Troubador
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I bought my first turntable in 1970 while in high school, with money earned working in a bicycle shop after school. It was in the Empire base for years, then when I had a cabinet made for stereo equipment I mounted the 598 directly to it after making a template from my Empire base. A few years ago we moved, and the 598 went back into the original base. Almost. Life kept putting things in the way but I finally sat down to reassemble the thing. Years ago I bought a couple of spare cables and belts from Lyle, along with an extra cartridge bracket and a new needle for the 1000ZEX. I got new motor bushings a couple of years ago, they have been waiting patiently, ready to do their job.
I’m stuck trying to figure out how the ground wire is supposed to run. I’ve made it through the first 30 pages of this thread, and tried searching but I can not find a picture taken from below, showing how the wiring runs from the motor to the capacitor and switch. The ground wire from the motor has a round terminal at about its midpoint that I think should go on a chassis-to-base bolt, and there is a cable clamp that seems to want to be there as well. Does any one have a photo ? Or a simple description?
While I am asking questions, are these four mounting bolts 10-32? I’m not sure where the nuts & washers ended up…
I’m stuck trying to figure out how the ground wire is supposed to run. I’ve made it through the first 30 pages of this thread, and tried searching but I can not find a picture taken from below, showing how the wiring runs from the motor to the capacitor and switch. The ground wire from the motor has a round terminal at about its midpoint that I think should go on a chassis-to-base bolt, and there is a cable clamp that seems to want to be there as well. Does any one have a photo ? Or a simple description?
While I am asking questions, are these four mounting bolts 10-32? I’m not sure where the nuts & washers ended up…