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Struck out on YouTube. Anyone know of a post or write up on repairing cassette decks for our trucks? Maybe with a lot of photos? Search function on this site didn't turn up anything for me.
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this exact process worked for me as well. now just trying to figure out why my equalizer only has bass and treble...the middle buttons do nothingWhich tape deck do you have? The economy one or the fawncy one with an equalizer and such?
I might have a spare economy one as I intend on upgrading my spouse's truck.
However, the deck I put in my truck did the same thing yours did. Try running it on the bench after going over it with alcohol swabs, again if you've already done it. Then power the thing on, connected to the amp and head unit of course. (remember, you'll need a transformer as you don't really want to throw more than 14ish volts at it all. I've got a nice digital one, overkill considering my weak abilities)
Anyway, I got my deck to stop that clicking nonsense by putting a tape in after cleaning and then making sure the tape was mid way through. When I hit play, I got all the clicking but then helped the posts(?) which spin the tape manually by hand. That was the ticket for my deck. Started working after that. I let it play for a while and then jogged it through fast forward and reverse a few times. Plays tapes beautifully now. So you might get away with that on your deck as well.
It could be easier to manually help it if you fool the deck into thinking a tape is loaded by pushing the loading mechanism into the same position it would be in if a tape was loaded. You'll get the same clicky-clicky only you wont have a tape in the way to hinder diagnosis.