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Tutorial: Cleaning, lubricating and fixing an Apple 800k 3.5" floppy drive

Adrian's Digital Basement 37 min Published Sept 2019

About this video

An Apple 800k 3.5 inch floppy drive, a Sony MFD-51W-03, is stripped down and cleaned after years of gumming up, then its eject mechanism is put right, in a long tutorial.

Good to know: Any solvent used for cleaning is flammable and needs ventilation. The maker says the method also applies to the MFD-51W-10 and MFD-75W-01G.

Why watch it

Adrian calls it in-depth and says it shows the exact method used on these drives. The eject fault is troubleshot after the clean, so a drive that will not eject properly is covered too.

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