Capture worked now it's out of sync

As a new FCP user, I am capturing my a/v from a Cannon 2R50MC. Source tape is recorded as 12 bit and the capture preset is edited (see details below), I am capturing to my internal and copying them to external after capture. It I don't I get a timecode break error message and it aborts.
The project I am working on has almost 200 source tapes and I captured my first 12 with out much of a glitch.
On tape 13 my audio and video are out of sync. It does not drift out of sync, it is out of sync from the first frame.
I tried a couple things and then decided to clean the tape heads of the camcorder (using it for playback, it is same camcorder that recorded the source) and it captured tape 13 in sync. On to tape 14 and out of sync again. I changed the device control preset from firewire ntsc to firewire ntsc basic, cleaned the tape head and 14 was in sync. On to tape 15 and out of sync again. I tried unchecking User Pref sync audio capture and capture preset of mix 4 channels instead of 1st 2 channels. These things have not helped.
At the end of the captures that are not in sync I get an Analyzing DV Audio window that stays open and working quite a while "Validating Audio Data."
I have tried capturing 10 min at a time and the first capture was in sync and the second capture of 10 min is out of sync.
I did try capturing a very early tape in the series (probably the least valuable to the project) and it worked in sync. Now I am noticing that the later tapes were taped using a wireless mic and the earlier audio was from the camcorder's built in mic. Could this be the problem? This does not explain the first 12 captures working as they were recorded with the wireless mic.
My A/V settings are:
Seq preset: DV NTSC 48 kHz
Cap preset: DV NTSC 32 kHz (copied and edited from DV NTSC 48 kHz) (Device: DV Audio, Input: First 2 channels, Format 32.000 kHz 16 bit 2 chan)
Device Control: FireWire NTSC
Video Playback: Apple FireWire NTSC (720 x 480)
Audio Playback: FireWire DV (also tested default with no better results.
Does anyone have a reason/solution to why it was working and now isn't?
What about work arounds. Can I resync the tapes and then reliably make clips and edit the video with those clips?
ALSO:
The camcorder window says: 12 bit and Stereo1, should there be a stereo capture setting, I believe I'm capturing in mono?
I typed a lot of this up and posted yesterday but no solutions yet, sorry bout posting twice, I'm desperate for a solution, running out of time, ya'know all the usual constraints.
Thanks ahead of time. T.

It works I don't know why...
I'm not complaining but maybe someone out there can explain it to me.
I am capturing through this procedure:
I test a one minute clip (arbitrary time length). I get an Analyzing DV Audio window that is Validating Audio Data. I cancel out of that window (if I don't cancel out of the window and view the clip when it's done it is out of sync.) I do a second clip using the same in and out points and do not get the Analyzing DV Audio window and the test clip is sync. I then set up a full tape capture (up to an hour) using in and out points. It captures in sync.
I was thinking it was working because I was starting the in point well into the beginning of the tape 45 sec to 1 min, but through more tests I've been able to capture using an in point of 10 sec. into the tape.
Just curious if this has happened to anyone else or why it might work.
If it's voodoo PLEASE don't break the spell.
Happy New Year, T

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