need to find the faux gator skin, red velvet lined 8 track storage box now.

Mine was Led Zep IV.

I played that thing so many times that all the songs were longer from years of tape stretch.

if you are really skilled with 8 tracks you would develop the sharp tug and get it to suck back into the case after one was eaten and pulled out an extra foot from the case. Just smooth out the wrinkles and a sharp tug, watch is spool back in. Ah those were the days of try high fidelity.

Got em!!

 

Thx Greg, was not even expecting them. They look perfect.

I have 2 sets of 260z mounts that could also be modified to fit the later radio but it's a bit of work. 

Got an electrical harness for it yet? You could probably use a 78 radio harness on it.

 

This tape is over 40 years old but still doesn't sound half bad. There is a hack to make you own mp3 adapter.

 

 

 

I am almost there, looking to Blue for a faceplate, and a local to me member for the switch. I just installed the mounts, and the metal face plate that backs up the plastic. I made up a harness adapter that takes the 6 pin 75 plug and adapts to the larger plugs used on the 2501-B. Will be a simple matter to hook up.

here is where I am now

 

how much is blue selling his for? maybe i can undercut his price??

Dave, we got it wrong!  Even though it says "C9" ,the designation for a capacitor, on the board and does NOT have the symbol for diode like all the other diodes that are identical, there is a diode in this spot!

Alan snapped a picture of his hitachi and its shows one of those identical brown ceramic diodes in this spot.

 

very odd. Now the big question, is the red lead the cathode or is the brown banded side the cathode? If he can you should get a reading with a diode checker each way and see if you can simulate it with a 1N4001. perhaps the C9 was the smaller electrolytic cap, C14 the big one.

I would have thought the brown side would be the cathode marking.

 

Edited October 3, 20168 yr by Dave WM

Cant find anything like that. Look at the bottom of the pcb and see if trace one of the lead back to the electro cap, see what polarity its marked.