Sony SL-F1 Betamax- Not lacing

This one's a little bit different insofar as we're finishing of the combo that is the Sony TT-F1 and the SL-F1 and in this final episode on the three part re[air series, we get the SL-F1 all good to go. Not an unusual fault the lack of lacing so worth checking what we found if your machine is doing the same. Of course it can happen with any of the decks that use this method from the SL-C20/C30/C40, SL2000, SL-C9 and many many others. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:44 The main fault 01:02 Disassembly 01:44 Investigating the not lacing issue 03:09 Testing after fixing the lacing issue 05:46 Cleaning the tape path 08:04 Testing after the tape path clean 09:20 Noisy eject 09:58 Removing the lacing motor assembly and lubricating 15:00 Testing but it' still noisy but it's smoother 18:05 Cracked plastic causing the noise? 19:43 Final test after soak testing for several hours #sony #repair #betamax #electronics #mrbetabyte