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Update - I got the motor mounts and cartridge in from Gary. I lubed/cleaned the motor and installed the mounts. BIG difference. I also replaced the tone cap and cathode resistor, and cleaned the volume and tone pots.
Now, I am still having intermittent issues with the volume cutting out. When this happens I can touch the red lead on the cartridge I get a hum. But when I touch the needle I get nothing. So it is probably a bad connection or the cartridge dying. I want to install the new cartridge but have never done this before. The replacement cartridge comes with small metal contacts that slip over the two cartridge pins so I guess I have to unsolder the small leads and solder them to these contacts. That looks difficult. Maybe I should mount the cartridge, slip the contacts on, and then solder? I also have no idea which needle is the 78 vs LP.
Since some of you have already done this, any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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