[Jukebox-list] Re:Wurly 3410 Issues

[JHayes2613 at aol.com]

Let's hear it for people who give really ugly non-vintage jukes homes! Who else here likes the Rowe R-83???


In a message dated 11/6/2006 4:36:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dave Garcia <daveg at dgnetwork.net> writes:

>Hi Jackie,
>
>No, Elvis has left the building in my case :-)
>
>Actually I have the 3400 (200 selection, 100 record capacity).  I bought 
>it in 1979 at
>a place in Van Nuys California called G.A.M.E.S which stood for
>Great American Mechanical Entertainment Sales.  So it was 9 years old
>when I bought it.  It's working fine, and I play it everyday also... I 
>play it so
>often that I get tired of the songs in it and have to change records 
>every 3 weeks
>or so.  And yes, it does sound good... nice crisp highs and deep base.
>It's had a few problems mainly with the microswitches and a dirty 
>contact plate
>under the carousel... But nothing major.... I did notice over the 
>weekend that
>the motor mounts are abit "droopy"... so that will have to be taken care 
>of soon.
>Also the rubber bumper on the "backstop pawl" is hard and compressed.  I 
>have
>no idea where I'm going to get one of those.
>But it does run like a top... I think we are the only 2 on the list that 
>has a 34xx series
>machine.  I know we're the only ones that really like this beast.  It's not
>a favorite of the list members...
>
>I actually want another Wurly 3400 to work on when I'm not fixing computers.
>
>Dave
>
>Jackie wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave,
>> that's interesting you had the same problem......was it Elvis???  
>> LOL.  I found a relay, high in the very front of the machine that was 
>> loose.  I followed the wires from the pinbank to this relay, pushed it 
>> in tight and haven't had any trouble since then!  As a matter of fact, 
>> that machine plays EVERYDAY and it's so reliable.  I love the sound, 
>> it's got great speakers! Are you happy with your 3410?  How long have 
>> you had it?  Where did you get yours from?
>> Jackie
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Garcia" <daveg at dgnetwork.net>
>> To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
>> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 11:53 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] I've missed everyone
>>
>>
>>> Hi Jackie,
>>>
>>> I'm glad your back too... I'm not new here, infact I have a Wurly 
>>> 3400 and had
>>> the same problem you had with playing the wrong record and such.  My 
>>> problem
>>> was that little circuit board directly under the carousel.  It was 
>>> dirty and the "fingers"
>>> of the scan arm wouldn't make good contact to supply power to the 
>>> read out switches.
>>>
>>> Anyhow, welcome back!
>>>
>>> Dave from sunny California
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