I did clean pickups and wheels when I got it, pretty filthy. I had to us a Dremel and a wire brush to clean the pickup rollers and wheels. Rollers were treated to a bit of lube as well as the gearing.
if it stops on its own a direction change will not restart it. It gets to sit for a day or two before it might run again. It’s weird I know, I’ll get a chip tool and try that. It seems more logics related , but I’ll go through the connections again.
Thank you, Wayne