[944S Boyeee]

This is a technical question and is Porsche related, seeing as I want to record Victory By Design next time it's on and my VCR is on the fritz.

Ok.....I have been dabbling in VCR repair (basically too cheap to buy a new one or get mine repaired, plus I love tinkering).

Here is my problem. I have an RCA 4-head, Hi-Fi that has wayyyy too many hours on it. I have taken it apart and cleaned it about 50 times. The very first time I cleaned it I rubbed up and down (with a Q-tip, mind you) on the Hi-Fi head and ruined it. I can see a lil wire that is frayed - so that was a learning experience.

What the problem is now is that I'm getting a "pause" thing going on when the VCR gets hot (runs more than two hours). It will pause itself for a second and then keep playing.

I have taken out the capstan motor and cleaned all the black tape residue off the capstan arm and the pinch roller it spins against. I have cleaned the heads (the right way this time), cleaned all sensors, cleaned the drum, and cleaned the entire tape path. VRC works perfect, but after playing for a while, the "pause" thing happens.

I think it's the capstan motor bearings being either worn of lacking grease.

My question to the VCR experts is what parts of the VCR need grease? There doesn't appear to be any left in my VCR anywhere. None on the capstan bearings and none of the roller guide paths have grease. I suspect the VCR is getting hot and causing poor electronic pulses, thus screwing up the capstan. I think if the capstan bearings are greased, the heat won't effect it as much.

Could this also be an old capstan pully problem? Perhaps the rubber stretched due to age?

Also, does anyone know if I can transplant a Hi-Fi head from another RCA VCR into this one? Anyone ever install a VCR head? Do you need to solder anything or is it just plug in?

Any help would be great!

944S Boyeee