The speed regulator knob also can serve as a substitute motor board
lift knob, but care should be taken not to bend it, and to pay
attention that you aren't pulling the small plate up with it.
Naturally you'll want to first make sure that the screws that secure
the speed regulation plate are seated and not stripped.
Your idea of placing felt and wood block near the rear of the motor
board and tapping on it may have some merit (your rubber mallet would
be the appropriate choice), but you could also end up bending the
pivot pins or damaging the pivot brackets, breaking out the wood from
under the frame where the brackets are screwed in, etc. The argument
for NOT trying this method is that the pivot pins are set too far back
-- More than anything else, the pivots would be receiving most of the
blow and preventing the same force from extending toward the front of
the motor board, where I suspect the problem is.
Andy Baron
On Jan 10, 2011, at 9:04 PM, William Zucca wrote:
Dear Phono-Lers:
I recently acquired a Victrola VV-XVII. It is pretty nice machine
but is
missing the crank, needle cup, motor board knob, and one large
storage door
knob.................
ANYWAY...............
After removing the screws that hold down the motor board (two in the
front
and perhaps a third in the rear center just in from the tonearm
bracket), I
have been unable to get the board to either swivel on a pivot or
come up out
of the top of the machine! What am I doing wrong? There is no
movement of
the motor board in any direction. It is stuck tight. Any
suggestions about
how to remove it?
On the back of the machine there is a panel that seems to be held in
with
two brass screws on its bottom edge and also has two "acorn" wooden
plugs at
the top. I removed all of these and this panel too is stuck fast!
What is
going on?
Regards,
GrnMountain Bill
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