Very nice! Looks like those control panels may even have etched lettering, much better, and more expensive, than just screened-on.

Good suggestion, but the problem is, the lettering is actually cut into the foil so that the backlight illuminates them! I've never seen that done, it's a very precise cut for the letters. Here's a shredded piece that was in the record bucket. If I can't find a parted-out panel in a few months, whic...

Recently acquired this console, but the backlit faceplate has a portion of the foil label under selector knob missing.

Thanks for all the inputs! I ended up buying a Zenith X940 console instead. He had several consoles, my daughter liked the Zenith styling better. This is what that model looks like, mine is a little darker, in walnut. It's still in the back of my VW Golf, in the garage! BTW, I traded my Magnavox por...

Thought I would wrap this up with my final work on this guy. I ended up replacing the Pfanstiehl cart with a Tetrad EVG 5632. Sounds MUCH better. 78's sound really good on it, too! I put the Phanstiel in the Motorola SK29 restoration that is in progress--I think the input impedance of this transisto...

So, got some more pix from the seller (the top view photo in my original post is not of this specific unit). It's SS, and schematics that I have found for the similar (but not identical) Scott stand-alone receiver, the 342, show that it uses several analog ICs, so I am wondering if that would be a m...

Wow, that is a spectacular offering! Beautiful unit, and big price, too!

Thanks, Ken! Knowing the model number of the receiver has enabled me to find some information on the web. If I decide to tackle this restoration, I'll post the project in the Other Consoles section.

This console is available in a somewhat nearby antique store, he's asking $400 which is too much for an unrestored example, but I plan to negotiate and maybe trade. Haven't been to see it yet, but was interested in what you guys think. Google says that's an HH Scott Stereomaster 342 receiver, not su...

Yes! I didn't think about paraffin--I keep an old candle handy and use it to lubricate lots of things, it should work great for the trip lever! But, only if I have to take this thing apart again....

Great to have a resource and community like this, thanks to all of you for your hard work to keep it going against all the counterforces!

I'm curious, why are there so few controls? Are some hidden away?

Finally have the changer sorted: 1. After cleaning and lubing, it seemed to track OK at about 3.8 grams, except when it got near the end of the record, it would start skipping back one groove. Finally figured out that the skipping started when the trip finger travelled far enough to contact the trip...

Thanks for the suggestions. The bearing race was completely devoid of grease when I first disassembled the changer, not even any dried up gunk, which I thought strange. I think I'll go back and examine the race under magnification to make sure there's no rust or pitting. Maybe even temporarily swap ...

Washer question: The new idler definitely helped the rumble, but I can still hear some. In the past, I have always seen two washers under the platter, one above and one below the bearing race, and that's what the service manual shows. But, on this changer, the lower washer is either stuck to, or att...

To make room in my garage for more stuff, I finally decided to unload this nice Olympic. I ended up replacing the 3 meg tapped volume control that was beyond saving, never was able to get it unscratchy, even after taking it apart and cleaning. A 1 meg audio taper worked great, and still sounds good ...

In testing the new cartridge, I noticed very loud rumble, about 70 hz at 33 RPM. The platter bearing and washers are clean and lubed, so I thought maybe it was the idler wheel, even though it was driving the mechanism OK. I removed the idler, and powered the changer motor, spinning the record by han...

Along those lines, Mr mogul, I've always wondered what happens to the mechanism if the tonearm is locked on its resting post and the changer cycle is started, I've not wanted to try that, of course! Would that do the trip link damage that you found?

My recently completed, more or less, Magnavox Riviera Deluxe portable restoration (https://www.classichificare.com/viewtopic.php?t=3692) required replacement of its EV158 cartridge, so I bought a kit from VM which had the Phanstiel cartridge. I was disappointed in the sound, weak bass, somewhat shri...

Cleaned off the Elmer's (it looked nice but not very secure), used JB weld instead. The preamp is now working great! Thanks to assistance via my post in the Changers section, I got the roller bearing unstuck, so the changer is now working perfectly in all aspects. I replaced the broken Sonotone 8T w...