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Originally Posted by Michael Maurice
It's more than just the trip pawl, I suspect the mechanism is gummed up from dried grease which is why the plastic control knob broke off.
To repair this, you need to remove the sub chassis, strip it completely, clean it and reassemble with fresh grease.
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Hi again Michael
it turns out it works correctly, after reading the owner's manual of the MA65. Leaving the overarm not engaged (on the right side of the deck) allows the arm to correctly leave its rest and go on the record.
To make auto stop work the overarm must be moved to centre and lowered - if not, the arm will go back and will restart indefinitely.
I did not imagine this behavior.
I had a C129 in my parents' house for years when I was a teen, but I don't remember using it this way.
Thanks for you advice - I would like to swap the function broken knob with the record size selector knob which will be rarely used, and this will anyway imply dismantling all the leverage below as I could not find a way to take out those knobs just by removing their bottom screws.
Marco