YES! An "RCA" JGS 11J portable reel recorder, PART ONE: Inside and put together.

[dukeofgerald]

I picked up one of these this week end. The pickup reel belt is missing and the drive belt loose. Until seeing this video I didn't know about the fiber belt; will have to look again for that. Where can I get the belts for this? I found a source on the net for a drive belt, but was listed as square. All the belts seem to be round. Thanks

[CassetteMaster]

@dukeofgerald You might not be able to find round ones anymore, and may have to go with a square. For the fiber belt, those are NOTORIOUS for desinigrating and have to be replaced. You can use a slightly loose rubber belt coated with a little graphite powder lubricant. I had to do that because, not surprisingly, it desinigrated.

[dukeofgerald]

@CassetteMaster Do you have information that you can share on the length of the replacement for the fiber belt. I found that all that was left was a long thread that was wound around the pulley on the flywheel. Judging from your video it appears that the fiber belt goes around the take up reel and the flywheel pulley. It also appears that the replacement will need to be exact since it has an idler pulley that engages when switched to play, and yet be loose enough when not in play.

[Lockemeister]

You sure got talent. Excellent video. Great repair job.

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Nice repair and video. Nice setup on the workbench too.

[CassetteMaster]

In full the workbench isn't that great in that it is very cluttered and messy!

[AllAmericanFiveRadio]

Lol, lol, that is the way there supposed to be. You are doing nice restores and of course your collection is amazing. Plus learning a lot too.

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Very impressive!

[SlimeTron5000]

Great shit!

[wooferfreak]

first comment!!!!!