[Jukebox-list] Rockola 1438 Blown 1.6 Fuse

[Britt Abbott]

Well my Rockola 1438 stopped after putting a record back in the magazine. I suspect one of the motors, magazine or gripper motor is pulling to many amps. Sure enough when I checked the 1.6 Amp Slo-Blo for these mech motors,the fuse was blown. I had replaced the old original selenium rectifier with a new silicon bridge rectifier and relocated the 1.6 Amp fuse in between the transformer and the rectifier.
I have a couple of old replacement motors I can try. Is there anything tricky or is replacing the motors straightforward, ie. just a matter of disconnecting and putting another one in it's place? Can these motors be rebuilt? What component(s) typically fail in the motors?
Thanks,
Britt Abbott
Chesapeake, VA