Manual load internal floppy drive in Quadra 700?

[LazarusNine]

I need to replace the internal floppy drive in my recently acquired Quadra 700. Given my lack of success sourcing an auto-loading floppy drive, I'm wondering if it's possible and/or useable to replace the drive with one of the newer manual drives. I wouldn't imagine ejecting a disk would be a problem, but perhaps insertion is a bit more difficult? Anyone with any experience with this or advice? Many thanks!

 

[bibilit]

Will work, but you will be in trouble ejecting disks, as nothing is provided (IIRC) to do so in the Q700.

 

[uniserver]

call up ted hodges, he has a pile of those auto injects…  usps first class international is pretty cheap.

 

[MJ313]

I just read your post on another site-- take the guy's suggestions to clean and lubricate the drive and I bet it works fine.

Get yourself some isopropyl alcohol, white lithium grease and some q-tips and follow the directions here:

https://wiki.68kmla.org/Floppy_Drive_Lubrication

 

[unity]

White lithium can be evil when it dries up. I use 4in1 oil. Holds up fine, easy to clean and rejuvenate years later.

 

[LazarusNine]

Alas, it seems the floppy drive mechanism is most definitely kaput. Thank you all for your suggestions. I gave it a full clean using some of the directed techniques, and reapplied grease to no avail. The drive continues operating poorly. I'll look into contacting Ted Hodges once I can find out his contact info. Many thanks once again!