Originally Posted by
Plissken
Thanks to all for the welcome.
To Barry: I am answering your question here. Perhaps it would be better to continue the discussion on Nakamichi deck faults somewhere else in the forum.
The Nakamichi BX300 quite unexpectedly ate one valuable tape a few weeks ago. I didn't happen while the tape was playing. I left the tape in the cassette well and switched the deck off for a while. A few minutes later I switched it back on but it failed. Blinking lights and transport not responding to the usual commends. Being unable to open the cassette door I finally managed to obtain some response by moving the timer slider to the play position and switching the deck back on. I managed to remove the tape that in the mean time had been chewed by the right side pinch roller. I opened the deck and found the control motor unresponsive. I followed the advice from the Web to lubricate the control motor by spraying some Kontak 61 inside the motor through two small openings in the back. The deck is working but, as a precaution, I am using only cheap Maxell URs: from my point of view it is still faulty. After that nasty episode I wrote and spoke to a number of experts for advice because I was and still am worried it can happen again. I got mixed opinions on this: one technician, very well known and respected for his experience in servicing Naks, wrote that it has to do with the idler tyre. Another one said on the phone that the problem is the capstan motor. Others said that they had to look at it.
Your opinions are appreciated.