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But when you push "play" or "reverse play," the rubber wheels in front of the
playback heads don't move the tape forward so it will play. There is a
"clicking" noise, and some slight motion in the rubber wheels and the mechanism
underneath, but that's it. Rather than playing, the tape starts to fast forward
or rewind, though not as fast as the actual fast forward or rewind speeds.

What you are probably looking at is either a worn out/deteriorated
drive belt(most likely fixable) or a broken gear(probably not fixable).
In any event the source of your trouble should be easily observed if
you remove the rear of the unit.

yes, you the OP are the one in a position to uncover the mechanism,
observe its action, see where its going wrong and fix it. These sort of
problems are not well suited to asking remote advice about.

NT