[PhilcoFordTesla]

        OK, motor extracted from the foam rubber goo, ready for microprobing!  looking at rc car motors if this doesn't pan out 24mm series 280? IIRC need to check movie night

[PhilcoFordTesla]

    TPA-1 Replacement motor? 24mm diameter with 2MM shaft should be perfect with the right torque curve 1/2 the rpm of some others

[PhilcoFordTesla]

or maybe this one, ordered one of each while I attempt to dissect the original

[Jake Blake]

"All my stuff usually seemed to work better while they were/it was still apart! lol "  

[PhilcoFordTesla]

    tried to retension the brushes but still no continuity, armature looks burned

[PhilcoFordTesla]

Just got done replacing C1, .mp3 player sounds pretty decent!  Might keep it on for a while, hope it doesn't need heat sinks on those big 'ol outputs??  Time for the infra-red gun . . maybe better tone with the cabinet closed up . . . 

https://youtu.be/bEtvu4ldFts

rock & roll!

[PhilcoFordTesla]

picked up a second one, and went back and re-read some tips needed for my first, any love left here for TPA-1's?

[morzh]

In all honesty, other than it being rare, it is a fairly crappy player.
Badly made too.

On the other hand, why don't you make your own thread?
This one is Tim's and has been getting older by the day.

[PhilcoFordTesla]

yeah just nostalgia for me as dad gave me one of the amps as a functional toy back ~1956 now i have a second one looking back i have an intermittent on the board of the first, trying to get motivated to clear the bench and lay into it.  yeah its a crappy player i'd like to just have the amp out breadboarding something to just 'watch it work!' lol thx for the reply new thread someday