My empire 698 arm does not go up anymore also. I took it to my local shop but they gave up and just told me to use it as a manual turntable and that’s what I’ve been doing for the last two years someday maybe I’ll try fixing It.
I just picked one up Looks like it was not used very much and just collect dust on a shelf for many years. Need a good pots cleaning should I have it restored or just cleaned?