Hello Everyone, Thank you so much for the outpouring of support last weekend when our new Victor III motor was giving us so much trouble! We went to an antiques auction last Monday and won a very poor Victor II for only $75.00. We replaced our Victor III drive gear with the one on the Victor II and presto! It turns out we have a bad drive gear on the Victor III!! It now works like a charm! Many people guessed that the gear was maybe an older replacement part or poor reproduction and it turns out that is most likely the case! The wooden horn sounds fantastic and it is so loud! I am going to post a video of it playing tomorrow. The Victor II needs a new tone arm, back bracket, crank, connector for the horn and now a new drive gear in order to be restored. The case is okay and since we only paid $75.00 for it, we are tempted to put the work and parts into it to get it running again. Do you think it is worth fixing up or are the parts going to cost more than it is worth eventually? Your opinions are greatly appreciated. Thank you again for all the help and advice! Melissa --- On Mon, 10/3/11, Melissa Ricci <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Melissa Ricci <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Clarification of Victor III Motor Question To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, October 3, 2011, 12:00 PM Hello Everyone, First let me say that I truly appreciate all the great suggestions and help offered for our problem. I am writing this to everyone because I have received these same suggestions from many, many people. So I would like to clarify what we have already tried. We have already: 1. Adjusted the drive gear up and down (above, below and on the center of the worm gear) to try to get it to mesh with the governor worm gear better. 2. Made sure that no set screws or parts of the governor are hitting anything when in operation. 3. Made sure the ball bearing is present in it's spot. 4. Turned the drive gear upside down. 5. All part are clean, lubricated and move freely with no friction until the drive gear is mated with the governor worm gear. I hope this helps. Thank you again for all the suggestions. Please keep them coming! If you have an idea, we would love to hear it. We are going to look at it more when we get home from work this evening. Thank you, Melissa --- On Mon, 10/3/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question To: [email protected] Date: Monday, October 3, 2011, 11:02 AM Get or borrow an adjustable strobe light to visually "freeze" the parts at the time of the click. I have solved a few hard ones like this with a strobe. Don In a message dated 10/3/2011 8:48:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: And/or does the bull gear and spring can assembly move freely? Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Melissa Ricci Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 10:42 PM To: Phono-l Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor III Motor Question Is the bull gear attached to the spring barrel? _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
