"Hi Martin,
I bought belts from Portugal, my Beocord 5000 worked fine for a few hours, now it stops intermittently and it seems to get worse and worse."
"Hi Martin, Can you help me? I fitted new belts in my Beogram 5005, got them off Ebay from a seller in Portugal. The platter motor emits an annoying screeching sound that wasn't there before. Did I do something wrong?"
"Hi Martin,
I recently was lucky and got myself a mint condition Beocord 2000 cassettedeck, I got it cheap because it was in need of new belts and a cleaning.
Now it runs but with with a huge amount of wow, I can actually see the tape spools speed up and slow down with the naked eye. The cooling fin at the back gets very warm, is this normal?
Can't be the belts, I think. They are all new from Portugal. If I send it over to you would you care to take a look at it?"
"Hi Martin,
Not sure, if you can help me.
I bought new belts for my Beogram 3300 on Ebay. It ran fine for a couple of days, now it won't start at all.
I can see the motor tries to rotate, but it seems to be locked. The motor pulley wiggles back and forth when I push it manually and it can only be rotated in the most upright position. I think this is wrong?"
Me: "Let me take a wild guess - you bought from a seller in Portugal?"
Owner: "Yes, - do you know him?"
Me: "Sort of..."
It's a free world. The belts are comfortably cheap and unfortunately also plentyful, it seems,
- but my heart cries.
Martin
