Cleaning instructions for TK50/70

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Mon Jan 1 13:42:38 2001

>take the top cover off. What you do then is unhook the pickup leader, and
>reel it out of the way onto the take-up reel.
>
> Next, locate the little plastic guard directly in front of the
>head. It's
>held on with a single screw. Remove said screw, remove the guard, clean
>head with swabs and alcohol (should be 99% isopropyl -- don't use the 91%
>due to water content), and reassemble. All should now be well.

This is how I do TK50/TK70 Drives, but I go a little further. BTW, make
sure they're not cotton swabs. I remove the leader from the takeup real,
and make sure I give the cartridge slot and the *entire* tape path a good
cleaning.

You can do the same with a TZ30, but you'll need a small screwdriver to
carefully remove the circuit board from the top of the drive.

                                Zane
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