Panotaker
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Last Sunday I went out and bought the Ultimate Mantique, a jukebox! I don't know crap about fixing jukeboxes, but I am learning fast. I bought a reproduction of a 1946 Wurlitzer 1015 "The Bubbler" jukebox. Although it is a reproduction, it is still over 20 years old and needs a rebuild. When I bought it, the only thing that worked was 2 lights, (it has Five), and the bubble tubes all worked. Since I figured the bubble tubes would be the most expensive thing to replace, I went ahead and bought it. Yesterday I got all the lights working, and the color changing tubes working, so at least it now looks cool since cosmetically, everything works. Now I got to get the 45 rpm record changer working. The changer has a million parts in it from gears, to springs, to motors, and they all have to work perfectly together. To say it is complicated is an understatement, but at least for now I have an expensive night light.
I cleaned out all the old grease and greased all the gears with Superlube and oiled everything i could see that needs oiling. For some reason the gripper arm doesnt go down all the way to click the K8 relay, and the thing that hits the K7 relay some times hits it and some time it doesnt. I think the gripper arm needs some kind of adjustment to make it go down all the way, but I haven't figured out where it is at yet. Anybody got any tips? Thanks.
I cleaned out all the old grease and greased all the gears with Superlube and oiled everything i could see that needs oiling. For some reason the gripper arm doesnt go down all the way to click the K8 relay, and the thing that hits the K7 relay some times hits it and some time it doesnt. I think the gripper arm needs some kind of adjustment to make it go down all the way, but I haven't figured out where it is at yet. Anybody got any tips? Thanks.
