I have inspected the mechanism very closely.. All parts seem to be in place. The lift controls are in the form of buttons on the front of the unit. All looks to be in place except for where the button mechanism mates to the arm that should be controlling the lift pin, there is a junction consisting of two gear like swivels that are spring loaded. From looking at it, it seems that one has shifted to the side. I have found the manual in paper form, but am trying to find one available for download. Manualgenus has almost every manual except for the cs508, even the next model up which is fully auto. Looks as though downloading isnt going to be an option so i will have to wait... I am going to go ahead and get the manual and get this thing running.. Ill post the results of this when I get it completed. Thanks for all of the input, it's been quite helpful.