[Jukebox-list] Seeburg Q-160 selection button issue

[Jeremy Agema]

If you pull the power plug on the juke, will the number button stay down?

I think there is a adjustment for the lever that latches the buttons. It 
should be in the manual.

It could be a sticky or rusty mess in the keyboard selector also.

Jeremy Agema

On Sun, 13 Jan 2008 03:35:09 GMT, Aaron Heverin wrote
> Evening all,
> 
> Fuse resistors aside...I got the amp and selection receiver working 
> on my brother-in-law's Q-160. Everything works and sounds great 
> except for one little annoying issue. Whenever I make a selection -
>  say A-1....the buttons latch, the selection is made, and the mech 
> takes off to play the selection accurately. However, the number 
> button - which is the last button pressed in the sequence - always 
> stays down. To make another selection, I have to press another 
> number down very slowly until the depressed button pops back up. The 
> number button won't stay down if I make a selection and press a 
> letter then a number button down very lightly so that it never 
> bottoms out. I couldn't find anything in the service manual about 
> this and I'm completely unfamiliar with these Seeburg models to know 
> if this is what's supposed to happen or not. I'm guessing "not." 
> It's really bizzare because if you don't realize that one of the 
> number buttons is still down and you go and press a letter, there 
> goes the mech to play that mystery selection.
> 
> My second question is more for all the guys who repair jukes for a 
> living or on the side for cash. My brother-in-law wants to pay me 
> for my time working on the amp and receiver. Since he's family, I'm 
> not going to take anything, but I am curious as to what a fair 
> hourly rate is. In the old days, I would quote a price for an entire 
> job but then always...ALWAYS wind up getting screwed because the 
> juke has so many hidden problems above and beyond the original 
> quote. I've heard that a lot of guys charge by the hour...but then 
> you have to keep track of your hours. Regardless, what's considered 
> fair? $25 an hour? $75 an hour? More or less?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Aaron