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Wurlitzer Early CD OMT
by Tony Miklos 16 Feb '26

16 Feb '26

Someone got to this before me. I have no idea what may have been wrong or what has been done, except this. The CD player acts like it's typical failure symptoms, but it tests good and a different known good one doesn't work. All the flaky BC337's (it's in the serial number range), they were all replaced with 2N2222's. But transistor Q15 was also replaced with a 2N2222 which is a BC327 NPN not a PNP BC337 Could that one transistor cause the cd player to not work? I'll install a replacement, but the juke is over an hour away, so I'd like some idea if that one transistor could have been the problem or if I'll have to dig deeper. -- Tony Miklos Tony's Jukebox Repair

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Can’t get in to archives
by Robert Fuelling 06 Feb '26

06 Feb '26

Does anyone know way I can’t get into the archives been trying to for a long time , tries to load and stops Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad. Thanks Bob

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AMI G120 wiring
by Jukebox Repairman 04 Feb '26

04 Feb '26

I looking at taking on a job to redo the wire loom on the mech. As I’m sure most of you know these 50’s AMI’s all have dried up cracking insulation Wondering what is best gauge to replace in order to still provide flexibility for the mech to traverse and no binding on the loom. The cabinet wiring bad too but I have that covered Regards Rick

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Rock-Ola 490-2 stereo/mono
by Tonys Jukebox Repair 29 Jan '26

29 Jan '26

I saw something I haven't seen before. When disconnecting one channel, both woofers went out. Same thing for the other channel. I looked in the schematic and weird, the two woofers are wired in series! I had to double check to see if I was working on an AMI. (ok, not really) I don't think this thing was ever a "Super Sound". The one midrange sounded like a sick tweeter. I replaced both (the other had been replaced with a crap speaker). Curious about the bad one, I did the "push test" and the cone didn't move. For the hell of it I carefully removed the dust cover and found some glue between the magnet and the voice coil. With a dental tool I broke it loose and got it out. Now it sounds great, most likely the first time since it was manufactured.

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CDM CD Players
by Tonys Jukebox Repair 29 Jan '26

29 Jan '26

I thought I saw new lasers available for CDM players a few months ago. Is it true or was it a dream? If not, are there any conversion kits to go to pro players available left? Or must you gut a converted box and use the parts for the one you want to repair? I'm looking at buying an early Wurlitzer OMT with a CDM player, but the CD doesn't spin. -- Tony Miklos Tony's Jukebox Repair

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Rock-ola Princess 1493 Write-In Problem
by dvachon3＠teksavvy.com 26 Jan '26

26 Jan '26

Hi All, I'm having a problem with the write-in. It's only happening with the A side. B side selections work fine. If I manually move an A-side selector pin, it will scan pick up the record and play. The pin will be moved back like normal. When I make a selection using the pushbuttons A1, the write-in arm will stop at A1 but won't move the pin out. I select J6, the write-in arm will move to J6 but won't move the pin out. The read-out arm will rotate and stop at the home position. I cleaned the contacts on the write-in relay and all other contacts including the accumulator. I also cleaned the contacts and track on the selector disc. I pulled all the plugs and reinserted to be sure I had a good connection. I even pulled the harness out and checked continuity using a meter. I'd appreciate any help you can offer. Thanks, Doug

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Americana III
by Jukebox Repairman 22 Jan '26

22 Jan '26

I have an Americana i'm working on. if you make a selection the buttons latch but then a substantial long delay before they release and the magazine starts rotating. Wondering what is causing this? Leaking cap, cube relay? I'm not a wurlitzer guy so looking for help. Thanks Rick

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Seeburg DS 100 AVC Problem
by dvachon3＠teksavvy.com 18 Jan '26

18 Jan '26

Hi All, I have this DS 100 I've been working on for some time. Thank you John for your help in the past on this jukebox. A friend of mine had this jukebox given to him. He brought it to me to get it going. It had many issues that I've resolved and now down to 2 last things I'd like to fix before giving it back to him. The AVC is activated and takes a good 10 seconds for the volume to reach it's maximum. According to the manual, I should be able to disable it by pulling the 6EU7 tube. There are 2. I pulled both and don't get any sound. I put one back in (the bottom one) and still no sound. I moved it to the top and I have sound again but still have the AVC problem. This amp has been worked on by the previous owner. It has been recapped and the 7199 tubes were changes to 6U8's. The other problem is with the pricing unit. I will post this in a new thread later. Thanks for any help you can offer. Doug

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R-85 keyboard and display
by Paul Howlett 18 Jan '26

18 Jan '26

I changed a record, now the display only shows a couple of digits and the keyboard only the popular button works. The rest of the mechanism works fine. Paul Howlett Pinball Paul's 703-361-0420

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LPAD for side speakers - Rowe Ami
by Nigel Pugh 11 Jan '26

11 Jan '26

Hi all, For more years than I can recall, my JBM Tropicana has been across the corner of the room. Due to a room redesign it now can only go in one place, along a straight wall, one side speaker about 8 inches from the wall, and the other open to the complete room. The rub is the one open to the complete room now faces the seating area and the direct sound from that reaches your ears before the front facing bass does. So I have midrange overload in my ear until I walk in front of the machine and then it sounds fantastic. So I had an idea to use the speaker transformer taps to reduce both sides speaker outputs. This has absolutely fixed the issue, which I can only describe as a Rowe Ami design feature probably to show off stereo in its early days but a bit annoying. I remember having to do this on someone's Continental 2 30 odd years ago. Anyhow this is my ask here. The outpost difference between the 2 speaker taps is too large. It goes from lots of side speaker output to not that much. I would like to vary it. Could I use 2 LPADs connected to each side speaker, set them on high output tags and use the pots to lower the output to the sides ? This way I could get the precise output I want and also compensate for the fact that the other side speaker is smashing the sound up the wall which is reflecting it back more than the speaker in the open room. Hope that makes sense - it's a question about LPADs. Are they ok with tube amps. The spec is 8ohm each side speaker. Thanks, Regards Nigel

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