Sears 28666 8-Track Player Repairs (Ep. 229)

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Sears 28666 8-Track Player Repairs (Ep. 229)

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Trevor's Bench

2 ай бұрын

Some old tape technology that nobody uses anymore

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@jonwatts1918 2 ай бұрын

I’ve learned so much from your videos. About electronics and about perseverance when things get aggravating or something doesn’t work the first time.

@peetbezuidenhout2434 2 ай бұрын

Thx Trevor. This technology was a bit before my time. I never had an opportunity to play with them. Nice to see how they look inside and how it is serviced. I work on audio equipment as a hobby and enjoy your videos. Lots of tips. Thx.

@Reflectiveness 2 ай бұрын

Wow. A blast from the past.

@robertdavis5714 2 ай бұрын

Built like a Tank. Never ever seen a 8 track with F.F. and I was a 8 track freak in mid 1970's when I was a dumb teenager. 1 Big elec motor. Enjoyed the "are you kidding me" when you dropped that nylon washer, sound like me. Kawasaki, Ill be damned, owned 2 of them Motorcycles.

@ianc4901 2 ай бұрын

Kawasaki Heavy Industries had their fingers in many pies, motorcycles were not their main business, the built ships, heavy excavators and electric motors for industrial use.

@SergZak2023 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Trevor!

@JoaoSilva-bc7jc Ай бұрын

Ah Sears, many things that Sears had was built in Sanyo factories ( these in south corea) at least the cheap ones . But at the same time they build many quality things ,as many JVC things , like camcorders , VCRS (vhs)......believe me , many panasonic ( ex NATIONAL in the first times)Vcrs share things with Sanyo . And some Sanyo VCRs where build with more quality and image than Sony , i know because i had two 4 heads stereo nicam VCRs ( vhs) one sanyo a one sony , and sanyo had more build quality than Sony that had many plastic gears and mechanics sounded louder, but both had good image quality .There where in those times a family relationship between those two brands. The Sanyo was the poor Panasonic (technics) parent, but they build some cheap and with some quality degree audio things that sounded good!

@knifeswitch5973 2 ай бұрын

Dig the Marantz script on the face plate. Thanks Trevor

@TrevorsBench 2 ай бұрын

So elegant

@SeventhAnubis071 2 ай бұрын

Those Tanashin 8 track transports with the flywheel underneath were the downfall of 8 tracks.

@DimasFajar-ns4vb 2 ай бұрын

not a normal cassete tape ???? there is difference ???? youtube is amazing good job sir

@lemondisc 2 ай бұрын

what type of grease are you using on the capstan? i really enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from your content. keep up the good work.

@jasonhandy8442 2 ай бұрын

Trevor it's smells of fish that's what it is decaying fish I have 3 8-track players

@ianc4901 2 ай бұрын

8 track players never really caught on here in Britain, I have not seen very many and those that I heard playing sounded awful ! I appreciate their foolproof usability and ruggedness but can't take them seriously. One thing that always gets my attention is those toggle power switches because in Britain the on position is down, we lift up for off, I'm pretty sure this must have been required as a standard for all devices imported into the UK with rocker or toggle switches and must have been a headache for manufacturers because many European countries also use the 'up for on' position that North America uses.

@erikdenhouter 2 ай бұрын

The 8-track player was intended as trouble free car player (truckers), as least as much effort to change music.

@ianc4901 2 ай бұрын

@@erikdenhouter Makes sense, sound quality wouldn't be important in a moving truck at that time and I doubt they would be bothered by fluctuating tape speed either. They would probably just be happy to be able to choose some music rather than listen to the radio. I'm guessing that home 8 track players became popular because people wanted to play their tapes at home too and some people just accepted the drawbacks for the sake of convenience.

@erikdenhouter 2 ай бұрын

@@ianc4901 Yes, I think that is the way it went. I think that a good 8-track player is comparable with a low end cassette player, and people bought that too. The USA was absolute the biggest market for 8-track.