"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!

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:33:15 +0100, gareth wrote:

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


Sometimes you have to shoulder the pain and dust off the wallet!


Charlie.


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On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Charlie wrote:

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:33:15 +0100, gareth wrote:

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


Sometimes you have to shoulder the pain and dust off the wallet!


When I needed a new turntable belt about five years ago, it cost
me around $8.00, but that was at a local store that I could actually
visit. It did seem expensive, but I spent quite a bit on it in 1978, and
it's been fine ever since, except that belt became too loose. So eight
dollars upkeep on something that old is pretty good.

Michael

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Charlie wrote:

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:33:15 +0100, gareth wrote:

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


Sometimes you have to shoulder the pain and dust off the wallet!


When I needed a new turntable belt about five years ago, it cost
me around $8.00, but that was at a local store that I could actually
visit. It did seem expensive, but I spent quite a bit on it in 1978, and
it's been fine ever since, except that belt became too loose. So eight
dollars upkeep on something that old is pretty good.

The ITT mono deck is at least 46 years old, and not identified in the
list of spare belts.

On 4/11/2015 6:37 PM, gareth wrote:
"Michael Black" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Charlie wrote:

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:33:15 +0100, gareth wrote:

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


Sometimes you have to shoulder the pain and dust off the wallet!


When I needed a new turntable belt about five years ago, it cost
me around $8.00, but that was at a local store that I could actually
visit. It did seem expensive, but I spent quite a bit on it in 1978, and
it's been fine ever since, except that belt became too loose. So eight
dollars upkeep on something that old is pretty good.

The ITT mono deck is at least 46 years old, and not identified in the
list of spare belts.

No surprise there. Do you still use the B&W TV you had in 1970? How
about the car you drove then? Here in the US such an old car would be
considered an antique and registering with "historic" plates means you
can't drive it for every day needs.

People keep their turntables and tape decks running either because they
have a misguided sense of sound quality or they just like keeping
antiques around.

Is there a reason why you don't update to something easier to use and
retain the recording produced? Do you really want to manage the stack
of tapes produced by the ITT deck?

BTW, for the most part, a rubber band is a rubber band. Try some
regular rubber bands tied together for a quick fix if you have to.

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Rick

On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, gareth wrote:

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Charlie wrote:

On Fri, 10 Apr 2015 16:33:15 +0100, gareth wrote:

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


Sometimes you have to shoulder the pain and dust off the wallet!


When I needed a new turntable belt about five years ago, it cost
me around $8.00, but that was at a local store that I could actually
visit. It did seem expensive, but I spent quite a bit on it in 1978, and
it's been fine ever since, except that belt became too loose. So eight
dollars upkeep on something that old is pretty good.

The ITT mono deck is at least 46 years old, and not identified in the
list of spare belts.

You take the existing belt to the store, they don't look for "matching
part number" but for belt that fits. Anyone selling belts at this point
has some idea of how they stretch, so they can find you a belt of the
right length, even though the current belt is likely stretched.

I can't believe this belt is something so out of the ordinary that it has
to be identical to what was put in there in the first place.

Michael

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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You take the existing belt to the store, they don't look for "matching
part number" but for belt that fits.

Long since consigned to the dustbin in its many pieces

On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 17:33:24 +0100, gareth wrote:

Long since consigned to the dustbin in its many pieces

Use a piece of string to get the length.



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