1979 Hitachi HT-466 Direct Drive Quartz automatic turntable

1979 Hitachi HT-466 Direct Drive Quartz automatic turntable Introduction

Turntable hasn't been used for a long time, when I tested it it was working perfectly, but now the tonearm is not going down. record player tonearm not going down. tonearm does automatically go to the record and returns, ***tonearm up and down button seems not to be working. When I press the tonearm is not going down and when pressing the up button tonearm is not going up (i can hear a noise when I press the button but nothing is happening.) selling as is *** clear cover does not lie flat when closed(please see pic with red marker) $90 price is firm