I popped in the new motor, soldered the 4 wires into place and put everything back together.

I must say that Studio Sound ElectronicsвЂ™ service is wonderful. The motor was $9.95ДЄnd shipping to California was just under $5. I decided to order a replacement from Studio Sound Electronics. I placed 12-volts on the motor and yup, no movement. I found from the information on their site that it was a 12-volt Mabuchi motor. But I finally found a place in Indiana called Studio Sound Electronics that carries the exact replacement. After taking out the bracket and looking at the motor, I did a quick Google search on the part number printed on the motorвЂ™s label (which proved not as fruitful as I thought it might be). I noticed that the motor underneath the cassette tape bracket seemed like it wasnвЂ™t moving when perhaps it should. I decided to open her up and poke around a bit. I decided to check out some old 4-track tapes recently and noticed that when I pressed play, rewind or any of the other tape transport buttons that the appropriate light would come on for a few seconds, some clicking was heard but it pooped-out. It was so handy having this setup to try out new gear and record that the Tascam almost never was powered down.

Recorded many a Xome tracks on the beast and eventually set it up so that the output of the 4-track was plugged into the soundcard on my computer. It worked flawlessly when I first got it. I was fortunate enough to pick up a used Tascam Portastudio 424 MKII about 4 years ago on Craigslist.

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