. The Akai 4000 that I just picked up will probably get more hours on it when I actually sit down to archive the dozens of old tapes I have. I don't run this machine much, it is more for show. Reel to reel machines look cool.
Hello... I have a GX-260d that on Play Mode runs very slowly and stops moving. I understand that it needs to change the capacitors of the Motors Capacitor Board. I want to buy these Caps, but i don't to know the Kind of Caps so to ask/order them...are It's a Polyester Caps? The original are "called" MP caps.....and looks like as electrolite capacitors, but it isn't, is another kind that are not exist any more ...... Also, i want to ask if you have any blue original akai Vu meters to replace mine... regards.
I really need your assistance. I have an AKAI GX 260. The power suddenly went out and I have located the fuse location on the deck. However, getting access to replace the fuse is tricky. It requires moving wires and cables that look like they could break off if moved. I need to find a way to safely access the fuse to replace. Do I need to disassemble the entire deck to do so? All help much appreciated. Thank you
I have an Akai Gx260 device sometimes that does not respond to the operating command and when checking the voltage connected to the electromagnet the pickup responsible for it, I found a reading of the voltage zero when it does not respond and when the voltage responds it is 24v What is the reason in your opinion 
congratulations for the excellent work, I wanted to ask you how to remove the aluminum cap of the pinch roller, is it screwed or pressed ? Best regards
Love It! Where would we be without JB Weld. Also.. watch the static around those SD cards/flash drives, etc. the filaments are so fine.. I've read that 1v will burn them up. My point is that a static charge so low you or I can't detect it could be enough to fry the chip inside. It could also be how the computer writes to the chip.. since you can't optimize flash drives (you can, but you never should)
t-bone walker And by no means am I an expert or an authority. But.. that carpet matt you use on your workbench might be great for gathering rogue screws.. but it is a crazy electric field generator.. I'm probably wrong, I just wanted to put the word out there.. You are still a genious. I have learned a friggin lot watching your vids.. It just might explain your flash drive experience
t-bone walker No just cheap Chinese memory chips. It was a Duracell brand. I am sure the chip is still OK. The cheap plastic they made the card out of cracked, and now the contacts don't make a proper seat in the socket, which results in loss of connection during writing, which corrupts the card.
Thanks for this!!! Quick question..... The big filter silver cap by the condenser board..... What did you do to fix that? The machine's pinch roller wont engage when I hit play. I'm hoping fixing this will get overhang up to speed. Thanks again!!!
Looks like it is blocked world wide for a copyright match due to 10 seconds of music off an old tape that was played. I will have to find the source file and take the music off and re-upload it. I tried to have youtube remove the music, and it gave me an error that the music can't be deleted, and they won't even allow me to download a copy, so I will have to find the original file and fix it off the source file.
Also have the GX 260D and it was built the same year as me. We are both built in 1973. But my AKAI has the problem that I always hear the other side in game mode, and that nerfts me off really badly. Sorry for the bad English, but the Google translator can't do it better and I can only speak German
Hi, I need the big capacitor for a akai-1900 reel to reel player, it overheated and all the gel like thing came out, I hope you can help where to get the capacitor, I don't want to throw the player away, thanks.
Hello,I have a problem with Akai GX-260D,the automatic reverse,is not working,only manually,when i push the button.I mention that each tape have a metalic tape.So what can be the problem?.I wait your answer,thank you very much,my best regards.
At 4:09 I explain about the run capacitor for the main motor.I put 2 1uf capacitors in parallel to give me the needed 2uF. The original was an electrolytic non polarized cap. I put in a mylar type that would be found in an electric fan. Picked it up at the local electronics component place for about 2.00 The original cap was a 2+1 UF. and the 50/60hz switch paralleled them on 50hZ to bring it to 3UF. I did shoot a video of the cap diagnose and replace but the memory card failed and I was unable to play the files.
This guys awesome, big fan, wish you were in NJ..Id make you rich !!! Just got one these...powered it up , all seemed to work, then after about 30 minutes sitting idle, POP with lottsa smoke pouring outta the top...unplugged it, found it had the wromg fuse, corrected fuse...afraid to power it back on...but I did, nonetheless still powers up and al seems t ok.....any thoughts ?? PS issue ??
sir need your advice , i have a AKAI GX630 D which has rew and fwd issue , i tried replacing 3uf*2 and 1uf*2 for the eddy but it still has no torque,after seeing this video , it seemd that i need to replace the 0.47uf 250vdc 2 nos , can i replace it with mylar 0.47uf 250v dark orange col capacitor , hope you will address this issue , i am writing to you from India . i shall be obliged .
Hey Caig, you mentioned a bootleg reel to reel tape. Beatles live gigs would now be over 50 years old, so as long as you don't make money off them, you could upload to youtube as a historical document, without infringing any copyright. It's usually about the money, so if you are not being paid, and it's there in the public, there is little anyone would do. Actual Beatle fans would really appreciate it. Any Beatle live gig was characterised by LOADS of girls screaming continually, so it could be an ordeal to listen to an entire performance. If you have any Bootleg live Doors reels I'd really like to know where they were recorded, and the date if it's on the can. Another great tech video BTW, thanks.
Even though these recordings are over 55 years old, copyright remains for 70 years after the last rights holder dies. Last time I checked paul McCartney and Ringo starr are still alive and performing. They would get an instant hit for sure. I did put up chuck berry, a performance I worked on the TV crew that shot it. The only reason it wasn't hit with copyright is because the backup band was playing everything in the wrong key.
@@12voltvids , it might not be as tight as that. I guess it depends on whose lawyer you ask. I was helping a guy who taped a gig in 1970, he was in the audience. His recording suffered so badly from technical faults and issues that the bands recording company didn't care what anyone did with it. It was a cheap mono 120 min audio cassette with winding faults and creases, and flattening batteries, and horrible wow and flutter. But it has historic sound thereon, and once I worked out what the problem was I was able to fix it. So I have the only listenable copy, and NOBODY cares. And the bands producer gave me the ok to do a radio show about it. I'd be really surprised if anyone cared about an old beatles tape these days. Most people today would say " WHO?".
@@12voltvids A couple of years back, on a London radio station they had a quiz, and the question was " Which band did John Lennon sing with during the 1960s.?". And NOBODY won the prize, nobody got the answer.
27:31 is a song called “Something On My Mind” by Diana Ross from her self-titled debut solo album in 1970. The full song is linked below. th-cam.com/video/coaWpt9XRuo/w-d-xo.html
I have the same Akai but I tested with several cassettes and found that plays a bit slow .Like a woman sound as a man.I have tried both speeds but no luck.Do you have any clue how I will fix this issue?
Well considering this is a reel to reel, it would be pretty tough to play a cassette on it! On this one though, a slow AC motor will be a rad run capacitor on the motor. It is a oil filled AC capacitor. I did the capacitor service on an earlier video on this one. AT the 16:07 point when I turn it around you will see 2 caps strapped together with some blue heat shrink tubing. It is just below the reel motor on the right side. That is the replacement capacitor. The original is a large oil filled one that is mounted to that bracket behind where this one is hanging. That cap goes bad. It is a dual value cap, but one if for 50hz and the other for 60, or I just replaced it with a single cap of the same value. I had to parallel 2 to get the correct value. When that cap goes bad the torque drops and the motor speed drops. The circuit board below this has all the capacitors for the reel motors, and they also go bad and cause no torque to take up, play, FF and REW. They have been replaced on this board as well.
@ 12voltvids Haha sorry my mistake.Not cassette but tape i mean .Thank you for the quick response.You are doing a good job on this repairs!I am repairing smartphones laptops and tablets so its out of my field.
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Thanks for the great tips!
My reel to reel just gave me a challenge with a slow playback and rewinding motor issues. Will try checking and looking into the caps issues now too. Keeping my fingers crossed.
I want to thank you so much for your video about the gx-260 d reel to reel you fixed. I have the same one .I had a hum on playback an record so I used the circuit cleaner and it worked. thank you so much.
Great video, I ran into the same problem today, did a search and found this video. I have a 635d that I'm having right channel problems with. I can't figure out the problem but its weak and scratchy.
Many.. many thanks for the video you made.
I was FINALLY able to solve the recording and signal output to the amplifier issues i had with my Akai Gx 260D.
Thanks to you is on a fantastic shape.
Any tips on how to lubrifil those motors?
sir you did a video for the replacement of 1.5 uf cap (SONY TC 200 hybrid and i watched it , and i repaired my sony TC 350 and also learned about the 50 and 60 cycle issue thanx
This is where a 3d Printer would come in handy. You could actually design the part with a 3d program and then send it out to be printed.
great video! I have a few x200d's. Do you know what a replacement for the red capacitors labelled 331k on the preamp board would be? Maybe 331k 250v? No other marking but its a poly chicklet.
Nice job. A friend's dad has the same machine that is suffering from that traction problem. He asked me if I could fix it. The problem may be finding a spare for those special high voltage caps. Guess mylar caps would do?
That deck is reel neat!!
Would like to hear one playing showing the flywheel and pullys in action.
P.S. thanks for alerting me to J.B. Weld. I have been looking for strong adhesion.
It's a good one.
Thanks this helped me! I’m Going after the 1uF 2uF 250WV ac motor cap in my spare Gx-260d-Play slows down after running for several seconds. The schematic I have for the gx260d is horrendous! I have the non UL model. I tried to see in this video what brown wire was 60hz and which brown wire was 50hz-common looks like the lug on the oil filled cap with the few wires on it. Any hints?
What a kool tap player
THose potentiometers sounded like they were wire wound when you moved after spraying? Carbon track though I'd have thought more likely?
Been binge watching reel to reel repair videos. Think I can handle it just don't trust my self lol
Very good reel to reel-
I’ve got the same unit, it has a slight hum, what are some of the issues that may cause it to hum? TIA
The sound is great''
Hi Well done for your video. I'm from France. and I am looking for the belts for this model. Do you know if they are always made or if they are custom made? it is better to change all polarized chemical capacitors? Thanks for your feedback. Pascal
I would love to see your equipment rack :)
It is nothing special. Really. Bottom shelf an old Teac cassette deck. Next shelf up Sony DAT, Next up a Sangean HD tuner, next up 200 disk CD, and on the top my Yaquin tube amp. There is a BT / Network DAC plugged into it. I have a Tascam reel to reel and Thorens TD165 sitting there not connected. Technics SB7000 speakers.
In my studio I have a Technics SLM1, Technics RSM275 cassette, Sony CDP555ES, Tascam DA40 DAT, and Technics SUV9 amplifier. Altec Lansing 305 speakers Nothing real fancy but it sounds great.
I have much stuff that is not connected including a McIntosh1600 receiver and Sansui 9090db, a B&O linear tracking turntable.
So the red caps that had been replaced... I need those.
Can I tell me the value of them ?
I found the video when I was looking for Rubber Renew.
As a tape recorder lover, that stuff is interesting.
I've just watched this video in which the Akai is revived.
What I wonder about why you did not free the inside of the recorder dust.
A vacuum cleaner and a brush you do the job.
Because it wil just get dusty again. That unit has no back on it. When I received it, it came from a radio station, and they had it rack mounted with no back. It sits on the top shelf of a 6 foot cabinet so you can't see the back open, but it picks up dist like crazy. Little dust won't hurt it. The Akai 4000 that I just picked up will probably get more hours on it when I actually sit down to archive the dozens of old tapes I have. I don't run this machine much, it is more for show. Reel to reel machines look cool.
Hello...
I have a GX-260d that on Play Mode runs very slowly and stops moving. I understand that it needs to change the capacitors of the Motors Capacitor Board. I want to buy these Caps, but i don't to know the Kind of Caps so to ask/order them...are It's a Polyester Caps? The original are "called" MP caps.....and looks like as electrolite capacitors, but it isn't, is another kind that are not exist any more ...... Also, i want to ask if you have any blue original akai Vu meters to replace mine... regards.
I really need your assistance. I have an AKAI GX 260. The power suddenly went out and I have located the fuse location on the deck. However, getting access to replace the fuse is tricky. It requires moving wires and cables that look like they could break off if moved. I need to find a way to safely access the fuse to replace. Do I need to disassemble the entire deck to do so? All help much appreciated. Thank you
I have an Akai Gx260 device sometimes that does not respond to the operating command and when checking the voltage connected to the electromagnet the pickup responsible for it, I found a reading of the voltage zero when it does not respond and when the voltage responds it is 24v What is the reason in your opinion

congratulations for the excellent work, I wanted to ask you how to remove the aluminum cap of the pinch roller, is it screwed or pressed ? Best regards
Screwed on. Should be able to pinch it in your fingers and unscrew it. Turns counter clockwise to remove.
@@12voltvids thank you very much
Love It!
Where would we be without JB Weld.
Also.. watch the static around those SD cards/flash drives, etc.
the filaments are so fine.. I've read that 1v will burn them up.
My point is that a static charge so low you or I can't detect it could be enough to fry the chip inside.
It could also be how the computer writes to the chip.. since you can't optimize flash drives (you can, but you never should)
t-bone walker And by no means am I an expert or an authority. But.. that carpet matt you use on your workbench might be great for gathering rogue screws.. but it is a crazy electric field generator..
I'm probably wrong, I just wanted to put the word out there..
You are still a genious. I have learned a friggin lot watching your vids..
It just might explain your flash drive experience
t-bone walker I don't do ESD work on the carpet. I do that on a bare wood bench.
t-bone walker No just cheap Chinese memory chips. It was a Duracell brand. I am sure the chip is still OK. The cheap plastic they made the card out of cracked, and now the contacts don't make a proper seat in the socket, which results in loss of connection during writing, which corrupts the card.
thats awesome ..tripod..lmao..cool repair as well..
Thanks for this!!! Quick question..... The big filter silver cap by the condenser board..... What did you do to fix that? The machine's pinch roller wont engage when I hit play. I'm hoping fixing this will get overhang up to speed. Thanks again!!!
I replaced the run capacitor with a couple of mylar caps. There is another video I did about a year ago that dealt with that repair.
Great! I searched your videos...... and I couldn't find it. Do you have a link? Thanks!
Looks like it is blocked world wide for a copyright match due to 10 seconds of music off an old tape that was played. I will have to find the source file and take the music off and re-upload it. I tried to have youtube remove the music, and it gave me an error that the music can't be deleted, and they won't even allow me to download a copy, so I will have to find the original file and fix it off the source file.
Thanks!
Also have the GX 260D and it was built the same year as me. We are both built in 1973. But my AKAI has the problem that I always hear the other side in game mode, and that nerfts me off really badly. Sorry for the bad English, but the Google translator can't do it better and I can only speak German
Hi, I need the big capacitor for a akai-1900 reel to reel player, it overheated and all the gel like thing came out, I hope you can help where to get the capacitor, I don't want to throw the player away, thanks.
Hi, i need to change all MP capacitors on ND-2026 carboard. But can you tell me which type i can use for replacement ? Thx
Do you repair laptop also!!!???
Hello,I have a problem with Akai GX-260D,the automatic reverse,is not
working,only manually,when i push the button.I mention that each tape have a metalic tape.So what can be the
problem?.I wait your answer,thank you very much,my best regards.
i have one of these machines and needs new caps for the motor.Was wondering you had a list or can tell me what caps you ordered?? thanks
At 4:09 I explain about the run capacitor for the main motor.I put 2 1uf capacitors in parallel to give me the needed 2uF. The original was an electrolytic non polarized cap. I put in a mylar type that would be found in an electric fan. Picked it up at the local electronics component place for about 2.00 The original cap was a 2+1 UF. and the 50/60hz switch paralleled them on 50hZ to bring it to 3UF. I did shoot a video of the cap diagnose and replace but the memory card failed and I was unable to play the files.
This guys awesome, big fan, wish you were in NJ..Id make you rich !!! Just got one these...powered it up , all seemed to work, then after about 30 minutes sitting idle, POP with lottsa smoke pouring outta the top...unplugged it, found it had the wromg fuse, corrected fuse...afraid to power it back on...but I did, nonetheless still powers up and al seems t ok.....any thoughts ?? PS issue ??
How do you know I'm not rich?
@@12voltvids Ok, richer then !!! How does one contact you for repairs ?
@@tonyrutgershauer7947 my email is in the about tab on the main page
I could be a millionaire or flat broke on the verge or bankruptcy or for that matter I might already be there. I'll never say.
sir need your advice , i have a AKAI GX630 D which has rew and fwd issue , i tried replacing 3uf*2 and 1uf*2 for the eddy but it still has no torque,after seeing this video , it seemd that i need to replace the 0.47uf 250vdc 2 nos , can i replace it with mylar 0.47uf 250v dark orange col capacitor , hope you will address this issue , i am writing to you from India . i shall be obliged .
Yes I used my mylar on my 260d
Hey Caig, you mentioned a bootleg reel to reel tape. Beatles live gigs would now be over 50 years old, so as long as you don't make money off them, you could upload to youtube as a historical document, without infringing any copyright. It's usually about the money, so if you are not being paid, and it's there in the public, there is little anyone would do. Actual Beatle fans would really appreciate it. Any Beatle live gig was characterised by LOADS of girls screaming continually, so it could be an ordeal to listen to an entire performance. If you have any Bootleg live Doors reels I'd really like to know where they were recorded, and the date if it's on the can. Another great tech video BTW, thanks.
Even though these recordings are over 55 years old, copyright remains for 70 years after the last rights holder dies. Last time I checked paul McCartney and Ringo starr are still alive and performing. They would get an instant hit for sure. I did put up chuck berry, a performance I worked on the TV crew that shot it. The only reason it wasn't hit with copyright is because the backup band was playing everything in the wrong key.
@@12voltvids , it might not be as tight as that. I guess it depends on whose lawyer you ask. I was helping a guy who taped a gig in 1970, he was in the audience. His recording suffered so badly from technical faults and issues that the bands recording company didn't care what anyone did with it. It was a cheap mono 120 min audio cassette with winding faults and creases, and flattening batteries, and horrible wow and flutter. But it has historic sound thereon, and once I worked out what the problem was I was able to fix it. So I have the only listenable copy, and NOBODY cares. And the bands producer gave me the ok to do a radio show about it. I'd be really surprised if anyone cared about an old beatles tape these days. Most people today would say " WHO?".
@@aufornvic
Be my guest and upload some Beatles stuff and see what happens.
@@12voltvids th-cam.com/video/-_Ku1Q7pplg/w-d-xo.html
@@12voltvids A couple of years back, on a London radio station they had a quiz, and the question was " Which band did John Lennon sing with during the 1960s.?". And NOBODY won the prize, nobody got the answer.
27:31 is a song called “Something On My Mind” by Diana Ross from her self-titled debut solo album in 1970. The full song is linked below. th-cam.com/video/coaWpt9XRuo/w-d-xo.html
I have the same Akai but I tested with several cassettes and found that plays a bit slow .Like a woman sound as a man.I have tried both speeds but no luck.Do you have any clue how I will fix this issue?
Well considering this is a reel to reel, it would be pretty tough to play a cassette on it!
On this one though, a slow AC motor will be a rad run capacitor on the motor.
It is a oil filled AC capacitor. I did the capacitor service on an earlier video on this one. AT the 16:07 point when I turn it around you will see 2 caps strapped together with some blue heat shrink tubing. It is just below the reel motor on the right side. That is the replacement capacitor. The original is a large oil filled one that is mounted to that bracket behind where this one is hanging. That cap goes bad. It is a dual value cap, but one if for 50hz and the other for 60, or I just replaced it with a single cap of the same value. I had to parallel 2 to get the correct value. When that cap goes bad the torque drops and the motor speed drops. The circuit board below this has all the capacitors for the reel motors, and they also go bad and cause no torque to take up, play, FF and REW. They have been replaced on this board as well.
@ 12voltvids Haha sorry my mistake.Not cassette but tape i mean .Thank you for the quick response.You are doing a good job on this repairs!I am repairing smartphones laptops and tablets so its out of my field.
Did you move to Canada or born in Canada - good English??
+Donald Ellett I was born in Canada. Why?
the player is a akai gx-1900 player
Wat the name of song?
What song
The first song of woman ''
The first song in the reel tape
Is diana ross?
@@pablobaldomir9430 couldn't tell you
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