3do laser replacement....not going well

I adapted the power connector to use the old one so we have power, the laser moves, and the sled sorta moves but there is no red light coming from the laser. The cd motor is also struggling for some reason now. Does the cd data connector also need to be adapted to work? This is an fz-1. I used the generic 92.5 off ebay etc which has the longer ribbon cables and the wrong width power connector.

 

Did you unsolder the anti-static point? And did you grease the assembly at all?

 

Yes...just found a laser pinout for 3d0....in russian....working off this now

 

Good luck.

 

Alright we have red light and it still will not read nor fire up the cd motor. The laser has to read media being in the drive before the spindle will spin. Next thoughts?