Seeburg LPC480-Won't play

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This is my first jukebox to work on, i usually only work on video games. I picked up s Seeburg LPC480. It was working fine then all of a sudden it wont play the records. I can select a record and it will go over and pick it up but then it wont play it? Its kinda like theres no needle or something.

This thing is a kinda dirty, I ve read about needed to clean and lubricate it. What do you use to clean and lube it with?
 
Hop over to the jukebox forum at www.phonoland.com and talk to Ron Rich there. He has become the defacto Seeburg expert since Tony Miller died two years ago. Ron has written several books on repairing Seeburg jukeboxes. In his Seeburg Mechanism Guide he details cleaning and lubricating the mechanism.
 
I signed up over there, I was hoping to just find a PDF of the repair manual or at least a howto to clean and lube. Havent found one yet. Lots on ebay but not wanting to spend 50 bucks on a manual yet.
 
I signed up over there, I was hoping to just find a PDF of the repair manual or at least a howto to clean and lube. Havent found one yet. Lots on ebay but not wanting to spend 50 bucks on a manual yet.

Unfortunately, the information is not freely online in a manual form. Ron Rich (as Ken suggested is the guru, but he expects that you do read the manuals and have some working knowledge of the unit before asking questions on it. (a proponent of RTFM)


Here is what its doing now that I moved it(drove it across town)..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byY491uVXIY

It just goes back and forth and eventually it just stops

This looks familiar to an issue I had with my USC1 which ended up being a combination of 2 issues.

IF...

  1. you enter a selection without error and the mech starts to scan AND
  2. it continues to scan more than twice back n forth if you enter more selections as it scans...AND
  3. you can flip the detent lever and it will stop and grab a record and play it...
It could be...

  1. the detent switch is dirty, pitted or out of adjustment (it tilts via a small bolt with a nut)
  2. The frog / contacts riding along the tormat are not making contact & need to be adjusted. (I've seen these bent completely backwards..not a pretty sight and very difficult to get straightened out)
There are other possibilities which is why I highly recommend, if you intend on working on this juke and keeping it for yourself, that you purchase Ron Rich's mech guide and all other repair manuals that are appropriate (Ron & Tony Miller's stuff) Considering Ron worked for Seeburg and helped develop some of the jukes (or components to the jukes)...the man knows his stuff!

Hope this gets you started in the right direction.
 
Hello,

I agree with the other posts that you should go on www.phonoland.com and post some messages however if you do not have a manual or do not know the correct terms of the parts on the jukebox it gets frustrating for anyone trying to help you, I suggest you buy a full manual and read through it fully and read it again. You will be able to post messages on any of the forums with meaning.
I would also recommend that you buy Ron's books and any that the late Tony Miller had in print.

Regards
Alan

Alan Hood
ami-man
UK
 
As frustrating as it is to spend money on a copy of the manual (which should be available online...), it's not too terrible - you get a good product. Jukeboxes are complicated mechanisms - much more complicated than a pinball machine or a video game, and have many more layers of parts. The manuals have it all laid out, and the copies available for purchase are *very* nice. Clean, easy to read, very clear pictures. I bought a reprint for my Rock-Ola on eBay because I needed it, and it was worth it. It's not just a crappy photocopy - it is a very good quality copy, crystal clear, comb bound, complete with the fold out pages of diagrams and schematics.

I can understand why juke manuals are available like this - they're much more in-depth than the manual for a pin or a video game. A PDF of one of these would be really hard to work from - and even harder to create in sufficient quality.

It would be really great if they were online - but I can't even begin to imagine how much time and effort would be required to scan them all. Not to mention how hard it would be to work from a mechanical diagram split across two pages since the fold-out won't fit in a scanner, or even the file size required to make everything legible.

That, and I do believe that someone still owns the copyright on these things.

-Ian
 
this could be as simple as the scan switch being in the scan position instead of the play position if you don't know what your looking at.
 
Here is what its doing now that I moved it(drove it across town)..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byY491uVXIY

It just goes back and forth and eventually it just stops

Two things aren't happening. Check your 2050 tube. This is vital. Pull it out and reseat it a couple times if it has moved.
Check your latching solenoid. (Normally in the amp..) it will click when it goes back and forth. It will stop on the 3rd or 4th (If I recall) pass...
I'm very familair with Seeburg jukeboxes... So what I see is indeed a simple problem to fix.
 
Tony Miller's advise on his troubleshooting page is very sound. He was a great source when he was alive. He died two years ago. :(
 
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