Philips Ag2101D won't eject records

[Old Sparky]

Mike, and others - This afternoon I found the cause of the trouble. There is a 'feeler' lever whose free end makes contact with a cam gear which is at the centre of the turntable, the idea being that when the end of a record is reached the end of this feeler lever contacts one of the cogs in the cam, then, as the turntable revolves, the feeler is tripped, thereby activating the eject mechanism, pushing the disc out through the slot in the front of the player. The free end (nearest the centre of the turntable) of the feeler was bent downwards, causing it to scrape on the deck base plate. Gently bending this feeler so that it floats just (about 1mm)clear of the deck base plate has, on the strength of playing 3 or 4 sides, rectified the fault. I can now reassemble the player, which will in future hopefully work as designed. This was a case of needing to take a break from the job and return to it a day later, with fresh eyes and brain!! It was also a case of something being restored to working order many years after it's projected life span. This AG2101D is about 45 years old, and probably one of the last to be made.