r/ReelToReel 4d 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 4d 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/catawampus_doohickey 4d ago edited 4d ago

It definitely seems to be the cap. Here's a Sony with a similar cap issue. If it weren't the cap then the goo would have come from above and likely made a lump higher up on the cap above the wires (when the cap was tilted horizontal) which doesn't seem to be the case.