Bluff City 31: To Be Young Near the Shore Pt. 00

This episode contains discussion of illness and medical care

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YOU can fix it: Episode 8: Linear Erase Head Replacement

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[Upbeat music]

Hi! I’m Marianne. This is “YOU can fix it”, demystifying the goods in your house that you can fix!

Tape players? Radio recorders? Back projectors? They’re less complex than they look!

Patience with the plastic!

[Upbeat music concludes]

Today we’re going to be taking a look at replacing the linear erase head on, uh, one of these:

[Plastic thump]

This is a Persimmon Model 60X VHS player/recorder. I’m sure a lot of y’all have seen these in your parents’ houses! Beautiful thing.

Picked this one up at a thrift store last week.

But this one’s got a problem. It’s not wiping the video correctly.

You got an old sports game you’ve seen enough of? You want to make room for the Mitchell’s talent show? You need a working erase head.

Not to worry. Today I’m going to show you how to break this thing down, get that part replaced, get it all fixed up. Who knows! I might—

[Inaudible, video skips]

—A flat head screwdriver, maybe 1/8 size, a magnetic dauber, cleaning dust, an air-puffer. You got a spectacles repair kit? Get that out, you’ll do fine.

Let’s flip it over and get started

There’s a sticker on the back of this! Let me zoom in on that. “JOCELYN”, and someone’s drawn a little star.

Gonna get your old Persimmon fixed up good, Jocelyn. Great choice of model, Jocelyn.

Featuring: Austin Walker, Andrew Lee Swan, Sylvi Clare, Jack de Quidt and Keith J Carberry

Music & Description by Jack de Quidt

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