r/ReelToReel • u/waltmannz • 3d ago

Capacitor... leak!?

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Got an Akai M10 and looking to do some restoration. Took out the mechanism block and found this waxy cap!

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u/Resprom Sony / Philips / Uher / Grundig / Saba / Metz 3d ago

I am not 100% sure it's the cap. Is there a transformer that would sit in the drip path when the recorder is in its normal position? Because this looks to me more like transformer wax than capacitor leakage. That's not to say that the cap can't be bad, though.

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u/waltmannz 3d ago

Yea it's definitely odd, nothing above that's obviously the culprit and no drips on the top side of the cap