Tascam Repair Journal #1 414 MKII

This machine belongs to my friend Scott. It had been in my possession for about 6 or 7 years. It always had a problem with the channel 1 1/4” jack, and was missing the cassette door. Other than that, it worked well. Scott plays in the band Worm Altar

Scott had expressed interest in wanting it back, so I offered to dig into it and get that first input working and he agreed. Upon inspection, it turned out that the plastic body of the jack was physically broken. I experimented with epoxying it, which worked fine, but I also went searching for a suitable replacement, which I ultimately installed.

In addition to the replaced jack, all the faders and switches got cleaned with Deoxit F5, all the knobs, fader caps, and switch caps got scrubbed, and the front faceplate got scrubbed clean, which was dearly needed. The tape heads also got cleaned. After reassembly, all the controls, jacks, routing, etc. got tested and were working well.

Unfortunately, a replacement cassette door is impossible to source, so this machine is rocking without one.