Hello all,
I have a GX-77 that has been running great for years now. I clean the heads regularly. Today when the tape auto-reversed it played side one backwards!! Investigation revealed the tape was getting pulled inwards by the capstan roller. That roller had weird green gunk in a strip towards the back of the roller. The other one was clean. I cleaned it off and all is well. But what is that gunk? It's very green. I only use BASF tapes but have never had a problem before. The only thing new is I got 3 NOS tapes LH TP18 that I've run a couple of times. The heads are fine and there's no gunk on the pinch rollers. And it's green! Anyone have any ideas?
I have a GX-77 that has been running great for years now. I clean the heads regularly. Today when the tape auto-reversed it played side one backwards!! Investigation revealed the tape was getting pulled inwards by the capstan roller. That roller had weird green gunk in a strip towards the back of the roller. The other one was clean. I cleaned it off and all is well. But what is that gunk? It's very green. I only use BASF tapes but have never had a problem before. The only thing new is I got 3 NOS tapes LH TP18 that I've run a couple of times. The heads are fine and there's no gunk on the pinch rollers. And it's green! Anyone have any ideas?