1 Jan
2001
1 Jan
'01
1:42 p.m.
take the top cover off. What you do then is unhook the
pickup leader, and
reel it out of the way onto the take-up reel.
Next, locate the little plastic guard directly in front of the
head. It's
held on with a single screw. Remove said screw, remove the guard, clean
head with swabs and alcohol (should be 99% isopropyl -- don't use the 91%
due to water content), and reassemble. All should now be well.
This is how I do TK50/TK70 Drives, but I go a little further. BTW, make
sure they're not cotton swabs. I remove the leader from the takeup real,
and make sure I give the cartridge slot and the *entire* tape path a good
cleaning.
You can do the same with a TZ30, but you'll need a small screwdriver to
carefully remove the circuit board from the top of the drive.
Zane
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