[DMcMahon]

Stripped, cleaned and lubricated several mechanical parts of the Mode Selector switch mechanisms, all of which were gummed up. Now operation not stiff but not as smooth as one might expect, I think just due to the design (how the teeth on a pawl ratchet segment engage with a little roller pin).

However during the above I realised that it was impossible for the mechanics to switch to the 6 positions marked on the switch control knob, it only can switch to 4 positions.

Comparing the switch operation to my Senator, I then realised that I had mixed up the 2 knobs between the 2 machines. Both knobs had been in the same component storage box and by mistake I picked up the Senator knob and fitted to the Telefunken.

The Senator is 4 track with 6 positions on the knob and the Telefunken is 2 track with 4 positions on the knob. Seems a stupid thing to do but I think at the time had not really released that the Telefunken was 2 track and therefore automatically assumed that the 2 control knobs were the same.

Next to test playback and record.