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Elac Miracord 40A

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Vinyl Engine has the owner's manual, which contains some trouble-shooting information and exploded diagrams.

I think I have a copy of the service manual (I own a 40A) but it's at my other place, in another state, so will be a while before I can put my hands on it.
 
Okay, I got it apart and cleaned and greased the platter bearing.. finding a few issues with it... I'll do one at a time..

On the motor there is an adjustment screw with nylon spacers.. seems like an awful lot of play! Is there supposed to be a rubber bushing or something and if so any ideas on where to get one or what to use as a replacement? IMAG0245.jpg
 
Still don't have a clue where that spring washer and c clip in my second picture go.. the big c clip is for the platter... :-)
 
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Question, is there supposed to be a spring on the pin I colored around..? It's the only place I've come up with that the spring I found might possibly come from.. it looks like there is a place for the c clip there...
 
I guess my last question would be is about the the tonearm headshell.. The permanently affixed part.. How is it affixed? It is loose and turns freely on the tonearm wand..? Most of the glue on this is loose.. the buttons have all fallen off.. easy enough to fix though, but has me thinking if that was what holds the headshell to the wand, it might have just dried out too.. ! It would be nice to get this table up and running.. Idler looks almost new..!
 
I can't answer your questions about the c clip or spring, but I do know that the headshell is not supposed to spin on the tonearm. The headshell takes a cartridge sled that slides in on a groove and clips into the rear of the headshell. I don't have a 40a but do have a 10h , 50h and 50h II. The 10h has a headshell that is secured by a screw like dial on the bottom of the headshell. It is removed from the tonearm by loosening the dial and pulling the headshell out. You should look on vinyl engine for information. You can also get on the dual-board.de website where they have a lot of elac miracord info. The 40a is a very nice table if you can get it set up and functioning correctly. I love my Miracord tables. Found this:

http://www.vinylengine.com/library/elac/miracord-40a.shtml
 
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