Hi, I'm attempting to remove the bottom from an Orion VHS player, manufactured in 1998. The player eats tapes, so I would...

I watched a utoob where a guy took apart a cousin model to these, an Emerson, as Orion had also made Emerson models. He took the front face of, and that is what I finally found to be the next stop to taking it apart. I was then able to remove the bottom panel which revealed the mainboard, and then remove the mechanical section from the mainboard. So I should have just been more patient and did more homework as I found the answer to my question. I'm tackling the mode switch first, as this is one of the common causes of unit eating tapes due to corrosion on the switch. So, I bought a fiberglass brush and cleaned the switch and am now waiting on dielectric grease to reapply to this part. I took pictures so I can remember how to put it all back together, as I can easily get confused - easy to take apart, hard to put back together (grin) Note, I managed to find a video on cleaning the mode switch, and to make sure to line up the small dimple on the switch housing with the hole on the white plastic gear; needs...