Hi BT,
Thank you for your reply to my dilemma. Before I go and change the belts can you tell by what I described in my post, is what causes the slow down and eventually stopping of the tape drive. . Until the set cools off. I guess what I am asking you, do the belts cause this to happen and is it caused from the machine heating up ???
There is one other question I have for you, the cluster of wires 6 or 7 altogether as a multi colored harness that carries the sound and the digital VU readout when recording or playback. they came loose from the black plastic. So my question is this . How are they attached to that black holder, are the soldered in or locked in some how? I ask this, because at first I thought that the black plastic piece plugged into the circuit board until I looked at the bottom and saw it was soldered in. But the wires came out of the black plastic that houses the 6 or 7 wires. How do they attach to the plastic piece ?? Any info would be great.
Jayzjayz