@Ron rich...You hit the nail on the head. We are up and running. Lubrication and cleaning cured this. Thanks again for all the help.

Update! So it was not just one smoking gun. It had a few issues. So the tone arm not coming over and advancing, was because during some kind of move the detents that ride on the cam had jumped over and it mechanically could nit move. I repositioned it and ok. Now the fuse blowing was because the gri...

The fuse that is blowing is listed on the Mech Control board as a .5 amp 125 250 volt slo blo fuse. It is also shown on the schematic as such. Maybe I should have stated that it is the fuse that blows, rather than saying it is the gripper motor fuse. But with that said when I unplug the gripper moto...

I was unaware of that. I was checking continuity. I'm unsure as to why a digital meter will not work for this? I think I have an old baker analog tester around.

Yes it is a .5 amp fuse. I checked the microswitches using cont. Tester. It toned out as I opened the switch. So that means the switches are ok. I'm going to try to adjust the switches as the manual states. If that fails I guess I'm gonna try to hunt for a board. If anybody knows of a good complete ...

Ok, I unplugged both. The fuse blew on the gripper motor. I removed the motor, cleaned it up a bit and reinstalled it. When I had motor removed, I moved the gripper arm freely. I put the arm over the records. When powered up It goes over the turn table comes down, then blows fuse. I repeated this a ...

I do have the manual. I also thought it was awfully small, but after double checking, it is what is called for. Yes I read the newbies section. Any game plan for me? I'm not very good at wiring schematics, but from what I have read on here, I am going to unplug the magazine motor and the gripper mot...

Just got a rock ola 484. While I'm no electronics pro, I have some experience and mechanical as well. I have a service manual. The unit lights up and the turntable is spinning, but the needle arm won't drop. It has a .5 amp fuse on the Mechanism control board that was blown. I replaced it with like ...