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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: >> > > >> SNIP> >> > > >> 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. >> > > >