I was sitting next to my Century playing a tape when suddenly it started to increase in pitch and I quickly hit Stop just in case something was going wrong and was going to snap the tape. About 20 seconds later it made 6 clicking sounds and now pressing the tape does nothing but recreate the clicking sounds. The tape is also trapped inside.
My initial thoughts are belts have gone on the clutch wheels or something like that and I thought I'd check if this is a common fault so that I can at least order the replacement bands or whatever before I start dismantling the unit and have to ban my kids from the basement for a week (lest they move/break parts)
