Thank you i will definitely be referring to this to clean my VCR . I resell them and i hate to throw them away , they are a piece of history .

Hai fatto MOLTO bene a eliminare il sistema autopulente,la spugnetta dell'autopulente,quando e' sporca,non pulisce,sporca.le testine vanno pulite manualmente,come hai fatto tu

Just a note on the tape drum: You wouldn't clean the head drum w/ cotton. Just a corner of regular copy paper for those. Trim out a section, Wet it, apply as much pressure as you like. "Buff it out" with the dry side of the copy paper- very important. I give it about three rotations (91% isopropyl alcohol) with the wet side and three rotations dry. The audio is noticeably crispy + clear within the first 5 minutes of "play" with *each* proper wipe of the tape drum. It could take *more* than 1 attempt because I clean mine frequently.

wow this is posted over 6 years ago and I'm looking at this now my head on my VCR is all clogged up so I'm going to try this and hopefully it works.

thank you ! worked for me

Really great, and like you I use the alcohol wipes myself to clean the tape transport mechanism, and absolutely correct in removing the auto head cleaner I have seen heads actually cracked caught from the shredding of the auto head cleaner so I remove it from any VCR i have or service, may I ask... i have been looking online for the Tape Transport/Tape Guide Grease which as you know lubricates all parts of the mechanism, Could you please let me know where I can find this Grease Thank you.

Thanks for you tutorial. I'd like to try this but I'd like to see how you remove the area from the case.

What is the make and model of this video cassette? I need the electrical schematic and the mechanical part to per the mechanism at the point

Would a couple of vanilla wafers in there be a problem?

Carpet dust is the worst enemy, which causes VCRs to stop working properly.

already clean the head few times,but when put tape for play it will play few seconds and then no more picture only showing- problem head status-,what to do?

Hi, I have funai vcr. It plays and some time Never. Kindly advise waht should I do Thank you

Thanks for the good information💁 but I had to laugh on trying to Focus the camera. 📹 cool 😎 video 📼📼📼 💒⛪⛪⛪🌈

I just want to point out, never use wd-40 for lubricating sensitive things like this, for cameras I've used sewing machine oil. Wd-40 will do more damage then good, will work for a little while, but over time it will cause damage to these type of things.

Great video damage tapes proven they continue playing yet my damage blue Ray disc movies provide they are gone when they get damga specially they doesn't play no more yet damage tapes proven they more greater then blue Ray's on damage and on playing

MY IS FLIKING

is that so smart that touch moving parts inside a VCR with your hands with all kinds of oily stuff on it not really too bright

You shouldnt clean the rubber parts with alcohol. That'll dry the rubber out quicker. Use Rubber Renue.