Kenwood L-07D Assistance

[LTD]

Hi members,
First time posting here. Impressive group of courteous, knowledeable and intelligent community of music lovers. Hoping to learn much from you all.

Right now any member with knowledge and potential solution to my problem with Kenwood deck, your input would be appreciated.

Problem: the deck is in great condition and was in storage for many years after purchasing it and finally got around to setting it up recently. Upon startup the rpm light flashes from red to green and the deck is seen hunting back and forth. After leaving it off for a few days, plugged in, it started to work but after a couple of hours it would start to hunt again. This procees repeats. After a couple of weeks it now only works briefly.

My local shop that I trust and get my gear worked on is hesitant to work on it as they are unfamiliar with the gear and are concerned about not being able to trouble shoot it properly or heaven forbid cause irreversible damage to a vintage deck. They will if they are instructed on the specifics of what needs to be done. Hence my post.

If anyone has had similar issue as mine and know a solution I would appreciate any input you may have. Thank you all.

LTD

 

[Argonaut]

My commiserations, I owned a LO-7D for a few years and it was a seriously good turntable, I hope that you are able to find a solution.

 

[LTD]

My commiserations, I owned a LO-7D for a few years and it was a seriously good turntable, I hope that you are able to find a solution.

Thanks. Yes, wonderful table indeed, even if it was briefly for now. Hopully I can have it running soon...

 

[shakti]

here you can find a lot of repair hints, which may help your local repair shop:

Welcome to the Unofficial Kenwood L-07D Direct Drive Turntable Website Repairs Page

Welcome to the Unofficial Kenwood L-07D Direct Drive Turntable Website Literature Page

(incl service literature)

 

[LTD]

Thanks for that. Yes, I've looked at the site and it definitely has lot of info. Tried emailing the author to get advice/confirmation but no response unfortunately.

 

[Solypsa]

I have never had the pleasure of owning the L07D ( wish I had its a legend ) but I have had to have repairs done to a TT81 before and the sort of shops with experience in these complex yet aging decks are very few globally. I would call one of them. ( In USA it might be Bill Thalmann...there is also a guy in the UK but I forget his name at the moment). These are the same shops restoring SP10mk3 and TT101 etc....