Glad it was helpful! Very kind of you to comment. David

It's been 6 months and so far no problems. It's very solid, I've carried many items on the rack with no issues. The only thing to mention is the slight wind noise at high speed, like over 70 mph but I guess that is to be expected. There are some open areas on the underside that could be covered with tape to reduce the slight noise I imagine but I have so much else more important to do I haven't looked into that. I also bought this rack because of the super high price of others and have not been disappointed. It is a quality build. David

Great follow through and very helpful suggestions. I have noticed wind noise at about 70 mph so I'll look into blocking the open channels. Thanks so much. David

i hope you did put a link in the description to this wonderful piece of worthless equipment that you clearly did not use to determine the sound Nice to show it though. A tuner. Nice stuff. My ear can do the same.

@@bertjesklotepino I completely agree, the ear is the best, if you have a good sense of tone. I'm not sure what you are driving at because the little tuner did help. It's just one more tool to use to verify your ear tuning. The problem with a chime bar is there are so many overtones that confuse both the ear and the device. They do not produce a clear, single tone. Also if you are not careful muting the other bars they will sympathetically vibrate and complicate matters further.

i am driving at the fact that you did it by ear. The tuner may have helped you somewhat, but you clearly are trained to tune by ear. Plus, to me it did not seem that the tuner device actually did anything. We as viewers of the video were not able to determine what was shown on the device. But in my opinion that is a good thing, because it is clear that you do not need it. And, i do not think it really works. We already solved the problem of tuning many years ago. Why use new technology if the old technology works perfect. The ear, perhaps a fork. This new mumbo jumbo, it may give an indication, but it aint nowhere near accurate. Its crap. If i may be honest. And, you have shown it to be crap, which i expected. Otherwise you would have spend a bit more time on showing the read out on the screen, etc etc. But you just discard of the device when you think you have had enough of it. Therefor i am pretty certain that you yourself think it is crap. Sure, it may help, but why invent the wheel twice. Your ears did the job perfectly. @@drdbrowndc

a saying i keep in my mind goes something like this (btw i am dutch, might explain the strange english)..... Anyways, the saying is this: Computers were invented to solve problems which did not exist before people invented computers. And the same thing is true here. A professional does not need gadgets like these. Mozart did not have gadgets like these. And you have shown that it is junk. Sorry to be making such a fuss about it, but i just think that it would be better if people accept junk is junk. We already have too much junk and no place to store it. @@drdbrowndc

Glad I helped you. This video was rejected by Amazon with no specific reason given so I posted it on YT. BTW, the only thing about this rack is the small increase in wind noise above 70 mph.

Aufgrund der Oberwellen und Störungen durch die anderen 4 Klangstäbe ist dies schwierig. Mach weiter so!

@@drdbrowndc mein Problem war das ich alle Stäbe kürzen musste da ich ein Uhrwerk mit langen Stäben in ein Uhrengehäuse das kleiner war als das Originale Gehäuse eingebaut hatte . Aber klingt auch nicht so Schlecht ^^ .

Wow! Das war eine Menge Arbeit, die Sie leisten mussten. Ich bin froh, dass es dir gut gelungen ist.@@michaelkauffmann1308

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If your wheels are still in good condition you simply use stamping ink from a stationary store like $aples. If your wheels are worn out or so old they are deteriorating like mine, Google for new rollers. Super cheap. There are no ribbons on the little calculator.

thank you so much for your reply. I will get some ink. cannot thank you enough. I can't even find a manual to download from internet or for this model

Correct. the capstan drive would not spin. This machine has direct drive so there is only one belt.

You must bend the Trip Pawl backwards a little. oldtech.net/RCA/RP168/page5.gif

Thanks, I'll give it a try !

I am not in that business, just a hobbiest. Good luck finding $omeone to repair it for you!

It's been a looooong time ago but I seem to recall that a couple of the tape guide posts are removeable like a screw.

Thanks! There were some small screws along the bottom that I hadn't seen.

Those model numbers do look to have identical guts.

+Jerry Barnes Extremely frustrating to get it just right. I hope you measured and scribed the director plate as seen at 6:00 on this video. Good Luck!

+Rob Hernandez You could try the front approach but you risk screwing up the alignment of the heads. I highly suggest the rear approach. Oh, here is the link to the manual.. akdatabase.org/AKview/albums/userpics/10004/Teac%20X-300R%20X-300%20Service.pdf If KZbin doesn't allow the link, contact me and I will send you a personal link. David

Niamh H In my case there was no change when I pressed on the case around the screen and yet the cause turned out to be the screen's electronics and NOT the cable. I know this because I disassembled the screen and was able to reproduce the problem by pressing on the top edge of the screen AWAY FROM THE CABLE CONNECTOR. I believe the sturdy aluminum screen holder prevented distortion of the screen. I suggest you disassemble the screen and see if you can locate where the disconnection is located. Your cause might (hopefully) be the cable because they are cheap. Good luck removing the glue. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3mxpaGsr8uGsLs

David Brown thankyou!!!

The star wheel adjustment against the Director Lever adjusts the timing of the separator knives to the shelves which control the dropping of the record. Nudging the tone arm into the correct landing spot is self explanatory. There are two other adjustment screws that are accessible through the two small holes on top of the unit. One adjusts the tone arm height and the other is a fine adjustment for tone arm landing.

Dropped in the water? First thing is DO NOT TURN IT ON TO SEE IF IT WORKS. Chances are it will fail with a short. Open it up and disconnect the battery. Completely disassemble and scrub the board with 90% alcohol and Kimwipes. Put a hair blower on low heat and blow it dry for an hour. Scrub the connectors clean of any corrosion. That's the best advice I can give you. DB

David Brown No, I didn't drop it in water. I'm not even sure if it's water damage tbh, but it stopped responding when I picked it up with wet hands. So it wasn't even that much water, but what was on my hands. This happened about a month ago now. If it did indeed get water damage from just THAT, then apple products SUCK!! I searched the internet for fixes to a 3rd gen. iTouch 64gb that stopped responding to touch, and half the "Fixes" were the Digitizer. Maybe the digitizer I received wasn't good? It only cost $11, and is supposedly new.

I suppose so. The cable could be tugged and twisted when you open the screen? Seems a little iffy to me because it is such an obvious problem area that the Apple techs would have not allowed that to occur. In my case even tapping on the screen where the connector was did not demonstrate any change which is one of the reasons I thought at first it was a MB video chip failure (common in this model). Pulling on the video cable didn't cause flicker either. But after I removed the glass screen protector the broken trace became obvious by simply pressing on the circuit board along the bottom of the screen. Broken trace.

Sorry for the late reply. The broken trace was located below the screen connector on the screen itself, not the cable. So opening and closing the screen did not cause this defect. The laptop had been dropped. I thought it was a bad video chip and so replaced the MB and to my dismay found the same issue. To get at the screen connector you must remove the glass cover, that is why I resisted tear-down to that point. BPITA. The MB suppler was very gracious and took the MB back without a re-stocking charge. I simply replaced my screen. Next time (if there is one) I will remove the screen cover and more closely inspect the traces.