You should be able to find the parts to complete it for several hundred dollars. Since you only have $75 in it... I would restore it - it's definitely worth more than the parts "should" cost and a Vic II is a great machine.
> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 16:37:47 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor III is Working! Thank you! > > 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 _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
