RCA VCR Replacement Part Diode No. 242171

he's dead totally dead sad noises here's the insides and here's where I'm gonna be focusing I want to test out this fancy yes our meter that I ordered online well I guess it's a everything tester but apparently will test the ESR passages which I haven't been able to do in the past and I want to see what I find it's a free free junker so nothing to lose oh that still plugged in well that was just about the fastest disassembly I've ever experienced in a VCR that's all the screws holding there's four screws holding the mechanism onto the board board has another two screws mounting it to the plastic shell there's an additional screw holding the power button on and then you just have two of those black screws for the back and that's it and the only electrical connection to the board is here for the erase head this connector this one if your mode switch and there's a ribbon cable connector fo