"M.Joshi" wrote in message
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Hello Ian,

I did wonder if it was the tape sensor post - I have had to change the
lamps in the past on another unit.

However, I thought that was just to sense tape end? They appear to be the
IR type. The tape isn't being lowered into the mechanism so I guess it
probably is a snapped belt?

Can't remember ever seeing a snapped belt - they do go limp and floppy
sometimes.

The synthetic rubber ones firm up with a short squirt in the microwave - the
natural rubber ones blister and shrivel up!