Sony Tapecorder Restoration and Repair

[@jonvincentmusic]

Nice work. You are now one of my favourite restoration channels because of the unusual items you restore, There's only so many times i can get excited about someone restoring yet another axe or coffee grinder.

[@wraith9961]

Great Job !! I love seeing you work on old Sony reel to reel recorders ,hope to more .

[@sergek2172]

Thank you for your work! Here's one useful hint: after mechanical cleaning, it is convenient to cover corroded metal parts with a broken anti-corrosion coating with an alcohol solution of tannin. It eliminates traces of corrosion (if any) and forms a protective coating which is good enough for enclosed relatively dry spaces. After the solution has dried, it is enough to remove the dry residue, rinsing is not required. In this way, the durability of the refurbished metal chassis of this tape recorder can be improved... Ыorry if this was inappropriate.

[@aeyb701]

I subscribed. Watched your clock resto vid and now this and loved them both, having both a century old Seth Thomas wall clock and a Sony TC800B recorder! Your versatility is boundless.

[@meridian8095]

Amazing Work! Incredible to see something broken become whole again.

[@willydemaeght1623]

Quelle très belle restauration !! Merci de sauver ce type d'appareil !! Bravo !!!

[@gianlusc]

Wow! Just awesome piece of equipment and awesome restoration!

[@SKNSV]

Браво! Отличная работа!

[@Jammerk40]

I would have replaced the counter belt and I know the alignment wasn't that hard to do! They can be sometimes. You did a great job!

[@th3Reader]

Wow .really nice work. Little tip :maybe replace the rubber bands ,as with time they loose their bounce and wont work properly

[@johndavis8886]

Superb job, loved it

[@nameless8608]

1:47 what would be those rust colors on the pickup thing? it's seems strange and shines

[@mjg263]

Fantastic! I have two of these in my collection, one I bought used over 40 years ago that still works perfectly today and another that I will repair soon (after I restore my Sony TC-800B). It’s funny, all of the TC-222 recorders that I’ve come across have a silver front trim plate (including the one in the instruction manual) whereas yours has a blue trim plate. Is it possible that a protective film is still covering it after all these years? Seems unlikely I suppose. Excellent video, liked & subscribed!

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

The TC 222A had the silver front. The TC 222 was always blue. (TC222L was both blue and silver and had a red round button on the STOP button) I had the 800B (Watergate) machine too. Sold it years ago.

[@wallywackford3246]

Can You Make a video of a Old Master System Restoration ?

[@bziemko1066]

Good , but you must check The Electrolytic capacitors

[@ninaevans4501]

Great video, of that, there are no doubts.... however, one small criticism. If you are going to restore, or refurbish vintage electronic equipment, would it not be a good idea to replace all the electrolytic capacitors as well as a general clean-up? Surely this should future proof the equipment further down the line, and make it more reliable. Definitely replace ALL electrolytic capacitors if the equipment is more than 30 years old.

[@warangalcafe9990]

Great job 👌 please share music link

[@orictutoriales]

Very good!

[@crevice007]

What means "servo controlled" on it? Did not see any servos

[@ИгорьКузьмин-ш6ъ]

У меня такойже, 👍👍👍

[@BALDA8511]

Диаметр тонвала должен быть откалиброван. Скорости могут быть разными...

[@karimdailyjazz]

good job

[@RegiPavan]

awesome 👍👍

[@Иван8603]

Какой год в выпуска аппарата?

[@Ivan-hy2iv]

Provisional videos as well as groovs are better to change to new

[@Ivan-hy2iv]

как это не странно но у шарлатанов просмотров большинства у честных реставраторов нет умы, удачи вам. It is not strange, but charlatans have the majority views of honest restorers have no mind, good luck

[@RetroMechanic]

Sanding play/record head is worst idea!!!!

[@RetroMechanic]

And taking patch from C-cassette not fit, becouse it's 4mm and reel to reel tape is 8mm