Found in a local dump, needs a belt....

Works good, but belt slips causing the sound to be uneven...

Kiki likes it too lol 

Great find and the price is right!  A little plastic polish and that will look like new.  It's a shame people are still throwing this stuff out.

It's in great shape! I love Sanyo, hope you can fix it soon.

Good'n radio!

Nice find there....I fail to understand the mentality of people...throwing stuff out like this and yet they pay hundreds for something like an ipod...im sorry i just dont understand..

If Kiki approves...it's gotta be good!

I agree %100 with Radioi Raheem. i don't understand the "disposable generation" Not too long ago careers were made on component repair, now we toss out and buy new?

Great find Jody!

good find-sanyo are the best!!!!!!

mmm c1 the one that stated it all, does it have a date code in the batt compartment.

i have the c7 , this one is like from 1981.

Nice rescue.

 Trashed in that condition? What a shame.

Aways makes me feel great when I see someone rescue a boombox from the dump. Sad to think how many get thrown away that we cant save. Nice find!!

i need a drive belt, im 99% sure thats whats causing  the uneaven play speed and slipping FW, RW works fine...

the volumes etc have a small amount of scratch, do I  just blow em out with compressed air?

I'm a novice....

Now I wish I diddn't get rid of my tapes ....

Right now it's in pieces .....sorry for the blurry pics, was trying to show the heads condition.... No wear at all on em, and the rollers in good conditionbetc

these are the numbers on the back and from battery door.... sorry for any mistakes, I just had carpal tunnel surgery...

blue sticker : y3688213 , serial 1930610228 the stamed # from battery door : 327687 which is the ddate  of manufact code?

I would try cleaning the heads capstan bar thouroughly and rubber wheel with cotton buds and meths..this may fix your problem...try this before changing the belt....good luck with that...

already did that....

well the belt is shot, tried a temp elastic band, worked but still whiny and uneven..

but the FW worked lol

use contact cleaner on the volume controls and switches

an elastic band...classic I remember those days

any ideas guys?

also, the head is worn a bit...

thought it was just dirt, but i can see a few specks of the chrome worn through...

any ideas where i could get parts or what could cause the unevenness in playback? seems to turn normally though...

Without seeing the box in question i can't realy say....I thought you said the belt was shot...an elastic band is deffinetly not going to help....also it could be a bent capstan bar.. who knows...regarding the head all i can sugest is to find a similar size spec head from another boombox....Im not sure but I don't think you can buy new heads any more...like everything else related to this hobby.. were dealing with anteques...you could put a wanted ad in boombox wanted section..and just cross your fingers...

trying to track down parts