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HA! Fixed it! It was actually pretty straight forward, there's an idler wheel from the drive motor that had perished and needed a bit of greasing, replaced it and it all seems fine, all a bit crackly and there's an occasional earthing noise with certain movements but seems like a general clean...

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...

Hi there, I was wondering if you ever had any luck in trying to source a service manual for the mg1214 or if any other kind soul out there has it? I've just recently acquired one and am going to need to do a bit of work on it. There's a couple on ebay but as I'm in the uk they're going to be...