Hey Steenamaroo, thanks for the reply, I only just noticed it, so apologies for the silence. My problem seems to be a pretty common one........The loading mechanism all works fine but there's an issue with the transport, when you press play the tape is fed through (I believe it is just the capstan that is carrying it through) so all the tape just gets pulled around into the machine, ff and rew don't do anything either. I'm just trying to get access to the motors so I can see if they are getting the correct voltages and they are failing or if it's further back and there's an issue with the motor control or switching.......everything else seems to be ok with the machine, so I'm pretty keen to get it going.
Any help/suggestions would be gratefully received....
Cheers