Bill never fails to amaze me! Good stuff. HTHAY?(Bill) al May God give us strength Al's TV alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Mine Hill, NJ. 973-361-5796 alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 3:07 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question reguarding Panasonic VCRs > > A large, flat pink rubber eraser works real good too. Don't > use an ink eraser! > > Household 409 - Good idea. I read about a guy that filled > some empty Epson ink cartridges with that to successfully > clean out the clogged heads on his printer. Boiling hot > water injected with a syringe works also. > > Bil > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaun" <ssroark@xxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 11:27 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question reguarding Panasonic VCRs > > > > > > sometimes flux remover works but make sure you clean it > off right afterwards > > so it dosent eat glue off the heads > > > > Shaun > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ernest Brewley" <radiodok@xxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 6:27 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question reguarding Panasonic > VCRs > > > > > > > > > > doc > > > I do agree with a good cleaning I usually try a few > times with head > > cleaning > > > fluid if no result I will try 409 (yes 409 household > cleaner)just dry the > > > drum after,as alast resort try contact cleaner. > > > if one pickup is bad you will get a noisy picture > sometime even a clear > > band > > > of picture at the bottom. > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: George Winters <littletiger67@xxxxxxxxx> > > > >Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Question reguarding Panasonic > VCRs > > > >Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:59:46 -0800 (PST) > > > > > > > > > > > > Howdy Wally, > > > >If the heads are bad there won't be any video showing > on the screen, if > > you > > > >have even and inch of video showing on the screen the > heads are good, > > clean > > > >them again. I've had some vcrs unit in my shop that > would have to be > > > >cleaned 6 times to clean the heads out. Hope this help > you. > > > >George Winters Jr. > > > >GLW CUSTOM ELECTRONICS > > > >TN. > > > > Jeff Dougherty <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >Wally, > > > >If these things have the spongy self cleaners..this is > more than likely > > the > > > >cause. What a sales gimmick! > > > > > > > > > > > >Jeff > > > >mailto:Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.9-11-2001tragedy.com > > > >FAX 1-413-280-0677 > > > >Intrepid Video & Electronics > > > >Harrisburg, PA 17111 > > > >717-909-8844 > > > >www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net > www.thetoolcaddy.com > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Wally Heise" > > > >To: > > > >Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 1:39 AM > > > >Subject: [TechAssist] Question reguarding Panasonic > VCRs > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I now have about 4 Panasonic vcrs which all have > what appears to be > > bad > > > > > video heads when you play. All of these vcrs are 1-4 > years old and > > > > > different model numbers. I don't have a video head > tester to check the > > > > > heads yet, (have not had a big need for one). I am > wondering if others > > > > > have seen a high failure rate with Panasonic video > heads? Or is there > > > > > something else I'm missing? Is there an easy method > of determining if > > a > > > > > video head is defective, without the tester? > Needless to say I have > > > > > cleaned and cleaned the heads to no avail. > > > > > > > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > > Wally Heise > > > > > South Isle Repair > > > > > ================================= > > > > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > > > > Submit your fixes here: > http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > > > > ================================= > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > > > > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >================================= > > > >Help make your TechAssist database better! > > > >Submit your fixes here: > http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > > >================================= > > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > > > >mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > > >Yahoo! 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