[Jukebox-list] AMI G-200 problem

[David Breneman]

--- rickrussell at att.net wrote:

> Good afternoon, 
> I have an AMI G-200 that is giving me a fit.  A few weeks ago it
> was playing just fine for hours, then suddenly missed a record for
> pick up and stopped with the mechansim in the play position with no
> record.

So I take this to mean that the record rack stopped in the
wrong position so that the transfer arm cycled normally,
but did not pick up the record because it was off to the
side of the arm, is that correct?

>  It either went too far or not far enough, I don't know
> which.

It's actually rahter important.  If it stopped too soon
it means that the trip levers are advanced too far.  If
it stopped too late it could wither be the trip levers
or it could be that the relay that brakes the motor
didn't operate properly, causing the rack to drift past
the stop position rather than stopping abruptly.

>  The volume is still muted, the reject will not work when the
> switch is moved manually.

Are you talking about the reject switch under the turntable?

> The motor won't move in either direction
> if uncovered and tried manually.  

Power on or power off?  If the power is on, you might not
be able to move it because it's jammed at the end of the
transfer cycle and still energized.

> If I flip the switch I am able to
> move the motor one direction only, 

Which switch?

> and the mechanism will travel
> all the way back to the record rack,  but when powered on again it
> cycles to the same point, just before the record would play, and
> stops, no sound. Can someone give me some idea what the problem 
> may be? I have a service manual, but I don't see this kind of help
> in it. 

It sounds like this is a problem with the reversing switch,
which should be identified in the schematic.  Check all
the leaf switches that the lever on the and of the transfer
arm shaft activites.  One of those is supposed to open at
the end of the transfer cycle to stop the motor when the
record is placed on the turntable.  It sounds like that is
not opening, causing the motor to reach the end of its
travel and bind.  The reason it won't eject is because the
reversing switch is not working, causing the motor to still
turn in the direction it turned to place the record on the
turntabel, when it should be turning in the opposite 
direction to take the record off the turntable.  


David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com

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