Did you buy or make the dummy plug? Ken, in the end I decided to just buy the dummy plug. I thought briefly about making my own "dummy plug" by inserting two wire jumpers to rig it, but as Rich put it, I wanted to do it the "correct way" and make it easy to switch back if I ever...

OK, I took the easiest route to disable the autospeed and got myself a dummy plug. Just unplugged the autospeed and put in the dummy plug. All my records (small and big hole) now play at 45 RPM. All is well.

Ron: Thank you so much for your reply. I lifted the detent release lever and the mechanism is working fine now. Your Mechanism Guide has been very helpful. As for disabling the autospeed, I haven't had a chance to get to that yet, but I will post a reply once I'm able to try your suggestion. Thanks ...

New to these boards, but someone from KLOV boards suggested I post my questions here. I'm trying to restore my Seeburg USC2. Almost have it working the way I want. But I do have a few questions... 1) I want to play the small hole 45 records on without it reverting to 33 1/3 RPM. These are import 45 ...