Amazing that no one answered, please post pics, and tell us what happens when you press different buttons.

I had a similar problem to this (can't remember the exact details but certian strikes a chord!) and it turned out to be the small leaf spring associated with the worm drive from the tracking motor. If incorrectly seated by a small amount the worm is not able to disengage and causes all manner of trouble!

There could be so many reasons.
I've once found a stray pickup cartridge blocking the mech.
Lift off the platter and remove the black plastic sheet (if fitted), take a peek down there and/or
let's see a photo.

Martin

Dillen wrote:

I've once found a stray pickup cartridge blocking the mech.

Martin

Now that is a fault we would all like to find in our decks :)

Yes, me too 😂
However, I don't remember it being any good and I'm almost sure it went into the
glass jar that I have standing here, dedicated finds like this.

Martin

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The picture is a bit big, but when opened in a separate window it works fine I guess.

What it does:

When the power is plugged in, the motor that drives the platter starts running. The speed of this does change when the 33/45 buttons are pushed.

When I press standbye, the copper windings close to rl1/rl2 (lower left corner in of the picture) push what's inside up and the motor driving the arm starts running. The motor of the arm stops after a few seconds.

Pushing play doesn't do anything and that's the same for the turn/lift button.

Any help appreciated :)

Hi look at the picture below...

I think it Looks like the spring has indded jumped out, permenantly forcing the worm against the gear. Gently lift up and put back into the slot you can see on the left of the strip as above, and that should hopefully sort the issue out.

Thought I would add this to make things a little clearer...

Yellow line is where spring should be.