The wire arm seems to have something to do with the auto-return when the record finishes. I tore it down, found out where the wire attached, put it all back together, and suddenly it works flawlessly. Go figure. I don't think the wire had anything to do with it. It just needed to be worked a few times to free everything up I suppose. And yes, now

Or turn for more than 2 seconds for that matter. It already had a record on it when I pulled it out of storage (oops...) and I plugged it in to see if it would play. It started turning at a nice low speed, put the needle down, and then ripped it off the leading edge and stopped the table. I removed the needle (to protect it), pulled off the table, then