ScuzzBlog: Diaries March 2017
Entry 10th March 2017: Post: 1
Drive belt hell
Hi
My replacement belts arrived for the Amstrads. Set too and
replaced three belts in the three 6128’s I have. Signs were
good as in each case the belts had broken or stuck to the
pulley wheel. Anyway.. failed. Not one worked. Never mind.
Took a good while that. Swapped them over and tried several
times. Still no luck.
I then replaced a drive belt on another Spectrum +3 and that
worked. Sadly the machine I mended yesterday broke. I have
two with belts that do work but the third now refuses to even
show crap on the screen. Its died.
I have just my DD drive to rely on for 3” with the CPC range
of machines. Not giving up.
On a side note I never knew that AMS TRAD stood for Alan Michael
Sugar Trading. Interestingly I did use to think it stood for
‘junk hi fi gear made cheaply and having way too many gadgets
for its own good’.
scuzz
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