Sanyo MGP30 Cassette Belt Change Repair

Hi Folks,
Here's quite a quick belt change and cleanup of a Sanyo MGP30 personal stereo cassette player from the 1980s. It needed a new belt and was missing its belt clip.
In this video, I give it a clean & service and replace the belt to keep it running a while longer - also adding the belt clip to restore full usability!
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[@jonvincentmusic]

People say that our disposable society of gear that was never intended to be repaired is a 21st century phenomenon. It really isn’t. You can trace it as far back as the 80’s. As seen here.

[@DigitalDrew92]

Awesome video man, this was a nice short easy fix. Really shows that not all issues are too complicated or a reason to throw anything out. That is a really slick looking cassette player. Keep up the outstanding work man.

[@retro_restos]

Thanks for watching. Yeah - this one was straightforward. I've had a few of these lately that needed more work on the structure or electronics, but now and again they're not too bad 👍

[@conepiecechronicles]

Great content mate. Very much appreciated.

[@retro_restos]

Thanks very much for watching 👍

[@livonian]

Looks like the one I bought in 1989, only on mine the front and back panels were red.

[@retro_restos]

Yes, I think black and red were the only available colours for this model. The red contrasted nicely with the black EQ sliders.

[@thinlizzysupporter]

Happy New Year Dylan, I look forward to many more fascinating videos in 2025. Do you have any interest in turntables or record players ?

[@retro_restos]

Happy New Year! Looking forward to featuring some cool items this year. I have an interesting Mitsubishi LT-5V to do, which I'm looking forward to 😊

[@lenoaleccs1383]

Almost lookalike design of my Fisher cassette player, very similar except the branding

[@retro_restos]

Fisher was the brand name Sanyo used in the US for a while - so yours may well be the same inside.

[@lenoaleccs1383]

@retro_restos oh i did'nt realize that before, thanks for the info. yes its exactly same inside. Sadly, I dropped mine and the cassette player door detached from the unit so does the flex that connects the equalizer torned :(