TIP From The European Master TechnicianThis much sought after gem of the remote past is often seen on E-bay, and here is some sound advice from the European Master Technician: Be aware!!! These ads typically state something like: “The lights work and the tape runs", or "no fast forward and rewind, but a few belts will do the trick with a link to a belt seller". Be careful, this machine requires an extraordinary experienced technician to bring it up to specs. One of the reasons why the ff/rew does not work after 20 years of playing is that the rubber tire hardens caused by free radical attack and consequently looses its friction properties, yet another reason is that the rubber belt between the ff/rewind motor and an idler shaft stretches and that is not all folks, the tire on the idler wheel needs to be replaced. So here are already not one but three reasons to have this problem and you know what, there is only one single belt in this ff/rew mechanism, and of course a motor, and...Guess what, this ff/rew motor needs to be taken apart as ...
