$10 YARD SALE Record Changer REPAIR - The Lady Said It Worked. SHE LIED!

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In this vid, we'll do a complete overhaul and repair on this early 1970s BSR McDonald 4800 record changer. I found it at a yard sale for $10. The lady said it worked, but of course I knew it wouldn't. The platter was completely seized and the entire thing needed lubrication.
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[@alabamahebrew]

about 15 years ago my daughter heard me saying that I wanted to buy a turntable so I could listen to my old records the way they were meant to be heard. So she went to a yard sale and found a really nice turntable stereo system that even had an 8 track built in! She took it home with her and at the time her and her new husband were staying with her inlaws and her father in law happened to see the stereo system she had just purchased. Oh, prior to him seeing it she did turn it on and everything worked. He convinced her to trade him for his old turntable because he had a whole collection of 8 tracks where as I had none. He told her his was in really great condition and everything worked as it should. His was just the basic turntable with a AM/FM radio. She made the trade with him and he even helped her box the turntable up and ship it to me here in Alabama from Michigan where she was. When I got home off the road, Im a trucker, there was this nice big box and since she had told me the story a few days earlier I knew what was in the box and I was excited! I get the turntable out, wire in my speakers and laid down my vinyl copy of "The best of Bread" (Don't judge me!) and ...nothing... It was turning, it had a stylus I knew the speakers were good, but still I got no sound. So I tell my daughter who then tells her father in law who then says, " huh well it worked before YOU shipped it"!! Yes, he went there! The next day my son in law tells me that his dad knew there was no sound with it and that he basically ripped my daughter off. She only paid like $10 for hers so it's not like she was out some great fortune but still, her own father in law lied about such a thing? I had a couple of days off, unusual for a trucker, so i decided to tinker with it and see if I could get it to work. I discovered that the wires coming down the arm had been cut just as they went through the main top of the stereo and I simply spliced them back together and the stereo worked great - but here is where Karma bit her father in law in the ass. When I took the back off the stereo inside guess what I found? Two, yes two neatly folded and still crisp $100 bills! I told my daughter about it and she told me to keep it as part of my fathers day gift she was planning on sending me in a couple of days, the stereo was part of the early gift since I was going to be home. Her husband got on the phone and said his dad was notorious for sticking money into things like that stereo to hide money and I made sure that they told him I found the money - OHH was he angry!! lol Yes he actually demanded that I return HIS money to him! Normally I would have gave the money back, but since he tried to rip my daughter off, well he didn't try, he did rip her off I said screw him! I did end up giving my daughter $100 of it a few weeks later when I found out she wanted a pair of cowgirl boots but was about $75 short. So in the end all turned out well......

[@williamyanosko4010]

That guy is a total a hole..lol..glad you enjoyed his two c notes..lol..

[@alabamahebrew]

@@williamyanosko4010 - Yeah needless to say my daughter was pretty upset and after that she never trusted the guy at all. Lol he died last fall and during his funeral service, held at the church he and his wife attended, several people spoke about him and said he was one of the most honest and trustworthy people you could ever have the pleasure to know. My son in law, his son mind you, told me he wanted so bad to "correct" that misconception and the stereo incident was just one example .

[@williamyanosko4010]

Hopefully it was a shitty death....I live with a woman in S.Carolina who has 3 daughters with her ex husband...a total church going christain... who decided to sleep with the 19 yr old friend of his oldest daughter...they got divorced and he managed get away with no child support...the guy is a real piece of work who will meet his karmic bitch soon I'm sure..lol..there is a lot more to this but it's too involved.....people feel they need to say something nice at a funeral, but people usually know what the deceased was really like any how..lol..

[@spahr001]

@@williamyanosko4010 Nobody gets away without owing child support. Paying it is a different story.

[@spahr001]

My first vintage electronics project was getting one of these 8-track, record player combo systems for $5. The intention was to give it to an elderly lady that had been a good employee and was soon to retire. It did nothing but hum when I first got it. With a capacitor recap, a relube of the BSR changer, and a new belt for the 8-track it was good as new. She says she listens to it daily.

[@DBCisco]

Yard sale lingo: "It works" = "It worked when I used to 30 years ago".

[@IanThatMetalBassist]

Goes alongside the old "Ran when parked"

[@crosswalklarry]

Old people's testing routine consists of plugging it in and it powers up. 🤣 And some don't even do that. I answered an ad in the free Craigslist section for a dual cassette deck. So I get it home. Oh, it worked really well.... screeching like a banshee when you pushed the play button and the belts were worn out. I heard a funny story a guy posted on a blog about picking up a "working" TV off Craigslist. It didn't work, so.he proceeded to drive the TV back at night and dumped it on the guys lawn with a note attached "Thanks for wasting my time! Take your shit to the dump like everyone else!" Classic!

[@1911Savage]

"These BSR turntables never work." ... I think I'll buy it!

[@spahr001]

@Dearly Diane Actually for vintage equipment used parts are pretty easy to come by on idle drive BSRs

[@chass5438]

They're the easiest to service and get working correctly. Garrard is the worst ! I've serviced at least 3 Garard's and still don't work correctly.

[@twisted2291]

Man this brings back many of childhood memories. I grew up with an old console stereo that had the very same BSR turntable unit built into it. I spent many rainy day in front of that console listening to Chicago, The Beatles, and many other albums in the late 70's. I am really glad you where able to save it. Great video.

[@TheGuitologist]

This is the same table my dad had when I was growing up too. Used to spin Hank Williams and Elvis on it.

[@mrbjengel]

Hey Brad! Just wanted to share a tip with you. I'm a gunsmith and for degreasing gun parts caked on old grease, I use simple green, rince with water then re-lubricate. Works fast, easy in your hands and kinda smells nice!

[@GuitarP0RN]

Simple Green reminds me of my childhood of drinking sassafras tea...... and now I want some sassafras tea

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

My whole 39 years of life I wondered what that center pin and over arm was for. I knew it was something to do with dropping a record down. I had no idea you could put several records on it at once. I still not quite sure how it only drops one record with out all of them falling. Regardless, I am now more knowledgeable and I thank you. This video has brought back some great memories. As another person commented " when you start repairing 8 tracks, call me" , I would love to see some 8 track player repair vids. This video is kick ass and very satisfying to watch. Thanks man

[@TheGuitologist]

Audiophiles give changers a hard time but if you have an old stack of beat up records yo want to play, they're great. Particularly for 45s, you don't have to keep getting up and changing records.

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

@@TheGuitologist ya. Very cool. Something to do one day when im feeling antsy. Happy fathers day !!!

[@michaelmoore7975]

@4:42 "E" clip....otherwise known as the "Jesus" clip.....as in, "Jesus! Anybody see where that clip went?"

[@oceansizesound]

I remember my Dad purchasing this turntable along with a Marantz 2015 and Jensen speakers back around 1975. Fun to see this brought back to life.

[@vmat1000]

Nice work !! I used to pine over these as a kid in the late '60s/ early 70s. Bought a Gerrard SL-65B from family in '72. Got nearly 10 years of use. man , i should see if my $35 in '96 Sony still works. Its been months since i've have. ha, just checked. Works perfect !

[@douglasallen9428]

I've dealt with so many of these over the course of my life.... when they're frozen solid, they can be a royal pain in the butt to work on - though when they actually work, they aren't bad turntables at all (compared to the cheap and nasty BPC found today) - excellent work, Brad!!! Keep up the good work!

[@abelincoln95]

Firestone called, they want their .03 cents monetization....

[@DuffusMonkey]

I just fixed mine yesterday using a different KZbinr's help! Today KZbin actually recommended your video. I felt bad because I always try to use the Fixologist's methods. I think I will take mine apart again to do a few tips that I didn't see in the other video. THANKS

[@marktubeie07]

Hi, if it hasn't been mentioned below already, there had a ceramic cartridge. The resaon the audio is so loud and 'scatchy' is because I think you have it plugged into a Magnetic Phono input on your amplifier (for Magnetic Cartridges). Try attaching to the AUX or TAKE input and it will sound just fine. :)

[@Marshall-uy2dv]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching this! I also like to fix old things and make them work again, very impressed with how you fixed that spindle and moved the collar back into place to get it to work!

[@umbertoyltp]

That was a nice mechanical puzzle, and you solved it right! In the days I had my bit of fiddling with a mono BSR record player with built in amp and a speaker in the wooden cover. It had a hard plastic turntable and you might hear the drive wheel rumble while playing a record. Eventually I had to replace the pickup element (?) and just by accident I discovered I had bought a stereo element when I played Jimi Hendrix Voodo Chile, because the guitar sound was disappearing. So I rewrired one channel to the built in amplifier and the other to my tube radio phono input and now Jimi's guitar was flying between left and right! So I can relate to your satisfaction of mastering the mystery.

[@freepress8451]

Well, you fixed this in record time

[@dooleyfan]

You have an incredible amount of patience. That turntable looks identical to a Radio Shack (Realistic) one my sister had in the 70s and early 80s. It was probably a rebranded British model identical to the one you restored here. As a kid I heard an endless amount of Zeppelin, Who, ABBA, ELO and The Cars on that platter. Thanks for the nostalgia!

[@xaenon]

BSRs ended up in almost EVERYTHING. Radio Shack, LaFayette, Sears, GE, Monty Ward, Soundesign, Panasonic, Magnavox, and even Marantz(!) had a 'music center' stereo with a BSR changer on it.

[@danmick8645]

Before you fixed the rotated spindle holder, I noticed it also wasn't properly sensing that no record had fallen, and so tried to place the tonearm down again. I wonder how that works, and how you also fixed that with the rotation?

[@badstate]

Cool! My son and I recently picked up an old Zenith console stereo off the street. The turntable kinda sorta works, but not really. Externally at least, it looks very much like this BSR. This video gave me a good idea how to go about getting ours up and running again, Thanks, Brad!

[@audiotechlabs4650]

Another unit brought back from the yard sale graveyard! I must have worked on 30-60 of these back in the day. That's what I got for being an "AuthorizedService Center"! The companies would pay $17.58 for the warranty repair for what could take 2-3 hours to complete. Even with experience, taking them apparat and waiting for the WD40 to work, eat up the time! Brad you make great videos!! This one brought back some forgotten memories! After a stout cup of dark roast and watching Uncle Doug this morning, would it be too much to beg you to make another tube amp service/repair ? You may be burned out on them, but we, your loyal followers, need a tube amp fix from the "Kentucky Wonder"! You are one of the best!!! I live for your videos! Thanxz

[@haroldalexis4200]

I had this similar model back in the 1970's during the 1980's the cueing was installed into BSR. I noticed you kept lifting the finger lift & minus the cueing device yet not invented. The Sound those models were made for 10 watts to 30 watts stereos that's why your preamp was humming for those more higher model cartridges. This repair brings me back to many memories of my past models of BSR turntables. I truly enjoyed watching. ✅👍 💽

[@spacemissing]

I got lucky one day about 20 years ago. There was a Dual (I think a model 1214) at a yard sale. One of the ladies there said it didn't work and I could have it for free. Worked great after a little cleaning and relubing.

[@verymelee9115]

You actually helped me rejuvenate a bsr turntable in a combo entertainment center

[@SixSixthSix]

Oh man the way you talked about lube, shaft and foamy consistency was great! Had me cracking up big times!

[@jamesbckmstro3]

I just bought a BSR 0933 last week at a yard sale for $7 she said "it works" but no the on switch is frozen so now I'm taking it apart but at least the platter wasn't seized.

[@phillipzx3754]

Thank you for reminding me why I haven't touched vinyl records for the last 40 years. I have an old "AR" turntable with a Rabco SL-8E tonearm sitting up in the attic keeping a Commodore Amiga 3000 company.

[@bciecko1]

Yeah, I bought a BIC 960 and was told it works. Original boxes and service records. It was very well cared for but it wasnt in working condition. I got half my cash back. Finished fixing it last night. Waiting for the new stylus to arrive for the cart.

[@killercurl1]

you inspired me to make a little cigar box amp/speaker by hacking apart and alarm clock radio, you got me interested in this kind of hobby, results, clean no hiss or static when cranked, single coils sound like crap and humbuckers sound good, if i plug my active pup's it seems to go into overdrive and is very nice sounding ,,,, thanks for uploading...... now i want to make another with preamp and possibly try to wire my own tone knob

[@triplesevensix291]

I found something like this in the trash in my street over 20 years ago that had a built in amp in it & the original needle & man oh man that thing sounded massive!! It looked like cheap shit from the 70s but the sound was stellar when hooked up to a good pair of speakers. I put Abbey Road on it first & the bass was just monstrous!! Brilliant sounding thing whose name I cant now recall. It was good for a few years. Brilliant. Cheers Bradford. ;)

[@bhhardgr01]

That firestone christmas alblum is the true find here. It maybe worth more than the turntable😮

[@beanmeup9902]

Brilliant! Bravo . . . showed all the troubleshooting and everything! Genius . . . thank you Sir.

[@FoolishFlock]

That original old grease inside the record-player! looked like gooey Carmel! & Earwax! mixed together!! hahaha!!!....

[@TheGuitologist]

Now I'm hungry.

[@toastangler]

I learned something new today. I discovered this channel last week. I wish I would have found it a long time ago. Subscribed.

[@TheGuitologist]

Welcome to the channel! Glad to have you.

[@spahr001]

A fantastic pre-amp for these ceramic cartridge turntables is to use two acoustic guitar preamps. They provide the proper impedance to make these record players sing. Try it out. You can usually find them on ebay for $8-10 each. I like those with an equalizer on them so I can cut the noise out a bit when playing 78s.

[@spahr001]

@ You are right that they don't need RIAA equalization (the ceramic pickup provides its own approximation) and that they are high output, but if you plug a ceramic phono cartridge, ceramic microphone, or piezo pickup for guitar/violin into the line input of a modern amplifier it will sound thin and lack bass. Ceramic pickups require a very high impedance of 2 mega-ohms or more for proper performance. Using one of those guitar preamps, their sound quality approaches that of a moving magnet cartridge, and sound especially good with 50s and 60s music.

[@spahr001]

Perhaps I should mention that ceramic phono cartridges and piezo guitar pickups use the exact same technology.

[@spahr001]

@ Ceramic and crystal cartridges are both piezo in nature. They are simply made from different material that performs a similar function. Crystal were very high output (typically 1-3 volts) but had limited ability to reproduce high frequencies. Ceramic cartridges have a lower output, (typically 0.3-0.8 volts) can reproduce higher frequencies, and are less prone to deteriorating in humid environments. Ceramic cartridges replaced most crystal cartridges by the early 60s.

[@paulfeagans9904]

I bet you were a lot like me as a kid. I would go around the house and take whatever I could apart just to see how it worked. Of course you would get those "Oh Shit!" moments from time to time when you realize that you forgot how to put it back together.

[@bobtheblindbedroomguitaris8742]

hey Brad another great video. Brought back a lot of memories. My first personal stereo system had a betta saw turntable and the big thing about it is that I was excited it had a magnetic cartridge step up from the ceramic right. And it went into a 25-watt Heathkit amplifier with my dad and I put together and the speakers my dad used to make his own speaker cabinet so he had made me cabinet with a 8in and a v in front of it with a crossover Network coaxial cabinet and the solid wood for all of cabinets I think it was a half inch Walmart it was very sick piece of solid Walmart anyway I always appreciate your videos hope you and your family are well Kz.o

[@DoubleDguitar]

This was my second turntable as a kid. Right after my Mickey Mouse player broke. This makes me think of Paradise Theater by Styx. It got so many plays on a turntable just like this. Thanks for the memory.

[@jwsaxe]

I believe I had that same model, which I bought in 1971 - so there's an approximate date reference. It served me well for years (And some folks say BSR stands for "Bastard Stopped Rotating).

[@Bliggick]

It works now but does it play at proper pitch and how do you adjust that? All of my teen years trying to learn guitar was spent with a turntable that played everything almost a semitone flat. Later I got a turntable that had a platter with strobe marks and a light with a speed adjustment knob on top. Made life easier.

[@quantumleap359]

Lighter fluid, (naptha) works very well for cutting grease and for renewing the rubber on idler wheels.

[@graxjpg]

Also, it can be used for extracting DMT from certain plants

[@tinicum54]

I repaired 100's of those in the 70's.

[@santi308]

These works?

[@rayrobinson2074]

I think I repaired one of these about a hundred times in the 70s.

[@JuddLofthouse]

Boy you took me back to my childhood with this post brad excellent stuff thank you ..

[@goofy2009ify]

I bought a Luxman turntable around 1978 - 1980 and after so many years it still works perfect.

[@sandysinghsadhowalia]

Very nice programme. Thanks for uploading the video.

[@spahr001]

I once got a solidstate with vacuum tube output stereo console from someone who said it stopped working years before. When I went to pick it up it was working fine, simply had oxidized controls. I'm going to recap it anyway to preserve its function, but sometimes you do get the opposite situation.

[@johnwinnard5589]

When you venture into fixing 8-Tracks, call me. 👍

[@mojorisen74]

I do lol.... I have a Realistic TR 169 made in 1989 that I've adjusted to have the best tracking of any player in the world LOL!..... I also refurbish cartridges as well

[@mojorisen74]

@@goodun6081 Mine has the adjustment screw hole on the bottom and I attached a knob to it so you don't have to futz around with it with a screw driver. It's a wonder what head adjustment and a tape with new pressure pads sound like. I bought some sealed tapes and replaced the pads on them and they sounded as good as a cassette, maybe a little better because of the low end you get from the faster tape speed.

[@robozstarrr8930]

... have a player + recorder . . . & a box of tapes. Ya!

[@stevesstuff1450]

Just had this video pop up in recommended.... And yeah, these old BSR record decks/changers are worth restoring! I have an old 1970 P128R deck that was in poor condition when I first got it for only £5, but now it runs like clockwork... quiet, smooth, and sounds amazing! :-) One day.... one day, people will realise just how good these old 'cheap, mass produced' turntables really are.... ;-)

[@rockingtr1]

"Whatever you got" I just used silicone spray on mine, quiets it down like a garage door! Auto interior treatment on the drive wheel. Speed's in tune!

[@Raul-yg5oz]

Omg thank you for naming those E clips I needed one of those for my Sony TC 630 I broke the original one and I need a replacement

[@DavidMFChapman]

I’m pretty sure that whole spindle subassembly got rotated around the 4:00 mark when you were trying to remove the platter :)

[@TheGuitologist]

Yeah, it did.

[@celticfury7328]

All that time and effort, and in the end you wound up with a turntable worth about $10 lol! Props for getting the beast functioning properly again...if anyone could resurrect a low budget piece of 70s audio history like this, you're definitely the man!

[@Circa-rc4sn]

Brad.. bringing memories for me again. Looks like some I've fixed over the years. I've found bad rubber drive wheels and belts to be more prominent back in the 80s.. but let these sit unused for years and voila.. you get glue-brication. Some comments.. I cringed when you aggressively rotated the frozen platter. Changer spindles can be damaged by rotating the platter before letting the oil work it's way in to free it up. Also.. try using a small squeeze dispenser bottle with a 28awg blunt needle tip for the alcohol application then use your q-tips dry to draw the glue-brication out when it's thinned. Much ❤ ✌

[@DeadKoby]

When I buy stuff at auction (50%) of my channel's content... I ASSUME that it does NOT work properly, so when I get a good one, I'm extra happy. Plus, assuming everything you're buying is broken, you mentally set your price and stick with it. I've done well with this philosophy, and I've got many beauties for sale on Reverb as a testament.

[@TheGuitologist]

Yeah, I do that too. I knew it wouldn't work. I mean, it's a vintage BSR. They never work.

[@AudiophileStooge]

If you can do the service yourself, these BSR McDonalds are a nice nostalgic piece. I have one in my collection.

[@foreverpick170]

Thanks for this post. I have the same issue with my cabinet unit

[@semajdis]

Fully serviceable consumer electronics - they don't make 'em like that anymore.

[@musicman257]

Boy this brings back memories I remember being a teenager me and my buddies had this kind of table cause at the time we counldnt afford high end ones verycool thanks for sharing

[@martinda7446]

I'd hesitate to recommend an old BSR or Garrard equivalent to anybody, they simply will never perform as Hi-Fi. There are hundreds of cheap beautifully engineered turntables from the 60s, 70s and 80s that are still relatively cheap. I doubt you could pick up one for ten dollars, but 40 or 50 is possible. I will not write a list, but if anyone wants pointing in the right direction, you can ask. I've been in the industry over 40 years. Still this was a lovely video and very well done.

[@simonssparestrings8910]

good old british record player but you should charge the old bag for the labour to fix it lol.

[@bobvines00]

Brad, You said that you were going to clean and rejuvenate the rubber wheel. What product do you use to rejuvenate rubber? I need to get some. Also, what "brush" do you use to remove crud from the grooves in dirty records? What liquid cleaner do you use on your records? I remember an alcohol smell, so my bottle of cleaner back in the '70s & '80s may have just been alcohol in an expensive-looking bottle? I can't walk into any local stores to purchase a record cleaning kit, I think -- unless vinyl's resurgence has brought this stuff back to life too. I see cleaning _many_ records along with overhauling a turn table in my near future since I still have my college turn table out in the garage! I need to copy those records before I completely lose the ability to play & copy/save them -- some are not available in any form that I'm aware of.

[@skullheadwater9839]

i read somewhere not to use lithium grease on things that you dont want to have to service again as it breaks down and separates the oil from the thickener and the thickener dries up ? i dont know this for sure but people say lithium grease is good for general household stuff like a squeaky door hinge etc.

[@TheGuitologist]

It should be good for a long time in climate controlled conditions.

[@ooloncolluphid360]

That bought back a lot of very old and deeply embedded memories!

[@littlerhodyguitar2169]

Cool video glad you were able to get it running. Happy Father's Day!!

[@ssgeek4515]

Nice job sir. Got a bsr deck with amp combo with similar issues Im using white spirit to dissolve greese

[@w13rdguy]

Reminds of when I was a kid, staring in amazement at a record changer. That cam is like a little computer program, controlling a robot.

[@xaenon]

You'd have loved the Collaro in my Magnavox console, then. In addition to to the changer mechanism, the old Collaros used to 'tap' the edge of the record to figure out what size it was automatically.

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

Some nomenclature for you all - this is a record changer, not a turntable. On these, make sure you also free up the cam follower. it's a bearing that's supposed to turn and is also usually frozen. It'll "work" with it frozen, but can eventually develop a flat spot on it and make the action jerky.

[@charlesk1655]

I have the same record changer. Mine was $15. Doing the same repair and it's going well. But my changer was missing the cartridge. Can anyone tell me what cartridge I should buy and perhaps a good source for it. Thanks. And thanks for this great video.

[@larryshaver3568]

the Columbia records with the "6 eye label were excellent pressings too

[@erickramer5987]

The whole repair just seemed like a waste of time, then it played and it was miracle from the past!!! Nice!!

[@apollorobb]

Brake clean is an excellent degreaser. I use it all the time to clean small bearings .

[@AnthonyGambler812]

Great video, I have the same turntable but I need to replace the tone arm bc the plastic that controls the movement broke

[@mikek464]

My parents had the same exact turntable when I was a kid, cracked dust cover of course. It was on the other side of the wall from my bed so when they were having people over for drinks ( back in the 70s before interwebz people actually hung out with each other, crazy right?) I would be kept up all night listening to Elvis, Tom Jones, and Heino (German singer) when mom was DJ, or Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and Big Band stuff when Dad was at the wheel. They usually ended the night with the same Trini Lopez live album. When my siblings got older I suffered through alot of disco. Thanks for the flashback. Will you take $5 for it since it works? ;)

[@TheGuitologist]

I used my dad's dust cover with a home made tape mallet as a bass drum on some demo recordings once. Sounded great!

[@valvenator]

@@TheGuitologist Did you use the output from the cartridge as the microphone?... If so it might have been the resonant frequency that provided the sound. In recording studios they use woofers as microphones on bass drums for that very same reason, for that extra low end thud.

[@fallenshallrise]

This is the same model of turntable that I had when I was a kid. As soon as I saw the stripe on the dust cover I had deja vu.

[@johntaylor-jp3jy]

You have the spindle backwards: the notch at the back faces diagonal towards the stabilizer arm

[@chass5438]

Yay ! I was looking to see if anyone had that solved. First thing I noticed. It has a slot for the direction. A perfect diagnosis, doctor. What line was that show from.....

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

All I can say is Wow! ...and flutter... Still nice video to watch. :)

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

Thanks Brad!

[@mr.grumpygrumpy2035]

I had one of those, it was great for 78 rpm.

[@rijosigns]

nice job looks better now than it did when it was new

[@richreid7098]

Ceramic cartridge. Line level. Magnetic cartridge uses the phono preamp. Phono preamp also has RIAA equalization. You need to be old to know this.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Well done Brad.. Your $10. turntable is now worth $20. and all the Christmas Music you can stand. I would of put some Black Sabbath on that player

[@valvenator]

yup, just to cleanse the palette :)

[@larryshaver3568]

i usually soak ball bearings in lighter fluid, it really dissolves old grease thoroughly

[@shartne]

I had one of those back in the 70s it worked. LOL My parents bought it or me at Christmas

[@johnsimoes2172]

Cool change of pace. Thanks

[@embreesmith7613]

we want a vid of you getting your money back from that old bag

[@simonssparestrings8910]

lol

[@RotaryTurbo]

Actually, the 33/45 stylus is quite commonly a low grade synthetic diamond. Sapphire was common for the 78 side on 3/4 speed turntables.

[@spahr001]

@@goodun6081 These BSRs are more than good enough sound reproduction for the amplifiers these were typically paired with. A 5 gram tracking force using a conical needle results in about the same record wear as a 2.5 gram elliptical cartridge. As long as you replace the needle when needed your should have little to no perceivable record wear. I make my own cork and foam platter mats to cut down on rumble due to the idler drive. Adding a little blue tack around the arm near the base improves tracking on problematic records as well.

[@erikmolnar6585]

I recpgnize that big ass screw! I think I had that turntable when I was about 6 years old in the late 70s, early 80s

[@Daehawk]

I dug my Lloyd's stereo out of storage to play a cars album I picked up at goodwill. Dad gave me this thing when I turned 8 in 1977. Have a pic of me and this stereo that day. Anyways my platter is not stuck it's fine. It my darn switch that's locked up over on the bottom right. It's plastic so can't force it. Hope to figure out how to take it apart to get to that switch. I found some 45son it from wh3n I put it away in 1987.. jack & Diane by John cougar and mickey by Toni basil lol

[@lincmerc1581]

I have an old Zenith combo unit. I have to let the platter run about five minutes to get up to speed.

[@flatman]

I just used this video to bring the same model player back to life after being frozen solid. Only issue I'm having is that the playback is too fast. A 45 almost sounds better on the 33 setting...any idea how I can adjust it to play a little bit slower? Thanks for the video.

[@guscarguy]

Check the idler pulley is centre to it's corresponding location on the motor for the correct speed. There's an adjustment screw NW of the idler pulley to make your adjustment if needed

[@johnnorth9355]

With no Mustie1 for a couple of days this is just what I needed :-) .

[@TheGuitologist]

Good channel.

[@markanderson350]

Some people use oil on the platter shaft,, not grease. Great job. Birmingham Sound Reproducers had 98% of the market in the 70;s until the record market dried up. Quite the business.

[@WalkenDead]

I've got a 70"s Kenwood that was my dads. just got to get a needle for it

[@WalkenDead]

@@shaunw9270 I'm in the States, but thanks for throwing out that info

[@tedcuff9155]

Did you rejuvenate the idler wheel? If so, what did you use? I'm fixing a changer, but the idler is rock hard.

[@TheGuitologist]

Once it's gone rock hard, replacement is your best option. You can try automotive belt dressing or rubber renew.

[@AtulClassics]

Great Mechanic!!

[@dennisdemark8151]

Enjoy this video very much indeed ☺️

[@martinda7446]

I suppose it's being an engineer for 40 years, but seeing the spindle turn, I knew immediately the first thing to do was to retighten the spindle from below. I think it is still loose. Edit: As i wrote this, you played the nasty ceramic cartridge into a phono input. It does need a dedicated ceramic input really, which is a high impedance 1Mohm ish input.

[@philipdecatanzaro1822]

If I recall correctly back then they used a bee's wax type of lubricant. Correct me if I'm wrong. The stuff hardens over time.

[@TheGuitologist]

Might as well have been super glue.

[@thorerik678]

Good job Brad although it horrifies me to think of placing any of my records on a turntable like that. May I suggest you find a Dual 1229 to overhaul? German precision at it's best in automatic turntables. BTW, what does the "needle" track at, 4 or 5 grams??

[@TheGuitologist]

Probably about that, 4-5 grams.

[@NickP333]

Thanks for the tip on the Liquid Wrench Lithium grease. It’s much easier to use for certain applications instead of regular lithium grease which gets on EVERYTHING, as I’m sure you already know. Ha!

[@Terandolus]

appreciate your vods and your "do it yourself" stuff. now i will a thing like that and fix it by myself, haha.