Agreed! The motor on both the 301 and 401 had very good cast iron shields.

By the looks of things, that clumbersome mains lead will, by virtue of its weight, twist the motor slightly on its mounting, leading to excessive wear of the idler wheel.

It would be best Andrew, to do as Dominic suggests; if you don't want to terminate the single wires in an IEC mains socket, use a two-way 'chocolate block' connector conveniently mounted on the chassis of the turntable. This is the arrangement used on the Thorens 124 turntable.

Regards