Thanks to all for the replies to the post below. Heeding the unanimous and
strongly stated advice of everyone who replied,
I will never, ever, even consider, for even the briefest fleeting segment
of a nanosecond, spraying WD-40 into my tape deck
ever again. My apologies to all for the stress this thought caused.

Thanks again for all the very helpful replies,

Doug

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. 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???

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!

Doug,
84 Westy
B3 --- Big Blue Brick