On Jun 11, 3:28*am, DeserTBoB wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:45:13 -0700 (PDT), Bru-Ha

wrote:
Hello all,

Back to the subject at hand, I am looking for advice on servicing my
Realistic TR-803 player/recorder. Are there any "experts" who would
like to toss a bone to this poor puppy who can't afford to send it in
to a shop? It doesn't need much, but the minimum it needs is the head
height adjusted. snip

Rule 1: *Stay away from Charlie Nudo's (aka 66-catalina on eBay) phony
"alignment" tapes.

By this time, what's probably best would be: *1.) new drive belt, 2.)
reoiling of the Oilite capstan shaft bushings, 3.) thorough head
cleaning and PROPER demagnetization, and 4.) head alignment. *You can
get the head height fairly close without a good alignment cart by
using a low mileage music cart, and can sort of approximate the
azimuth setting as well, but it's far better to get a GOOD alignment
cartridge (Nortronics is but one) to do the job right, or farm it out
to someone who has the right tape and the right experience.



why are you answering 8-track deck questions ? you threw away all
your tapes and quit tracking- get a life !

good answer: "take it to a shop" well duh !

all he has to do is align it with any music tape made by Columbia