"Charlie" wrote in message
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 12:37:51 +0100, gareth wrote:

what's the best approach to repairing tape decks where the nylon-ish
band used for take-up has gone completely squishy (and resulted in a
build-up of tape inside the deck instead of on the take-up spool)?

Just do the same as other people, for example, search on eBay for "tape
recorder belt".

But that's £10 a time for a loop of elastic!