8 TRACK PLAYER STUCK ON TRACK 1 !!!

I found a cheap but charming SOUNDSIGN "cabinet" system at the thrift
store today for $25. It includes two cassette decks and a turntable
that works beautifully, and I tested the 8-track out, and it played
beautifully, too.

But when I got it home and put in GET THE KNACK, I noticed it kept
repeating track 1. I then tried to "manually" change tracks with the
program button: no dice!

It won't change tracks on it's own, and it won't let me manually do
it.

Thanks.

On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:35:24 -0800 (PST), The Space Boss
wrote:

I found a cheap but charming SOUNDSIGN "cabinet" system at the thrift
store today for $25. It includes two cassette decks and a turntable
that works beautifully, and I tested the 8-track out, and it played
beautifully, too.

But when I got it home and put in GET THE KNACK, I noticed it kept
repeating track 1. I then tried to "manually" change tracks with the
program button: no dice!

It won't change tracks on it's own, and it won't let me manually do
it.

Thanks. snip

Do you hear a 'click' whenever you push the track change switch? Or
do you hear nothing? The head height mechanism on any 8 track machine
is probably going to be gummed up at this age, but there has to be
some sort of solenoid response to being activated for it to do
anything.

Play a tape, turn the audio off, and press the button...if you don't
hear anything, you have an electrical problem. If you hear a "clunk"
but the track won't change, I'd first suspect the head elevation
mechanism is probably stuck.

On Feb 13, 7:35*am, The Space Boss wrote:
I found a cheap but charming SOUNDSIGN "cabinet" system at the thrift
store today for $25. It includes two cassette decks and a turntable
that works beautifully, and I tested the 8-track out, and it played
beautifully, too.

But when I got it home and put in GET THE KNACK, I noticed it kept
repeating track 1. I then tried to "manually" change tracks with the
program button: no dice!

It won't change tracks on it's own, and it won't let me manually do
it.

Thanks.


the track switching mechanism is stuck- take it apart, clean the old
lube off it, and relube it with WD-40 or light oil- get it working-
then put it back together again