It just so happens that I borrowed a 7" take up and a full one. Spent 2 days cleaning up this AKAI RTR after repair. I was having some trouble with the sound and some cutouts. By the time I got 30 minutes of playing with it, I looked down at the transport and although I have heard of Sticky Shed Syndrome but this was Shitty Sticky Stinking Shed some oxide Syndrome it turned my reel heads and everything in the path was rust red. It will take me another day or 2 to get all the debris out, so I'm interested in some 7" tapes/reels too. Let me know.