Doug Alcock said:

>Another nagging little problem. My casette deck (the original Blaupunkt in
>my 84 Westy) seems to jam on auto reverse when I put a tape in. Sort of a
>clunk, clunk clunk as the mechanism kicks over repeatedly.

Sounds like a belt gone on the takeup pulley. You could possibly (gently)
rip it apart, remove the offending belt and take it to Radio Shack for a
replacement.

What happens is the cassette mechanism senses that the takeup pulley has
stopped, assumes the tape is at the end & tries to flip over the mechanism
to play from the other side. The same happens on the other side & the tape
mechanism spends all day flipping over the tape ....

> Does any one
>recognise this or have any suggestions??? My inclination is to just sprya
>some WD-40  in there --- I'd do this, but I'm not sure if WD-40 would ruin
>the heads. Does anyone know???

Aaaaagghh!!! DON'T do the WD-40 thing!! You'll destroy your stereo.
I guarantee it.

>Thanks again ----  I'll being leaving Saturday for a three week cruise
>across Canada and won't be bugging the list with these nagging little
>questions for awhile!

8-) Good luck on the cruise!

>Doug,
>84 Westy
>B3 --- Big Blue Brick

Pete C

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Peter Cassidy,                     pcassidy@apple.com
'88 Wolfsburg "Muriel"           *not speaking for Apple*