It needs some TLC and is an incredibly good machine once you get it fully adjusted. Oil the bearing and clean the pulley and sub-platter. There are many, many other things you can do that will lift its performance. There is ab earning problem with your signal leads.
Thanks for the input it's running a lot better now that it's had more exercise! I was wondering about oiling but I read the service notes and they said not to, so I didn't. I don't really understand what you mean about the signal leads. They seem OK to me now (off camera I drowned them in switch cleaner), what is you are suggesting I do to them?
@@hydorah The main bearing has to be oiled. That involves cleaning it out with a twist of clean kitchen paper to get the sides and bottom of the bearing well clean and dry. Then you can add ten drops of sewing machine oil into the bearing. Clean the spindle carefully with very soft paper. Then put the spindle back into the well and let it settle and sink in. The rim of the sub platter can be cleaned with acetone (nail polish remover). To remove any belt residue. The pulley can be cleaned the same way. The tonearm is good but needs the tracking weight pulled back to the zero mark. Then adjust the main counterweight backwards and forwards to make the whole tonearm balance horizontally in space. Set the main counterweight at that setting. The secondary weight is on a calibrated rod and each line represents 0.5g of downforce. The front of the sliding weight is the reference point. The Shure tracks at about 1.5g downforce so that should be the third mark forwards. You did a good job cleaning the contacts on the signal leads and there should have also be a ground wire to ground the turntable chassis to the amplifier. The manual is available on www.manualzz.com/doc/23350454/td150-mkii-manual-in-eng
@@christopherward5065 I've got the physical copy of that manual. The link you shared has section 6 missing, that's where it directs that the spindle bearing should not be lubricated. The details of connections in section 4.4 indicate there should be a grounding stud on the rear of the chassis, so I'll make up a suitable wire for that. I have ring terminals and wire. That's a good shout mate. I'll revisit the tone arm settings too :-) Nice one
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It needs some TLC and is an incredibly good machine once you get it fully adjusted.
Oil the bearing and clean the pulley and sub-platter. There are many, many other things you can do that will lift its performance. There is ab earning problem with your signal leads.
Thanks for the input it's running a lot better now that it's had more exercise! I was wondering about oiling but I read the service notes and they said not to, so I didn't. I don't really understand what you mean about the signal leads. They seem OK to me now (off camera I drowned them in switch cleaner), what is you are suggesting I do to them?
@@hydorah The main bearing has to be oiled. That involves cleaning it out with a twist of clean kitchen paper to get the sides and bottom of the bearing well clean and dry. Then you can add ten drops of sewing machine oil into the bearing. Clean the spindle carefully with very soft paper. Then put the spindle back into the well and let it settle and sink in.
The rim of the sub platter can be cleaned with acetone (nail polish remover). To remove any belt residue. The pulley can be cleaned the same way.
The tonearm is good but needs the tracking weight pulled back to the zero mark.
Then adjust the main counterweight backwards and forwards to make the whole tonearm balance horizontally in space.
Set the main counterweight at that setting.
The secondary weight is on a calibrated rod and each line represents 0.5g of downforce. The front of the sliding weight is the reference point. The Shure tracks at about 1.5g downforce so that should be the third mark forwards.
You did a good job cleaning the contacts on the signal leads and there should have also be a ground wire to ground the turntable chassis to the amplifier.
The manual is available on
www.manualzz.com/doc/23350454/td150-mkii-manual-in-eng
@@christopherward5065 I've got the physical copy of that manual. The link you shared has section 6 missing, that's where it directs that the spindle bearing should not be lubricated. The details of connections in section 4.4 indicate there should be a grounding stud on the rear of the chassis, so I'll make up a suitable wire for that. I have ring terminals and wire. That's a good shout mate. I'll revisit the tone arm settings too :-) Nice one