Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

I've given two TT101 chips away at this point, so I am not sure it's fair to say I have a "stock" of them, but I do think I have a few more, in one of those drawers where you put things you don't want to lose and then forget where the drawer is.  I would always want to keep at least one spare for myself.

@lewm 
@pbnaudio 

Many many thanks for your precious help..... I will keep in mind if insurmountable problems arise when I begin work.

Surely the turntable will need a complete recap first of all because the capacitors are all original (many failures happen because of the skills out of tolerance) and later I will be able to discover the remaining faults.

I hope everything is resolved without major problems (I'm optimistic) luckily in the world there are good technicians very competent for repairs and to give some advice on this turntable; In the states there is Mr.JP in Italy someone might find, in UK I found there is a good laboratory with plenty of experience on the JVC turntable also for our TT-101 (I need to find the address).

This does not rule out that if I need an unsolvable failure I will ask all these competent people to understand and solve the problem.

I hope so much is not broken some IC unproblematic but I understand that Lewm has some spare for sale.

My English is bad and writing is not perfect, so you can understand that I'm a stranger. :)

Best-groove, No, Lewm does not have some spare for sale.  I cannot supply all TT101 owners, but I may be able to spare one for you for no cost if you really need it.  Assuming I have at least two left in my stash.

best-groove, 

Fix first, re-cap after.  You'll want to ensure the power supply voltages are correct, so you may need to re-cap the supplies.  

@lewm all right .......knowing if it will serve I will know it in several months I will keep all you up to date on development, I hope it is not necessary but thanks for your generous offer. :)

@jpjones .....many thanks for your suggestion :)