Dumb Question

[flasher1]

Hey All,

I was recruited to assist a friend get his old Sylvania console stereo's turntable going again.
I went thru the process of cleaning the turntable of old hardened grease etc and re-lubing. I was able to get all the auto functions working again.
The owner asked me to pickup a new needle for him which I did.
After installation of the stylus, I noticed that the stylus had collapsed and the cartridge holder was dragging on the LP. Tried another spare needle, I bought two, and it did same.
After doing some research I noticed that similar cartridges had a small flat rubber piece in the cartridge that seemed to support the stylus and it was missing on the Sylvania turntable. This is most likely the problem, I suspect.

any help would be greatly appreciated.
:thmbsp:

 

[number13]

replace the cartridge, they are frequently rotted in those old consoles.

 

[flasher1]

:thmbsp:Many Thanks

 

[fiddlefye]

You could probably take the quality of the cart up a few notches over the original without spending a whole lot of money. I'm no expert on the carts of the general type, but there are plenty of people here who are.

 

[Shackman55]

Some pictures and model number would be helpful in advising.

 

[flasher1]

The only model number I could find was Sylvania SCA42P-2

am I going to have to remove the cartridge to find the type of cartridge?