Don; I'm not in the shop right now but that problem sounds familiar. Check the transistor mounted on the bottom of the deck, screwed onto the metal track of the supply guide. -Ed- On Monday, May 6, 2002, at 11:56 PM, Don Hartigan wrote: > Not sure if I have 2 faults on this unit or the absence of one causes > the other.Unit will load the ''cassette'' &emmediately unloads it; the > upper drum does not rotate as with most vcr's upon cassette load the > upper drum starts it's rotation before ''tape load'' starts to > thread.Replaced mode switch,drum motor,load cage,power supply from > another serviceable unit.Also replaced IC502 &IC4A0.There is B+ to the > drum IC,M51721.Have no print for this guy so anyone have a tip as to > what I'm missing.Which IC provides drive for the drum ic.I know these > units are famous for hardened black grease on the main gear mech,which > I cleaned & all plastic worms & cam gears look good.Customer ok'ed a hi > estimate on this 4 head hi-fi unit so would like to get a > fix....TIA....Don....... > > HARTS-TVCR''ASC'' > 9-Robert St.,Oromocto,NewBrunswick,CAN > Tel#506-357-9785Fax#506-357-6010 > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > Regards; -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Midland, Ontario, Canada. teltek2@xxxxxxxxxxxx teltek@xxxxxxx "Quality will be remembered...long after Price is forgotten" ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/