Well tempered question?

I recently resurrected my Well Tempered Classic that had been in storage for 6 years. I had questions about if I had the right amount of damping material and began an extensive search. I did find some references to the viscosity on the web but everyone seemed to be guessing. Contacting the manufacturer got no response. There are a few old yahoo well tempered user groups and maybe they can help you. Ultimately, my local dealer checked out my table and set it up for me and I was good to go so I stopped looking. If you find the answer please share. btw, I don't have the manual. Is there anyway you could provide me a copy? I'd really appreciate it. Also, you might want to contact my dealer, Elliot Midwood of Acoustic Image www.acousticimage.com in Studio City. He's a great guy with decades of experience and knowledge about well tempered and everything analogue.

Hello Grand,
Thanks for the response, I'll be happy to send you copies of anything I have. All I would need would be an address. I believe I have the Well Tempered Record Player, but the owner bought the upgrade platter. I've ordered some silicone damping material with different viscosities from Turntable Basics and have put a nice gloss to the black piano finish plinth. Thanks for the Acoustic Image reference, I'll send an email.

As a followup I contacted the Dynavector company, who now is the dealer for Well Tempered products. The lubricant used in the platter bearing can be 5W20 or 5W30 weight synthetic motor oil. The damping material used in the tonearm cup is 100,000 cSt silicone. this can be ordered from Turntable Basics online.
I hope this is helpful information.

I have had several experiences setting up the WT Reference tonearm for a friend of mine who has owned the WTR tt and tonearm for nearly 20 years. IMO, the stock damping fluid in the tonearm well is way too viscous. If I had my druthers I would use something less dense and less of it. He may or may not have the stock fluid in his well (100,000 cs?), but it is so viscous that if you raise the tonearm, it will hang in mid-air before VERY slowly settling back down. I do not think this is optimal for tracing an LP that may have small warps or vertical undulations in its grooves.