Hei, Finally got around to tackling the broken tape deck on my Ouverture. Ordered a new belt from DKSoundParts.com, followed a german video to access the desk and managed to swap in the new drive band. Yes, the old band was a sticky mess in the middle of the mechanism. Put everything back together and tape engaged, unit shut down and that was that. I then found this post and the 'Big Clac' needed to reset the mechanism. Disassembled again, forced the mechanism until the capstans spun freely. Reassembled the unit. Where I am now: Tape mechanism is functional in all but actually playing a tape.

• Fast forward / rewind run smoothly
• Tape head mechanism engages, then switches direction before disengaging with the display reading "Tape <>" (Is this a Tape standby mode?)
• The capstans rotate continuously while Tape <> is displayed.

All I can take from the front view is that the pinch rollers are a good few mm off the capstans while the tape is in 'Tape <' or 'Tape >' mode. The tape reels are static... not sure if the capstans are the drive while the tape is being read, or if there is a mechanism that isn't lifting the pinch rollers up enough while also engaging the tape reels in the correct direction. Wild card would be that the pinch rollers are too small - rubber has shrunk? But there is very little gap between the pinch roller and the tape guide that pops up along side it, so... seems unlikely. Any suggestions before I start another teardown?