New Item! I’ve gotten a lot of requests for these over the years. And after some extensive testing by both myself and several of my customers, I have finally come up with an 8 track player cleaning cartridge like the originals.
 
Unlike the originals however, these carts are designed to be easy to open so that you can regularly replace the cleaning strips. You don’t want to just keep recirculating the dirt and grime. These come with a small dropper bottle with a removable dropper that you will need to fill with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol (any percentage under that and it won’t work as well). I also include a paper with detailed instructions. You can also go to: https://www.8trackavenue.com/cleaningcart to view the instructions.
 
While I do my best to clean these cartridges extensively before assembly, they are used as are the pinch rollers.   And since these do not contain music, I will use slightly out of round pinch rollers on these from my parts bin, so you may notice the cart moving from side to side or up and down slightly when it is inserted into the machine doing its thing. 
 
Cleaning kit includes:
 
An empty dropper bottle
Cleaning Cartridge
3 Light/Regular duty cleaning strips
1 Heavy Duty cleaning strip
 
While I have tested these extensively and I use them all the time In my players, I do suggest that if you purchase one of these, you feel confident enough to have to possibly fish the cleaning strip out of the capstan shaft area if the sensing foil tab were to let go, breaking the endless loop of the cleaning strip. I’ve had this happen once, and the strip simply let go inside the cartridge itself. One of my testers had this issue one time as well, but admittedly he had used the cleaning strip well beyond what my recommendations are. So be sure and discard the cleaning strip after the recommended amount of time (in the instructions).
 
Shipping Details:
 
USA Customers ONLY, Shipping is a flat fee of $4.51
Orders $40 and over get FREE shipping via USPS Ground Advantage.
 
Canadian Customers, Shipping is a flat rate of 10.99 for up to $100 worth of merchandise
 
International Customers,
Shipping to most countries is $13.99 for the first $100 worth of merchandise.  This is through Asendia/USPS. 
 
Also, depending on your country, you may be charged an excise tax, VAT, etc on your end.  I do not collect any of these taxes or fees.