Wollensak 4800 Rebirth: the restoration VCR!

Hardening "belt Gunkification merger." The 4800 harvest was recorder Wollensak 3M by Philips in Holland for the United States became known as Norelco. Wollensak audio machine is almost identical to the Norelco Carry-Corder 150-1967. The only differences seem cosmetic surface. You can see some ads Wollensak 1967. This vintage tape machine was purchased on E-Bay and it arrived DOA (Dead On Arrival). Inspection of RegisterCause of death was a "belt Gunkification zone." This disease is sometimes called technological "Ampex Syndrome" and "complaints Teac" because it is the same for all machines. The boxes are not rubber, but a mixture oil, which breaks with the past, especially when the machine is stored and used. The result is the belt literally melts into a kind of "mud", a sticky viscous substance similar to tar get everything inside the car. Despite theseslow degenerative disease of old technologies audio equipment may be stillborn, as dirt "was cleaned with ammonia simple window cleaning liquids are dissolves (like goo) and the tapes are replaced (with rubber this time, s If you please!) For Fortunately recorder Wollensak 4800 vintage has been no damage to your amplifier or control circuit of the engine, so it was easy to bring to life. This video shows you how. The title of music: musicto ...