[djjones]

Rubber washers arrived today and fitted to drive wheel. They fit perfectly, but they are slightly tapered resulting in two high or two low points across the surface (see pics of them fitted either way around).

I'm thinking of another bit of bodgery, and putting the wheel in a drill and rubbing it down slowly with a bit of wet & dry to flatten the surface. Any better ideas appreciated.

Eager to see if I got any sound out of it (even though the idler on the take up spool is en route to Terry), I mounted a tape and ran it for a few seconds and was very pleased to hear music. Now have to wait for the missing idler before I can do anything else.