[Martin Bush]

I thought I would report back after doing a bit of work on this one.

I managed to open it up with the help of the service data and, to my eyes, the belts look and feel in good condition. I have a set on order but is it worth changing them just yet?

I have cleaned the tape path and got a surprising amount of muck off the heads and rollers.

And, after getting it back to front first time round, I've wired up a lead to get it playing through my hi fi.

I suppose now I'm wondering if that's it. The speed sounds fine, not too much wow considering the age of the player and tape.

I have to say I find DIN plugs horrible to solder up. But that aside this has been a pretty simple one.