I have also run into a number of funia vcrs that had the same problem I wound up changing the belt to correct the fault Rob Rattew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Routson" <davestv@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 02:00 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Sylvania TV/VCR SSC130 Won't eject tape > > I have had several and in most cases > the best senereo I've come up with > is the mode switch failing intermittently > and so far every one that I have removed, cleaned and lubed the mode > switch has kept working. > Dave Routson > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <gulftech@xxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 12:19 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Sylvania TV/VCR SSC130 Won't eject tape > > > > > > Friends, > > > > This combo is made by Funai. Mfg. date, March, 2000. The mechanism is > > the same as the Sylvania SSC090. The poorest mechanism I have ever seen. > > > > I have had about six of these sets in the past two months with the same > > symptom: Won't eject tape, TV shuts down. In each case, I removed the > > mechanism from the board and found it jammed. I manually turned the belt > > operating the worm gear. After hearing a click, the jam was gone and I > > could finish removing the tape, set the mode switch timing, and return > > the mechanism to the base. > > > > Insert a tape, run through the paces, and eject ten or twenty times. All > > perfect. Well, almost. One unit came back a month later. > > > > Sorry I can describe this no better. Like I said, a lousy mechanism. > > Has anyone seen this and know what is locking up the gears? (Not a > > foreign object.) > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Ken Smith > > Gulf Technical Services > > 3034 Gulf Breeze Parkway > > Gulf Breeze, FL 32561 > > 850-934-8324 (Voice) 850-932-0819 (Fax) > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips > > database better! Submit your fixes here: > > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > To unsubscribe write to: > > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Help make your TechAssist online repair tips > database better! Submit your fixes here: > http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > To unsubscribe write to: > techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with unsubscribe in the subject line. Help make your TechAssist online repair tips database better! Submit your fixes here: http://www.circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips To unsubscribe write to: techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with unsubscribe in the subject line.