This evening I decided to tinker around with a GE 3-5027 personal portable recorder and cassette player I picked up a while back at a thrift shop. It didn't work so I decided to open it up and see what work it may need. I was assuming possibly just a belt, but there was a little more than that wrong with it. After a bit of repair work, a couple replaced parts, and 2 replaced belts (with nice rubber bands) it now works great again. Now I can record a awesome mix tape old school style on some vintage cassette tapes (still sealed in the original package that my dad supplied me) for my sweetie Saun!
