Hello... looking for help.. Nissan Patrol 1989 cassette

[RickBartlett]

Hi there,
I'll be the first to admit, I'm not a car guy...
I've been given the task however to try and fix a 1989 Nissan Patrol GQ018? cassette player.
I'm wondering if there is any documentation/schematics on the unit that are available?
While I'm able to work on older hi-fi gear, tape recorders etc... car cassette units are something I'm unfamiliar with.
The guy I'm trying to fix this for says everything else on the car works, so he is bummed out the tape player is a 'no go'.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Rick

[BrazilianY60]

Hi Rick.
Does it turn on?

If it does and do not play, I'd start checking the rubber bands. The cassette drive gears are connected to the electric motor by rubber bands and they have surely dried out at this age.

[PeeBee]

I would do a check of the physical model number of the cassette unit with the manufacturer. If you cannot make headway there, it may be a lost cause depending on the fault, as Bazzi has suggested the simplest 'mechanical' issue fix is the drive. I wish you luck.

[mudnut]

Biggest fault on cassette players is that most people turn off the vehicle while still listening to the music. This leaves a rubber wheel with pressure applied. Either the tape sticks or the wheel gets a flat spot and that is when tapes get chewed up.

[Dhuck]

Welcome to the forum mate. Who the bloody hell has cassettes still?

[PeeBee]

Welcome to the forum mate. Who the bloody hell has cassettes still?

Its funny Dhuck, I took a ride in a mint original 1991 Patrol GQ recently that is totally factory, not a mark or bastardisation taken place and the fitment of the cassette player just finishes it off. i agree it was a horrible media in its time.

[Plasnart]

Its funny Dhuck, I took a ride in a mint original 1991 Patrol GQ recently that is totally factory, not a mark or bastardisation taken place and the fitment of the cassette player just finishes it off. i agree it was a horrible media in its time.

Oi! My old GU has one and I deliberately kept a couple of my favourite teenage cassettes just so I could play them on road trips in it. Even had FF-to-next-song capability! I bloody loved it. And that unit still works by the way!!

[PeeBee]

Oi! My old GU has one and I deliberately kept a couple of my favourite teenage cassettes just so I could play them on road trips in it. Even had FF-to-next-song capability! I bloody loved it. And that unit still works by the way!!

Well I will start loading up some "barbie Girl' tracks for MB to enjoy!

[Plasnart]

Well I will start loading up some "barbie Girl' tracks for MB to enjoy!

Haha if that’s what you like mate! Mine was ZZ Top and Def Leppard. :D

[mudnut]

Akka Dakka (Bon Scott era) , The Angels and Cold Chisel for the win!

[BrazilianY60]

Welcome to the forum mate. Who the bloody hell has cassettes still?

Well, I went through the trouble of finding a cassette tape to show my kids how the GU unit worked. Used it for a couple of months until they lost interest on it and only then replaced.

[Dhuck]

I do still have somewhere within all my crap 2 x 10 packs of TDK 90min Cassettes. I am sure if I go through my boxes of vinyls (yes I still have my old records but no way to play them) that I will find some old original and recorded tapes.