Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I'm repairing and restoring a 1977/78 Sansui SC-1100 tape deck. Replacing the belts, recapping the boards and doing lots of cleaning and lubrication.

Sansui SC-1100 Service Manual:
elektrotanya.com/sansui_sc-1100_sc-1110_sm.pdf/download.html

TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Introduction
3:48 A Look inside
6:26 Recapping the Power Supply
15:09 Power on Test
16:18 Cleaning the Mechanism
25:11 Replacing the Belts
30:12 Testing the Tape Transport Mechanism
31:52 Fixing the Rewind
35:23 Testing Audio Outputs
38:19 How the Mechanism Works
44:09 Replacing the burnt out Lamp
49:55 Recapping the Audio Board
56:40 Final Test Run
59:37 Thank you & good night

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