Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

@lohanimal, no one asking for exact price, but experienced vendors should recognize the symptoms described above (in my posts) to make a conclussion. Two vendors already said they will not touch the tt-101 for less than $1000 (or 1000 Euro + tax). Dave Brown (who fixed tt-101 for one of us) adviced me just to resolder all the eyelets one by one, it can take 1 hour minimum, pulling the PCB and soldering both sides maybe 2 X that, let’s say 2-3 hrs. He charge $25 per hour and that includes time for packing and shipping. Sadly i’m not in the USA, because this price is fair and easy to understand. His website is modularsynthesis.com

I have no problem with bearing, platter etc, rotation my my tt-101 is stable, but it turns off in 30 min each time i turn it on. Now sure what was the problem with your tt-101 (probablly totally different), but you can tell us the price you paid.

@chakster 
I think the problem with your turntable is due to welds to be rewound with new pond ... old electronics suffer for 90% of these problems and you'll probably be lucky for that.

My TT-101 is much worse than yours because it has a lot of problems.

cheers

I got a QL10 with a Audio Technica ATP12t arm for around £1000UKP this included postage... see above
UPS have acknowledged the damage - I wonder what next

Little news.

I’ve solved all the problems of my TT-101, rotation, running led's, display, engine brake, speed adjustment and more.

After 7 hours of proper operation, the engine started to lose laps inexorably.
To start it now I have to push the plate manually, rotate regularly for some time then go back and lose speeds and slow down.

The engine looks very tired and has no strength to restart.

I read that another forumer here has the same problem but I can not locate her nick.
Fractured this pcb as well as Lewn’s pcb?
Ideas to solve the my problem?

Cheers