a friend and i are gonna take a look at it tonight...he swears he can get the tape out, but i'm afraid that there might be some other damage due to the fact that the battery was left plugged in.....at some point before it died, i'm sure it was only putting out 4-4.5 volts , which is not good for the deck if i remember correctly
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thanks for the input, i'll let you know how it goes....