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Originally Posted by Electronic M
I see it.
The way I understand it if you remove the head drum (as it appears you have) you need an alignment tape and need to align the tape path to make the deck work even if you fix the ribbon cable for your current drum or new drum. Unless that deck is selling in the hundred dollar range I'd round file it and find a cheap working deck or something worth the effort.
One other option if you can find a cosmetically or electrically damaged deck is to just swap the entire mechanism over (I've done this with a JVC chassis family I have a few models of).
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I had also found at a local computer repair shop that also has an electronics recycling program a late model Zenith VCR from 1997 that had the same problem as this Sony and the Zenith I was able to fix no problem but this sony was nice because it had a Shuttle Jog feature for the rewind and fast forward and slow motion feature.
And I looked this model up on ebay and this model and similar prosumer grade sony units were indeed going for over $100 or more.
I do have a 1987 vintage prosumer grade JVC deck that is still going strong that I had picked up at goodwill a few years back that came complete with it's original manual and remote but I use that for my LCD projector and this sony I was going to use for my flat panel tv and my old Sylvania Console TV.