Magnavox Micromatic Turntable Question

[holmesuser01]

Nick beat me to the little cap on the turntable.

I got a 1961 Maggie yesterday and had it running perfectly in less than an hour. The Micromatic TT is a good design. I've never had bad problems with one, and I've worked on many of them.

For the motor and bearings, I use 10w turbine oil, sold in many hardware stores in a handy "zoom-spout" plastic bottle. A little drop will do it.

As for the rest, anywhere where you can see dried grease on a slider, etc. dab a little white grease where the dried grease was. Look closely at the speed changer assembly, as this is easy to miss.

My 1961 Maggie joins a 1956, 1958, and 1959 group of Micromatics. They all run as new.

Check out those caps. Also, reverse the plug in the wall and see if the tingle stops.

Thanks for all the great responses. Won't be able to give it another good try until Sunday but with these responses I should be prepared by then. Next step for me is to see if I can find a place to buy capacitors here in columbus so that I can have all that I need and get the job done in one go.

[Randy Bassham]

I used to service several Micromatics a week back in the 70's when I worked for a Magnavox dealer. 99% of the problems can be traced back to the grease in the pivot points getting hard. Take them apart clean out the old grease and relube with a light grease and you're set. Make sure you get the washer/bearing stack that the turntable rides on back in the proper sequence, don't put any of the washers with the bumps next to the ball bearing, from the bottom up the sequence is washer with bumps, smooth washer, bearings, smooth washer, fiber washer, then turntable.