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Originally Posted by damen
It's been my experience that most shorting plate issues happen on the very outside ones. Your gang has three sections. It may be necessary to disconnect any wires and use an ohm meter to determine which section the short is occurring. Disconnect and check each section one at a time. Also, if cleaning the power switch mechanism does not correct the sticking problem, I noticed the Sams diagram gives the same replacement part number for the stereo-mono switch as for the power. Maybe swap them till a replacement can be found ? When using the phonograph the power switch is not supposed to be pushed in anyway so that the changer will turn off the amp power at the same time.
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I'll have to give that at try next time I'm working on it. Thanks!
Unfortunately, my power and stereo-mono switches are two different kinds of switches. It's entirely possible the one in my machine is an aftermarket replacement. That being said, I might explore swapping them in the future nonetheless.
Today, I bit the bullet and pulled all the old hot glue off of the power switch. As I expected, it's in pretty rough shape. Genuinely looks like someone took a hammer to it at some point (or chewed on it). After cleaning it and putting it back together, and it seems to be working much better now. I'm probably gonna end up using either hot glue or epoxy on it at some point in the future as it'll likely break apart again at some point in the future if I don't.