First, I have never even seen this machine, this just popped into my head. It sounds as if the contact that tells it there are credits is out of adjustment and/or dirty. The poor connection makes the motor weak and it stops at a place where it needs more torque so that is where it quits. Clean and adjust the contacts. (or I don't know if it is a sealed switch?)

What happens if you take all of the credits off and are sure the credit contacts are fully open?

Also try this, note which way the motor turns. Let it happen again then unplug it. Then turn the motor by hand to see if it is jamming or if it is free.

Good Luck, Tony

On 3/2/2025 4:13 PM, Hans Minderman via Jukebox-list wrote:

Hi All,

Working on a Mills Dance Master. The mechanism works fine if it has credit for several selections in a row. However when it gets to the final selection (or when it only has credit for 1 selection) then at the end of the record the mech gets stuck just before it reaches the standby (resting position) and if I don't manually nudge the carousel forward less than an inch, there is a buzzing sound from the cut-off box and the changer motor resistor behind the changer motor speed adjusting rheostat overheats and starts smoking. At first I thought this had something to do with torque of the changing motor but since it is changing just fine between multiple consecutive selections I now think it may be a timing issue between some of the switches or something in the cut-off box mechanism. When the chain of the changer motor is disengaged then the carousel moves freely so I don't think that the problem is related to the carousel wheel or the changer motor. Any suggestions will be much apprecia ted! Thank you, -Hans _______________________________________________ Jukebox-list mailing list -- jukebox-list@lists.netlojix.com To unsubscribe send an email to jukebox-list-leave@lists.netlojix.com %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s Searchable Archives: http://jukebox.markmail.org/