Corey Bailey wrote:
> How true!
>
> I transferred some home recordings last year from six 8 track tapes and every
> one suffered from the problems that Tom mentions below.

Tom didn't mention them.  That was my posting.  You snipped the 
attribution! 

Mike Biel  [log in to unmask] 

>  What a PITA! I started
> to sketch out some ideas for mounting an 8 Track head on a reel-to-reel deck
> but decided there isn't the demand for the format.
>
> You can find cartridge repair parts on ebay but I chose to do he repairs myself.
> Maybe next time.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Corey
>
> Cheers!
>
>   
>> Tom Fine wrote:
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>> SNIP>
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>> If the guy would buy a player he would 
>> find that on many of them the metal tab splices will have either dried 
>> up and broken or that they have become gooey and have jammed the tape. 
>> He will also find that if foam was used in the pressure pads they will 
>> now be a sticky mess which will quickly jam the cartridge and the 
>> machine. 
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