Hi Jim Dirksen and all,

Thanks for the reply. I'll answer your questions to assist others who may have this issue in the future along with my successful fix.

Yes, the selection light was lit. No action at all when a button was pressed. Pins were not moving. Mech motor was plugged in.

I remembered that I had Harold Hagen's compilation of Wurlitzer tech tips so I took it out. In the Dr. Know It All Wurlitzer volume #1 reference book, page 67, there's an article titled "intermittent selections in Wurlitzer 1100". From the entire tech tip, here's what applied to my issue - "There are other switches in the selector coil circuit in the Coin Register Unit (grinder), so check them first: contacts 3 and 4 on the Timing Switch (activated by the cancel solenoid), and contacts 3 and 4 in the coin isolation relay. Make sure the contacts are clean and adjusted properly."

Next, I went to my repair manual to see what a cancel solenoid looked like. From there, I saw the set of contacts actuated by the cancel solenoid. They appeared to be okay. Next I found what the coin isolation relay looked like and checked those related contacts. Well, I'll be..... one of the three sets of contacts was stuck together! I cut up a brown paper bag into a few little strips, sprayed the strips with contact cleaner, and cleaned all of the contacts in the coin register mechanism. I powered up the 1100 and voila, I was able to select tunes again. Grateful indeed.

Bill Schaefer

From: JIM & LAURIE DIRKSEN <dirksenj@bellsouth.netmailto:dirksenj@bellsouth.net> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 3:58 PM To: Jukebox list (jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.commailto:jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com) <jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.commailto:jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com> Cc: wschaefer rileycopc.com <wschaefer@rileycopc.commailto:wschaefer@rileycopc.com> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Wurlitzer 1100 not making selections

Is the "make selection" light lit? Check the bulb. Do you hear a relay click or solenoid operate when you press a button? It's possible that selector pins are being selected, but the start micro switch is not starting the motor. Look at the rear of the pinbank to see if pins are moving. Be sure you didn't accidentally unplug the mech motor while poking around in there.