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I should also add that I’ve managed to get a copy of the service manual for it. I’ve also taken the tape decks out from both to check them over.

The manual states that the deck mechanism must be in the winding position which is the position the deck that accepts the tape ends up in but when I check the alignment nothing matches up to the alignment holes given in the guide. I’ve checked both decks and taken them through the loading and unloading cycles and they both match each other in terms of the position of the alignment marks.

So this has left me throughly confused as surely both decks can’t be out can they?

The desks when I manually cycle them through loading and unloading do so without any issues and nothing has to be forced.