Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

I have told them to do the works so to speak. I didn't get the TT101 to skimp. I got it because I liked the design and technology that has not been repeated since.  
They have done a once over thus far and an estimate. To their credit they don't persuade you to have done more than is necessary and strike me as very honest guys. TBH its makes a refreshing change to come across two 'techs' with a genuine engineering background who give structured and logical advice. You can't give a fixed estimate with things that are vintage and in my case where it was damaged in transit.

@lohanimal, no one asking for exact price, but experienced vendors should recognize the symptoms described above (in my posts) to make a conclussion. Two vendors already said they will not touch the tt-101 for less than $1000 (or 1000 Euro + tax). Dave Brown (who fixed tt-101 for one of us) adviced me just to resolder all the eyelets one by one, it can take 1 hour minimum, pulling the PCB and soldering both sides maybe 2 X that, let’s say 2-3 hrs. He charge $25 per hour and that includes time for packing and shipping. Sadly i’m not in the USA, because this price is fair and easy to understand. His website is modularsynthesis.com

I have no problem with bearing, platter etc, rotation my my tt-101 is stable, but it turns off in 30 min each time i turn it on. Now sure what was the problem with your tt-101 (probablly totally different), but you can tell us the price you paid.

@chakster 
I think the problem with your turntable is due to welds to be rewound with new pond ... old electronics suffer for 90% of these problems and you'll probably be lucky for that.

My TT-101 is much worse than yours because it has a lot of problems.

cheers

I got a QL10 with a Audio Technica ATP12t arm for around £1000UKP this included postage... see above
UPS have acknowledged the damage - I wonder what next