Hello, I'm cirrently a university student in Canada and I've found myself sucked in to the sweet sinkhole that is walkmans.. I currently own a later variant TPS-L2 (works and looks cool that's all I'm sayin), TCM2 Cassette Corder, WM F43, WM F15 and last but not least some 90's memorex radio cassette player that seems to be in the best tune out of all of them. I love to collect these audio equipments and try to repair them best as I could with what I have (a soldering iron without temperature control, a wobbly circuit clamps and some hand tools.. ) I'm also actively looking for more affordable walkmans in non running or running conditions. Thank you for reading a bit of my intro
...and D-33 is a solid Discman! Not as iconic as TPS-L2 (although among Discmans there are a few contenders for The Spot!) but one of the best-sounding and seemingly unbreakable
Welcome, if you can open them and not be intimidated you have a bright future. The best purchase I made was a soldering iron on Amazon similar to this one, it hovers around $100 USD but I've really enjoyed it. There's better models and I'll get one when I upgrade but for now this does fine. My Mate Vince on YouTube loves to repair electronics with basic knowledge and his videos have turned me on to some basic tools and equipment, ideas he gets from comments on his videos. That Rockwell Tape was a score, nice find!
Welcome! I'd say that your repair tools is plenty good enough. Unless you want to go deeper into component/board level repairs or tackle the tiny and advanced units like the slim Aiwas, a common soldering iron, tweezers and fine screwdrivers are usually enough. A multimeter would be good to have. I'd prefer one with a continuity beep. They're quite useful when the unit's problems are more than the belts, like you WM-F15 in the other thread. You can use it to see where power is interrupted.
