The overall issue with the sound quality going south was the trip switch balance spring was swinging in the wind. all I had to do was reattach it. It was difficult because all I had was the poor scan of the manual, but I was able to crack the code. I will have to check out material and create a new ...

However, I am looking for something that will block out that fluorescent light over the album covers. There is one on the bulb now but it covers about half of the light bulb. Anyone know what they are call or where I can find one? I googled and I couldn't find what I was looking for. bulb cover.jpg

UPDATE:

Everything seems to be running great! I replaced the glass with some Plexiglas and it looks great. Thanks everyone who helped me hash out the issues with the machine.

So further inspection of the mechanism I discovered a spring that was hanging there. I did some research and it turned out to the Trip Switch Counter Balance Spring. I attached the spring to the rear of the Trip Switch and so far I am able to play both A & B sides with good sound quality. I orde...

Jeff, Do you have the Service Manual PACKAGE for this model ? If not, and you want to DIY, you will need to purchase it . You WILL need to properly lube the tone arm pivots, and it seems also a pressure check is needed, re-balance, and/or re-adjust the counter balance on the end of record switch. I...

So a little back story on the machine. I got it for $75 from a nice lady in a small town. The glass was broken and they said that it would play but only if you put a record in manually. I toyed around with it and I got it to make selections and play on it own. I am super excited to get this machine ...

Hi Jeff, On your "sound issues"-- Which model amp is installed ? Which "needles" did you purchase ? How are you speakers attached to the amp ? Is the tone arm properly lubricated/balanced and the counter balance spring correctly set ? On your B side issue-- Did you change the st...

Hello. I am new to the forum. I have searched through the forum and I cannot find anyone with a similar issue. I have a seeburg LPC 480 that had a poor sound quality. First off it was playing too slow, so I replaced the POT for the speed and it worked great. However, the sound quality was still poor...