Today saw me rebelting this tiny little Sanyo M-S400L which I have had a while awaiting a proper service/repair!! Very dirty controls all round & a very worn out capstan belt......... These machines are tiny so no surprise that the tape deck is really compact & I am always wary of taking these out & apart & this was no exception!! In proper 'Old Skool' Sanyo style, the whole thing is pluggable so really easy in fact to extract the whole mechanism One wonders how can this thing play cassettes so well with no quavering or wobbling - The flywheel is so tiny & the belt has to be just right, something I learnt in the early years of cassette deck servicing!! A quick search in the 'Belt Bucket' produced the two tiny sqaure belts which were carefully replaced & the capstan shaft oiled as well as the roller & heads being cleaned until like new! Now before I started today, this really struggled to do anything including listening to the radio as the controls were so gunked up - The balance & tone controls simply didn't function & volume pot was so noisy it was a wreck!! After a really good switch clean it was time to put her back together & test everything...... Et Viola!! Everything worked 1'st time, I had thoughts that other problems may arise after it had been so neglected in it's life, but no such worries - It sounds amazing on tape & radio, as I say, these things are really really tiny & with such a tiny flywheel you would not think they would produce a stable & powerful sound.......... Happy Days
How do you like those, they look like they're pretty nice players? I'd love to have one but they've eluded me so far but that red it a great color..
Another great resto , I like these 4 speaker Sanyo's, I have a few various models but not a red one, looks great.
