[1973T/A]

My 8 track in my 79 t/a dont work... could it possible just need to be cleaned? how do you do that?

pax

[2manyT/A'S]

Can you hear the motor running when you insert a tape?

[1973T/A]

No you can't just makes kinda a scratchy noise.

[Blk 76]

Is the scratch noise coming from the speakers? I thought mine was bad and after checking it out I found the the motor was running and the problem ended up being bad speakers. Later I did replace the belt but mine works really good. Good luck

[Chief Wanabee]

Some general repair information here:
http://www.8trackheaven.com/?q=node/3

My first guess with the limited info you gave is that the belt needs replacing. If you don't want to diagnose it yourself, there are a few places you can send the unit to have a perfessionul recondition it.

Does the radio work ok? Have you tried different tapes and wiggling them a bit when they're in the unit?

[1973T/A]

Originally Posted by Chief Wanabee

Some general repair information here:
http://www.8trackheaven.com/?q=node/3

My first guess with the limited info you gave is that the belt needs replacing. If you don't want to diagnose it yourself, there are a few places you can send the unit to have a perfessionul recondition it.


Does the radio work ok? Have you tried different tapes and wiggling them a bit when they're in the unit?

Yeah sorry about the limited amount of info just going off memory from last year. And yes the radio does work... but it makes a weird sound when I use the power windows?
Pax

[jmt455]

I had mine done by Barry Fone.
The price has gone up a lot in the past 4 years, but his work was excellent:

http://www.barrys8trackrepair.com/CarAudio.html