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On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Kurt Glaser, at KGB Studios. Continuing on with the sessions
on the 4-track reel-to-reel restoration process. All right so, this is the type of oil you
need. I typically use sewing machine oil because it seems to be very, very well qualified for
this type of function. What we're going to do is, we're actually going to drip just one
drop right into this hole right there and then we'll show you a little about what goes
into this next reel. It's a little more difficult. Those are the two reels that you have to pay
attention with this oil. O.K., so here we are with the oil and you just drab, one small
drop. So, I'll just squeeze one drop in there and of course you want to make sure that the
deck is laying down and you want to brace it so that you don't have any drippage running
all over the place. Now let?s go to the next motor. The next motor is a lot more difficult
because you have to align that small little hole, right there, you probably can't see
it. But you have to align that with the actual drop. Then grab your oil and you insert one
drop of oil in there as well. Now what I tend to do, is I let it sit for just a short period
of time and then I actually turn the reels a little bit from the front. And I'll show
you that right now. So, this is the reel that we actually just finished and we want to make
sure that, that turns around a little bit. Just to spread the oil out. Now you only want
to turn it one way because if I turn it back this way, I'm actually working against the
breaks. And that's a section I really can't show you because you have to remove the front
and the back and then you have to tear into it quite extensively. The breaks have lasted
me over 30 years so it's not something that is all that important. This screw on the front,
just by the way, is an adjustment for height. So, if it doesn't roll properly you can adjust
the height with this one. So that's the one. The other reel that we'll turn is down here.
But of course that's turned from the back. That's the capstan motor. This is the take
up roller here and that you have to take this other piece off, like we talked about before,
to actually lubricate that. And I've never actually done that. So those are the three
other pieces, in terms of the three motors that you actually lubricate her. O.K. So join
us next session, to where we've now finished up the back part of the deck and we'll have
to proceed to the front to show you about the heads, the pressure roller and the capstan.
Till then, I'm Kurt at KGB Studios. See you later.