You guys are great! What a wonderful list this is. VICTORY! I made up a hanger bolt that was slightly larger than the motor board knob hole and tightened two small fender washers between two nuts on the machine thread end. After screwing it in the hole, that end of the motor board did move up and down as I lifted the rig, but NOT the other side of the board. It was still stuck fast. So I used the white side of the rubber mallet and taped on the right, back corner of the motor board until the front right edge began to rise a 1/16" at a time until it was free of its frame.
I found the motor board knob screw in the bottom of the motor case along with the usual 100 old needles stuck in grease on top of the horn. Thanks to everyone who offered a solution. GrnMountain Bill PS: If anyone has any of the missing items I need for this machine as listed in my first message about the motor board problem, please let me know at rochr...@gmail.com. Will be cleaning and re-greasing the motor. Have always used wheel bearing grease. But perhaps there is something better? On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Ron L'Herault <lhera...@bu.edu> wrote: > If you've removed two screws in the front and there are not two screws in > the back, then it should either be on those curved clips or have a rear lip > that locks it in place. The missing motorboard knob is not helping. You > could try a wood screw in that hole to give you something to pull on. Try > lubing the joints around the motorboard with lemon oil or the like too. > Then try a bit of gentle tapping all around the edges. > > You could work on that stuck back panel too. Prying on its edges at least > will not show much. Once it is off you can push upward on the motorboard > with something. > > The single screw you removed in the back holds the horn up to the cabinet. > If all else fails, you might be able to drop the horn completely, slide it > to the left a bit and use something to push up on the motorboard from the > cabinet opening for the horn. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] > On > Behalf Of William Zucca > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 12:01 AM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Stuck Motor Board > > If I could verify that the motor board is on a swivel then I would place a > board lined with a felt strip on it across the BACK of the motor board and > give a few swift blows with the mallet to see if I can loosen it. Perhaps > someone who owns an XVII can verify that the motor board swivels on a pivot > just to the rear of its center so I don't do any damage. > > GrnMountain Bill > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:54 PM, john robles <john9...@pacbell.net> > wrote: > > > SOunds like a case of simple warpage and wood swelling then... > > > > --- On Mon, 1/10/11, William Zucca <rochr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > From: William Zucca <rochr...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Stuck Motor Board > > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l@oldcrank.org> > > Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 8:52 PM > > > > John: Yes, everything have been removed from the motor board and frame. > > Only the motor screws remain. I even tried tapping with rubber mallet to > > see > > if there would be any movement. But there is none. > > > > Thanks for the picture. > > > > GrnMountain Bill > > > > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:35 PM, john robles <john9...@pacbell.net> > > wrote: > > > > > Did you remove the turntable and reposition the automatic stop yoke? > This > > > is often the culprit, because the two arms of the stop yoke overlap > form > > the > > > motorboard to the motorboard frame. Check this link to a photo of what > I > > > mean. The yoke is circled in white. > > > http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa39/john9ten/ > > > John Robles > > > > > > --- On Mon, 1/10/11, William Zucca <rochr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > From: William Zucca <rochr...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: [Phono-L] Stuck Motor Board > > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > > Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 8:04 PM > > > > > > Dear Phono-Lers: > > > > > > I recently acquired a Victrola VV-XVII. It is pretty nice machine but > is > > > missing the crank, needle cup, motor board knob, and one large storage > > door > > > knob................. > > > > > > ANYWAY............... > > > > > > After removing the screws that hold down the motor board (two in the > > front > > > and perhaps a third in the rear center just in from the tonearm > bracket), > > I > > > have been unable to get the board to either swivel on a pivot or come > up > > > out > > > of the top of the machine! What am I doing wrong? There is no > movement > > of > > > the motor board in any direction. It is stuck tight. Any suggestions > > > about > > > how to remove it? > > > > > > > > > On the back of the machine there is a panel that seems to be held in > with > > > two brass screws on its bottom edge and also has two "acorn" wooden > plugs > > > at > > > the top. I removed all of these and this panel too is stuck fast! > What > > is > > > going on? > > > > > > Regards, > > > GrnMountain Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Phono-L mailing list > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
