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Arvin 302 Finally Working
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Ok, delved into the tonearm issue on the Arvin today and one problem became very evident after I unwrapped some rather old electrical tape from the pick-up wires. Eeek!

   

The unit had just enough excess wire that I was able to carefully cut our the bad sections and resplice the original wires. That done, I still had odd cutting out on the sound. Dropped the pick-up out of the arm and after peeling off what appeared to be original insulation tape from the connections (ancient medical tape!), found that one connection was definitely loose and had gotten a cold solder joint. Actually, the solder connections were horrible and looked factory, so I redid them both as best I could. Of course I put new electrical tape over them. Now the phonograph seems to play good again with no noticeable cutting out. The horseshoe magnet in there seems pretty strong yet.

No matter where you go, there you are.


Messages In This Thread
Arvin 302 Finally Working - by Jayce - 12-31-2017, 02:28 PM
RE: Arvin 302 Finally Working - by OldRestorer - 01-02-2018, 10:42 PM
RE: Arvin 302 Finally Working - by Jayce - 01-03-2018, 12:02 AM
RE: Arvin 302 Finally Working - by Jayce - 01-04-2018, 02:21 PM
RE: Arvin 302 Finally Working - by Arran - 01-06-2018, 02:23 AM



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