JVC TT101 QL 10 PLINTH ISSUES

You will laugh at this. The arm it came with is an audio technica at12 that was mounted 15mm too close from spindle to pivot - god knows how he aligned the cartridge... New arm board I guess.

well I am  45 next Saturday - at least its a record RPM!

My friend - the seller packed it like an idiot in exactly the opposite way you said - but ups have their hand in it too - contributory negligence. All said and done it’s all good now after good TLC. The risk you take with someone that doesn’t know the value of what they are selling despite careful instructions by me.

@chakster 
I will fish out the reciept - the main issues I had looked at were the electrolytics
I had the bearing checked, and got a silicone nitride ball and teflon thrust plate for it
Including my bits it was only about £300 UKP - but they have a serious backlog - I waited 2 years - that said I never chased them up whilst my house was being extended!

@best-groove and @lewm 

You guys have stated what the reasonable man would call the obvious - regrettably the seller was not aware of that - may explain the tonearm being mounted over 10mm too close - along with the great price

As I know from another thread - it can be risky buying vintage - hey ho - it's better than being too vintage oneself :)