Technics M255X Cassette Deck

I decided to tackle replacing the belts and rubber rollers in my beloved Technics cassette deck, which I bought new back in the '80's. I found the parts online, and also ordered the manual. It would not start running when you pressed play, there just wasn't enough oompf to lift the head mechanism due to the age of the rubber belts.

It was quite a challenge getting down and into the drive itself. I took a lot of reference photos and managed to get it all back together. Having the manual was essential.

In operation.

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