The problem is a broken rubber band. This little band puts tension on the
auto reverse lever when the tape deck is turning. Without this 25 cent
part, the auto reverse goes non stop. Kinda funny that expensive stereos
still rely on this primitive technology. I had this happen to my deck in
central america. Was stuck listening to latin radio for 4 months...not
pleasant.  The band is buried way down deep inside the unit (at least on my
82 model) and is impossible to fix without some major dissasembly. I tried
to fix my stereo by candle light in Nicaragua and really mucked it up, so
be careful. Finially got back up to Mexico where I had someone fix it for
$5.00 US. Such a relief to play the Grateful Dead again...

Kevin Innes
82 diesel camper van
91 TD Jetta

read about our adventure in Central America at:
http://home.earthlink.net/~keather/index.html

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Kevin and/or Heather

A NPR mind in an MTV world...