I don't see why exactly washing the heads is a problem. Open the door and press the play button. The heads will extend and the spindal motors will turn. When the machine realizes there is no cassette the spindals and a little wheel at the front may stop but the heads and wheel extend outwards. If still running you have to watch out or anything like string or whatever could wrap around the wheel, just stay away from it and stick to the heads. Do not be afraid to stick your fingers in there, it's always been safe to me in the past, unless your afraid of the power of the magnetic heads. :) There are no sharp edges to cut yourself on and the wheel turning cannot grab your finger, it is rubber and and a spinning metal rod next to it is also harmless.
If you only want to demagnitize the machine, Radio Shack sells a demagnitizing cassette. Just pop it in and run, clears the problem. Py > > I think I ask this some time ago but never got a satisfactory answer so, > here we go again. > We all have a player from our cooperating library service, or have seen such > a player. My question concerns the cleaning of the heads and that dam door. > If one could get it to go up another couple of inches you could get to the > heads and properly give them an alcohol bath. Maybe in the next five or ten > years we won't be using that player but for now it is a problem. > > All suggestions will be appreciated, Phil Parr. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
