Two questions: any idea why that substance was located between the mat and the platter AND should I keep the Ortofon 14 cart or update to a new Audio Technica one?
I'm glad I saw this so I can point you in the right direction. Last year I purchased a Technics SL-D202, which appears very similar to the SL-D30. I wanted to see if I could do a little tweaking to it and found a gentleman on You Tube who does nothing but old turntables. It seems your mat issue is a common problem, but isn't something you can't fix. The man in question goes by the name of Turntable Guy, give his channel a look see.
The technics rubber mats are prone to deteriorating over time. I believe heat is a factor so it may have been stored in an attic. The mats also lose their flexibility from this. It should be kinda floppy. I inherited an SL-D3 (a few videos on my channel with it) and the mat was in good shape, but my cover was not as good as yours. The older SL-D3 has an S tonearm and standard headshell and other similar features, but no record size detector. It has a switch. Also, the repeat function on the SL-D3 lets you select the exact # of times you want it to repeat in case you want to repeat it 5 but not 6 times 🙂The hinges can crack, and mine did. So look out for that. Luckily there are replacement kits out there.
I have the exact same model, bought for $20 because it had a broken tone arm support. Easily fixed, and I love this turntable. Quiet, all features work, and I think the P mount was a great innovation, pity it never got popular.. it results in a very light tonearm that tracks really well at low weights, eg 1.25g. I replaced the Panasonic cart with the same AT one you've ordered. From what I've read, the ortofon is comparable but a little less bright. Either will make you smile.
Cool turntable. I have a SL-QD3 Technics. Needs the same attention that yours needs and received. This has inspired me to clean mine up and give it a spin. Well done video.
I love and appreciate the auto stop feature too. It’s so nice when your busy and the tone arm just returns even semi auto would be good. That oil may be a secretion from the rubber mat. If it comes back, you’ll know.
Hi that was a good result for just 50 dollars also it has given me ideas about buying one of the Technics turntables myself. Many thanks for doing the video.
I enjoyed this clean up & the final result, I married into a family of vinyl lovers one member is a successful ska dj doing large events at 66 years old but I got his younger brother a goth & he has some seriously expensive gear & personally signed albums into vinyl when he would babysit for free in return for using my technics seperates hifi system. I am due to retire next year so bought possibly my last set up recently of rega planar 3 with Marantz cd & pm 6007 usb , being so old I have a decent back cataloque of my soul/ funk & easy listening & now a large hard drive of hires flac files for convenenience. Where would we be without Music?
That mat will continue to degrade and give off nasty oil like substance. Need to just replace the mat. I just picked one up, as is, where is, not hooked up. But it was cheap. It also will not stop. Another problem is the cueing platform sticks, doesn't lower enough. So I will be addressing that first. I can manually turn off turntable.
Nice video. Great job. Thanks. Any idea how to release the spring loaded black hinge ( 1.18) that supports the dust cover tabs please on the back of the chassis of the tt? One has snapped (not on dust cover tabs) . Cheers
Two questions: any idea why that substance was located between the mat and the platter AND should I keep the Ortofon 14 cart or update to a new Audio Technica one?
I'm glad I saw this so I can point you in the right direction. Last year I purchased a Technics SL-D202, which appears very similar to the SL-D30. I wanted to see if I could do a little tweaking to it and found a gentleman on You Tube who does nothing but old turntables. It seems your mat issue is a common problem, but isn't something you can't fix. The man in question goes by the name of Turntable Guy, give his channel a look see.
I love his channel! I’ll look for that video now!
The technics rubber mats are prone to deteriorating over time. I believe heat is a factor so it may have been stored in an attic. The mats also lose their flexibility from this. It should be kinda floppy. I inherited an SL-D3 (a few videos on my channel with it) and the mat was in good shape, but my cover was not as good as yours. The older SL-D3 has an S tonearm and standard headshell and other similar features, but no record size detector. It has a switch. Also, the repeat function on the SL-D3 lets you select the exact # of times you want it to repeat in case you want to repeat it 5 but not 6 times 🙂The hinges can crack, and mine did. So look out for that. Luckily there are replacement kits out there.
Awesome thank you! I’ll check out your video too!
I'm glad you were able to fix up this turntable in honor of your friend. Great job!
Thank you!
I have the exact same model, bought for $20 because it had a broken tone arm support. Easily fixed, and I love this turntable. Quiet, all features work, and I think the P mount was a great innovation, pity it never got popular.. it results in a very light tonearm that tracks really well at low weights, eg 1.25g. I replaced the Panasonic cart with the same AT one you've ordered. From what I've read, the ortofon is comparable but a little less bright. Either will make you smile.
Awesome and I agree I love these tables. Thanks for sharing and watching!
Cool turntable. I have a SL-QD3 Technics. Needs the same attention that yours needs and received. This has inspired me to clean mine up and give it a spin. Well done video.
Thank you and good luck! It feels so great when they are up and running again!
Did you oil the spindle bearing?
I love and appreciate the auto stop feature too. It’s so nice when your busy and the tone arm just returns even semi auto would be good. That oil may be a secretion from the rubber mat. If it comes back, you’ll know.
I love the auto return too! Thanks for watching!
got a technics sl j110r today that won't stop spinning either. hoping this vid will help me find out the cause. everything else works tho.
Hi that was a good result for just 50 dollars also it has given me ideas about buying one of the Technics turntables myself. Many thanks for doing the video.
Thank you for watching!
You can also a banana connector for the ground wire. It's a perfect for in that socket
Great point, thank you!
Well done, looks amazing
Thank you!
I enjoyed this clean up & the final result, I married into a family of vinyl lovers one member is a successful ska dj doing large events at 66 years old but I got his younger brother a goth & he has some seriously expensive gear & personally signed albums into vinyl when he would babysit for free in return for using my technics seperates hifi system. I am due to retire next year so bought possibly my last set up recently of rega planar 3 with Marantz cd & pm 6007 usb , being so old I have a decent back cataloque of my soul/ funk & easy listening & now a large hard drive of hires flac files for convenenience. Where would we be without Music?
Thank you for the kind words! Your set up sounds amazing. I would love to see a Ska DJ set!
Nice job. Buffing was worth the effort. Zen and the Art of Turntable Maintenance.
Thank you. I would soooooo read that book!
That mat will continue to degrade and give off nasty oil like substance. Need to just replace the mat. I just picked one up, as is, where is, not hooked up. But it was cheap. It also will not stop. Another problem is the cueing platform sticks, doesn't lower enough. So I will be addressing that first. I can manually turn off turntable.
Great video, good luck with the new table.
Thank you!
Nice video. Great job. Thanks. Any idea how to release the spring loaded black hinge ( 1.18) that supports the dust cover tabs please on the back of the chassis of the tt? One has snapped (not on dust cover tabs) . Cheers
Thank you. I haven’t removed that spring before so not sure.
Nice video. A banana plug can be used for the ground wire.
Great idea, thank you!
Enjoy this video very much indeed 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Thank you for watching and for the kind words!
Thanks for sharing, what product did you use for cleaning the actual unit itself (silver finish areas) thanks
Just some warm water and dish soap like Dawn. It didn't take much scrubbing to clean off!
That's the platter breaking down, it's the petroleum oils that the rubber is made of.
That makes sense. Thank you for sharing!
Phono cartridges are subjective whatever sounds good to you.
Banging the top down isn't going to make it work or even be very long.
oh god that hum gave me some ptsd!
Oh no! Glad I got it fixed lol
That's not oil the matt is degrading
Yep! Replaced!