1980 Hitachi TRK-8190E Mechanical Service, Bulb & Belt Replacement

Now it's the 8190's turn! I go over some of the mechanical differences to the 8290 I previously repaired and featured here. If you want to see that, go here:
• 1981 Hitachi TRK-8290E...
Thanks to DeckTech (mana_tree on ebay) for their help as a reliable UK belt supplier. No sponsorship deals etc, they've just been good to deal with.
They have the 8190 belts available here www.ebay.co.uk...
Music featured is from LOVE 2: Kuso, a game by Fred Wood, with music by me. You can find the game at kuso.ge and the soundtracks at lovethegame.bandcamp.com

[@milesnewby627]

I have just changed the belts on my machine and used the recommended supplier. I couldn’t have done this job without your expert guidance. The screw behind the spring for moving the flywheel I would not have found for sure. The black gunge of the melted drive belt that came off the capstan can be used to hold the tiny screw in place on the end of the screwdriver! All working fine now and slowly getting thru my collection of compact cassettes while walking down the road boombox aloft….

[@deltic17]

❤ Thank You! Wonderful Video, again great in depth views into a 40 year old machine. Lovely to see the bulbs on and thanks for the DIN advice as i will now use this to transfer old tapes to MP3. (Possibly make tapes from MP3 in reverse also?)