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
I would clean the: cube relays and re-test. I once tried to narrow down to specific relays but gave up when I found a couple were linked. I just clean all.
Selector switch board leaf switches and re-test.
Credit unit leaf switches and te-test. There is a red relay here also.
Strips of business card dipped in Craig De-Oxit works for me.
Shankar Singh
On Jan 20, 2026, at 14:17, Jukebox Repairman via Jukebox-list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com wrote:
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.
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Rick -
My W2910 was doing this years ago...after pressing the key combo....it started to buzz...the mech took off searching...and finally the keys released. I swear...and likely unrelated, I replaced the cap/resistor...something in the junction box....and it cleaned it up. Here we are now....and it's been doing it again for a year or so.....press keys....starts to buzz...mech starts...and finally they release....can be 10 seconds or so....Guess it would help if I lifted the dome...and found out where the buzzing is. Probably where my fault is. I don't play it much...so have not got back into it. Hopefully someone here with much more experience than me....can help us both out.
Good luck.
-richmyers
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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.
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Hey Rich, longtime no hear. Yeah so this one doesn’t make any noise at all. Buttons latch then nothing. Then after a minute or sometimes even longer the buttons release and carousel rotates to and plays the selection. Selector contacts are clean and adjusted.
Regards Rick
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM richmyers@att.net wrote:
Rick -
My W2910 was doing this years ago...after pressing the key combo....it started to buzz...the mech took off searching...and finally the keys released. I swear...and likely unrelated, I replaced the cap/resistor...something in the junction box....and it cleaned it up. Here we are now....and it's been doing it again for a year or so.....press keys....starts to buzz...mech starts...and finally they release....can be 10 seconds or so....Guess it would help if I lifted the dome...and found out where the buzzing is. Probably where my fault is. I don't play it much...so have not got back into it. Hopefully someone here with much more experience than me....can help us both out.
Good luck.
-richmyers
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On 2026-01-20 3:35 p.m., Jukebox Repairman via Jukebox-list wrote:
Hey Rich, longtime no hear. Yeah so this one doesn’t make any noise at all. Buttons latch then nothing. Then after a minute or sometimes even longer the buttons release and carousel rotates to and plays the selection. Selector contacts are clean and adjusted.
Regards Rick
Hi Rick!
Page 4E of the Operators Service Manual - #6 - Electric Selection Motor - is it moving? I assume not, until it does start up and finishes selection process.
If not try replacing Relay Ry2 with a known to be good one and see if that helps. If not, check at the thermostat to see if there is 24VAC across it - that will need replacing if so. I have them in stock, and I'm sure Mike Florio does too.
John :-#)#
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM richmyers@att.net wrote:
Rick -
My W2910 was doing this years ago...after pressing the key combo....it started to buzz...the mech took off searching...and finally the keys released. I swear...and likely unrelated, I replaced the cap/resistor...something in the junction box....and it cleaned it up. Here we are now....and it's been doing it again for a year or so.....press keys....starts to buzz...mech starts...and finally they release....can be 10 seconds or so....Guess it would help if I lifted the dome...and found out where the buzzing is. Probably where my fault is. I don't play it much...so have not got back into it. Hopefully someone here with much more experience than me....can help us both out.
Good luck.
-richmyers
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 12:17 PM To: Jukebox mailing list jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com Cc: Jukebox Repairman jukin510@gmail.com Subject: [Jukebox-list] Americana III
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
There's an electrolytic cap under the mech which is another possibility.
On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 11:12 AM John Robertson via Jukebox-list < jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> wrote:
On 2026-01-20 3:35 p.m., Jukebox Repairman via Jukebox-list wrote:
Hey Rich, longtime no hear. Yeah so this one doesn’t make any noise at all. Buttons latch then
nothing.
Then after a minute or sometimes even longer the buttons release and carousel rotates to and plays the selection. Selector contacts are clean and adjusted.
Regards Rick
Hi Rick!
Page 4E of the Operators Service Manual - #6 - Electric Selection Motor
- is it moving? I assume not, until it does start up and finishes
selection process.
If not try replacing Relay Ry2 with a known to be good one and see if that helps. If not, check at the thermostat to see if there is 24VAC across it - that will need replacing if so. I have them in stock, and I'm sure Mike Florio does too.
John :-#)#
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 6:27 PM richmyers@att.net wrote:
Rick -
My W2910 was doing this years ago...after pressing the key combo....it started to buzz...the mech took off searching...and finally the keys released. I swear...and likely unrelated, I replaced the cap/resistor...something in the junction box....and it cleaned it up.
Here
we are now....and it's been doing it again for a year or so.....press keys....starts to buzz...mech starts...and finally they release....can
be
10 seconds or so....Guess it would help if I lifted the dome...and found
out
where the buzzing is. Probably where my fault is. I don't play it much...so have not got back into it. Hopefully someone here with much more experience than me....can help us both out.
Good luck.
-richmyers
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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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