I received the belts for my 1800 from the Ebay source today. I put one in the turntable and the other in two zip-loc bags and tossed it in the freezer, so the kids can use it 24 years from now... Here is how the belts came from the source:

Hi Vince, * Just joined Beoworld.org today (2009/3/3). It's a pleasure to be here. * Same problem with my 1800. I have been limping along these last several years by manually helping the platter keep turning with my right index finger on the record label after pressing the cue button, or the front-right corner button. This needs a few rotations