/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>1691749
thank you for that, youre right. i took a step a back and looked at it again. when a tape is in, and i hit ff or rwd the belts arent slipping, the motor just stops turning (high resistance).

In the simplest way I can show you, I took out the spools from the casing and put them directly on the transport. the supply reel (under) goes up to the right, around the guide pins, across the tape head (which spins in any mode) and then to the left and down to the take up reel.
In FFD mode.the black take reel turns at high speed, which is apparently supposed to have enough force to pull the supply reel under it around and across the head etc.
However there is so much resistance I cant even spin the spools with my finger. its like something isnt moving with the tape to guide it along. Might be mechanical after all somewhere or just ONE component on the circuit board still not fixed yet. I've already replaced 3 transistors maybe it needs one more...