Trying to repair Toshiba Beta VCR V-M32

There are a bunch of idlers with rubber tires, belts, and plastic parts that crack, dry and/or an go out of spec on VCRs. You would have to take the covers off, identify the parts that have failed (usually rubber) and replace them. You can't find these parts at Radio Shack, though. In addition. there are posts & idlers that get gunked up with tape residue that need to be cleaned. The video heads are very fragile and special chamois swabs and special technique is needed to clean them. Google can be your friend. Make sure it is worth the bother before you spend the time on the old beast!

Originally Posted by Curbside shopper

I would stick it on Ebay for parts/repair, as non functional. Still worth more than scrap. I don't like messing with them unless it's something very simple. Sometimes with the older ones you fix one thing and something else breaks after you ship it and they start using it, especially when they've sat around for 7+ years just collecting dust in someone's attic. Too much aggravation.

My rule of thumb for stuff like that is just flip it, get the money you can for it...maybe it's not the money you could, but it's money.

Agreed.......Fix one thing another breaks!!!...........If it has value for parts list it AS IS if not SCRAP IT!!!