[lendaddy]

FWIW the read head consists of three stacked boards and I believe them to be fine. Those boards plug into the actual magnetic reading head that is encased in a hard epoxy via eight pins. My wondering is if there is a likely culprit in these that I could try to repair. Or even a way to diagnose via the pins as to what's actually wrong with it. The mfg. is ZERO help... which is nice.

I know this is highly specialized stuff but hell, who knows it's worth a try at this point.