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Fault	Solution
Won't play tapes from the video store	Rental tapes are too large to fit, because if VHS tapes were made any smaller they would not be able to hold the awesome. This could possibly lead to explosion and personal injury. Replace the machine with a VHS tape deck. (VHS owner)
No rewind, tape not pulled back into cassette	Check a small foam pad which should brush against idler wheel between the two spools. This crumbles with age resulting in idler wheel bouncing off the reel when it should be rewinding. You can see this when top of carriage removed (x4 tiny side screws), then set up to run without a tape. I renewed the pad with a piece of chamois cleaning stick, folded over to size, inserted into slot (bend up metal sprig first then down to secure) & glued with clear UHU. Too thick a pad & picture will jump, just needs to lightly touch idler as it swings from right/left for forward or reverse. A servo VR may then need a slight tweek to adjust to better traction in REW and FF.
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