Technics SL-1300MK2 cuing ..

[jleon92f]

Hi, I was curious if anyone has thought of replacing the tonearm to a fully manual one? With the cuing problem, it is a manual TT anyway.:scratch2:

John

 

[revox-b77]

Why not repair it? It is a great table and much more desireable in 100% condition.
Besides it is manual now isn't it?

 

[Stanton681EEES]

No a 1300MKII is not a manual turntable. Maybe in it's current condition it is. But why not get the 3d printer part and fix it properly.

 

[dutchflea]

No a 1300MKII is not a manual turntable. Maybe in it's current condition it is.

I'm pretty sure that's what revox-b77 meant.

But I agree,:why not repair it? Unless you prefer manual, which is easy enough with this model since it has an disable auto-return button.

 

[jleon92f]

Hi, thanks for your replies, All I need is for the manual cuing to work, I don't need the automatic features. Installing the part looks like a lot of work to me. I have done repairs on many TT's and this one is a bit more involved to get going IMO. The Older models are a lot easier.

John.

 

[dutchflea]

Unfortunately no real shortcuts there: the manual lever operates the same (broken) plastic part that is responsible for lifting the tone arm support. So I think redesigning the arm lift would be as much (or more) work as just replacing the original part with the 3D printed one, which will give you back your cueing AND automatic operation.

Of course you could re-design the arm lift to make it work as a manual turntable by researching which parts of other Technics turntables could be used or make something yourself. However this would require you to buy those parts, and remove all the auto parts AND remove all the armbase parts to get to the arm lift anyway. So it won't be less work.

You can also try to fix the broken part with epoxy and iron/kevlar wire. If you do it right you will get back automatic modes. It is not really easy though, and takes time and patience.

 

[revox-b77]

I repaired mine with epoxy and reinforced with wire wound guitar strings. It wasn't easy but it is still holding up fine. Don't forget to relube the cue while you are in there!