[Jukebox-list] Re:Wurly 3410 Issues

Tue Nov 7 07:06:58 PST 2006

    Jackie, Roy has come with words of wisdom. He told me that in his opinion, the 3400 series are the best juke for novices to start with. His reasons, 1-All of them are extra clean. 2- In a home environment, there is no stress in repairing it in a timely fashion. 3-A novice would not know exactly how long a juke should perform until it breaks down. 4-One may be purchased at a very economical price. They are worth more to the individual than the present owner. 5-When it does break down the repairing of it becomes a labor of love. Wes   
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jackie" <etreble7 at verizon.net>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Re:Wurly 3410 Issues


> Dave,
> nice to hear the Wurly is still working great.  It was almost brand new (in 
> Jukebox years) when you got it, how cool is that?
> 
> I know what you mean about records, when you use the Jukeboxes you do end up 
> swaping out often.  I am about once a month.  I also play the Seeburg C just 
> as much and between the two, seems I am always making new Title Strips and 
> searching for more and more records.  I like Kyle's Title Strips so I have 
> spent a fair amount of time on the internet looking for Album Covers etc. 
> It's fun and it keeps me out of trouble!
> 
> I guess the people that don't care for the Statesman used to repair them and 
> I can see why they would consider them a pain in the rear.  After working on 
> the Seeburg LS2, the 3400 is more difficult to work with.  Even the manual 
> is more confusing.  In spite of all that, I am with you, I love the bass and 
> I am attached, I think being my first Jukebox it will just always be #1.
> 
> I will keep my eyes open, ya never know when I may run across one!  Have a 
> great one,
> 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 4:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Re:Wurly 3410 Issues
> 
> 
>> 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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