Sam
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Is it possible to get a twin tape deck (Sony) repaired these days? The tape deck is a separate (if that makes sense).
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Ian
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I would be finding something similar on Ebay.
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Sam
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I think I've established that the drive belts have stretched on it, but I have never repaired a tape deck before. There are similar models to the one I've got on eBay, but it'd be a shame to junk this one just because of requiring some new belts.
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Dom
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I'd be surprised if you can find replacements for it, might be worth contacting Sony and seeing what they say though. But i'm with Ian, you can pick up a decent Denon tape deck for £20.
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John
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Serious question, what are you using a tape deck for?
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Sam
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My brother gave me his old Sony separates but the drive belts on the tape deck are stretched. I personally don't use tapes but my other half has loads of tapes  so I'd quite like to get it working again.
I also want to buy a Sony MD separate so I can copy stuff from vinyl/CD/tape onto MD (I use MDs in the car).
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John
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Depends on the belt obviously but even maplin have some, I was looking for one for a cd player recently.
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pow
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Rubber band 
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pow
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By the way I geniunely did that in a moment of desperation years ago on a DVDRW drive when they were 100+ quid at my last place of work.
I had it in peices with the snapped band in hand, eye'd up a rubber band in my desk drawer and boom , it worked a fair few times as well 
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Rubber band
I tried a couple of these this evening actually, no dice 
I might try and find someone that fixes these things but if it's gonna be more than £30 to fix I'll just buy a secondhand one off eBay and get this one converted into Coke cans or something.
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