Thanks. Just sent him a message. Indeed, the diaphragm is loose. Is this an easy fix?

Joe, do you have an email or phone # for him? I scoured his youtube page but couldn't find anything. Thanks!

Joe: Thank you for the advice! I seem to have gotten it working to some extent. I actually videoed the process and uploaded it to Youtube. When you get a moment, would you mind looking at it and seeing if I am okay and what you would change? Speed control is still an issue. https://www.youtube.com/w...

Hi Joe. Thanks for the info. Yes, indeed I did get it to move with some wd40 and pressure. Now the worm gear is flush with the teeth. Problem is, now nothing else will move. If I manually move the Governor Disc or the Governor Weight the gears will move, but not by just cranking and winding the hand...

On the site you suggested, http://www.angelfire.com/nc3/talkingmachines/motor.html - third pic down. All the way to the right - can that knob (not the screw, the knob) be loosened and readjusted? I couldn't seem to budge it.

Sorry, guess that would be the TOP teeth seeing as I work on it upside down.

Thanks, Joe. My problem is that I can't seem to center the worm gear. When I loosen the Governor End Bearing to center it, it actually pushes the worm gear out past the teeth so that they do not connect. I can only get the worm gear to connect to the bottom teeth (unentered). Do you know of any solu...

I am trying to fix my dad's old Sonora phonograph of which I know nothing! I have created a web page with pictures and the whole shebang. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I don't even know what model it is.

http://sonorarhelp.yolasite.com/

Thanks in advance!