09-13-2026, 08:57 PM
Hello Paul,
I’ve mostly put the radio back together but forgot to install the new counter belt, and I still need to clean the tone control and AM/FM switch. The tape player will need one of the idler tires replaced, so I’ll check if I have the right size—this radio has about three idler tires. Back in the day, I worked on a lot of Sony equipment, since up until the ’90s I was a Sony authorized dealer and service shop. The business I bought had been carrying Sony products since they first started selling in the U.S.
You want to hear something funny? I was looking for my bag of used parts from this set to put the tape counter belt in. I must have looked for 15 minutes before putting some parts in its shipping box, where I found the rest of the parts. But then I lost the belt and spent another 15 minutes searching, only to find it stuck to my elbow.
Sincerely Richard
I’ve mostly put the radio back together but forgot to install the new counter belt, and I still need to clean the tone control and AM/FM switch. The tape player will need one of the idler tires replaced, so I’ll check if I have the right size—this radio has about three idler tires. Back in the day, I worked on a lot of Sony equipment, since up until the ’90s I was a Sony authorized dealer and service shop. The business I bought had been carrying Sony products since they first started selling in the U.S.
You want to hear something funny? I was looking for my bag of used parts from this set to put the tape counter belt in. I must have looked for 15 minutes before putting some parts in its shipping box, where I found the rest of the parts. But then I lost the belt and spent another 15 minutes searching, only to find it stuck to my elbow.
Sincerely Richard
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