Will none of the buttons make the platter turn ?
Even with a record on the platter ?

Martin

Unfortunately none of the buttons will make it turn. I hit 'play' and it won't turn. I set it to both 33 and 45 and hit 'play' and 'turn' but nothing happens. I can hear the belt drive trying to make it turn for a few seconds but then it just stops and turns off. This is all with a record on the platter. I am assuming the the belt drive and the tone arm are somehow linked by the way this problem started. 

Transport safety screws losened ?
Belt correctly fitted ?

Martin

The belt appears to be fitted correctly and I did loosen the transport screws. 

So you can hear the platter motor running for a few seconds but the platter doesn't turn ?
Is that correct?
lift off the platter and check if it really IS the platter motor, you can hear.

If no record is sensed on the platter, the platter motor (and platter) will just rotate for 2-3 seconds
at each attempt of starting the deck. That's normal.

Martin

I lifted the platter off and hit play and the wheel that drives the belt spins for a few seconds but the platter does not. Before I pushed the tone arm to the right to its correct start position it turned fine at both 33 and 45 rpm's.

Cen you spin the platter by hand (gently) or is something blocking it ?

Martin

The platter wasn't turning clockwise smoothly so I turned it counterclockwise. After about a half turn I heard a clicking noise and then the platter turned smoothly clockwise again. Now it appears to working as it did before but a new problem has arisen. The arm still does not return completely to the right to the proper start position and therefor doesn't play records from the beginning. When it reaches the end of the record, the arm does not return to its starting position automatically. It returns after I press 'stop' but it only returns to the edge of the record. Would you have a solution for these problems?

I have the same problems with the arm, did you eventually manage to fix it?