Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 Happy New Year everybody. Pleased with my success at getting a QIC02 drive running through an MTI MSV05B on my RT11 system today, my jaw dropped when I did a DIR MS0: and saw the pulley turning and the tape not moving, as liquid rubber starting accumulating on the drive belt! It turns out that the rubber wheel inside the TK25 cartridge had melted. OK, the cartridge goes in the bin, but has anybody found a way to clean the residue off the drive without damaging the drive belt? As always, any advice (other than to dump the whole thing :-) ) gratefully accepted. Nigel