ictwoody
I like vintage gear — my preamp is from 2007.
Hey Guys,
I'm at a loss here. I purchased a really really nice SL-1401 about a year ago from a guy who had been using it as his daily driver for several years. It's cherry. It worked flawlessly when I occasionally used it in a 2nd system. Then I took it out of service for a few months. I hooked it up to demo some gear I was selling, and when I did, I turned it on, put on an album, and I pushed the start/stop button. The platter started spinning as it should and locked into speed... but the arm didn't cue to the beginning of the record. I manually cued it and it all worked fine, and when the end of the side was reached, it lifted, returned to the armrest, sat down and turned off the motor, just as it should. But then, if I tried to push the stop/start button again, the platter would start spinning, but the arm wouldn't cue to the beginning.
I had a similar problem on an SL-1700 and it was a little bell-crank inside that the grease had dried up on and caused it to be hard to move and stick. Once I figured that out and got it cleaned and re-lubed it worked like a champ.
I thought maybe it was something similar on this SL-1401. I've had the thing all apart and back together at least 2-3 times tonight and everything seems to be moving smoothly, well lubed. Nothing dried out or sticky that I can see. I didn't change anything other than not using it for a couple of months.
I'm totally at a loss and I don't know what to do. It's still a usable deck... just not as intended. I was getting ready to sell it to a buddy... but I can't do that until its working correctly again. Any insight you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
HELP!
Technicsly-unsavvy.
- Woody
I'm at a loss here. I purchased a really really nice SL-1401 about a year ago from a guy who had been using it as his daily driver for several years. It's cherry. It worked flawlessly when I occasionally used it in a 2nd system. Then I took it out of service for a few months. I hooked it up to demo some gear I was selling, and when I did, I turned it on, put on an album, and I pushed the start/stop button. The platter started spinning as it should and locked into speed... but the arm didn't cue to the beginning of the record. I manually cued it and it all worked fine, and when the end of the side was reached, it lifted, returned to the armrest, sat down and turned off the motor, just as it should. But then, if I tried to push the stop/start button again, the platter would start spinning, but the arm wouldn't cue to the beginning.
I had a similar problem on an SL-1700 and it was a little bell-crank inside that the grease had dried up on and caused it to be hard to move and stick. Once I figured that out and got it cleaned and re-lubed it worked like a champ.
I thought maybe it was something similar on this SL-1401. I've had the thing all apart and back together at least 2-3 times tonight and everything seems to be moving smoothly, well lubed. Nothing dried out or sticky that I can see. I didn't change anything other than not using it for a couple of months.
I'm totally at a loss and I don't know what to do. It's still a usable deck... just not as intended. I was getting ready to sell it to a buddy... but I can't do that until its working correctly again. Any insight you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
HELP!
Technicsly-unsavvy.
- Woody