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

[Aaron Heverin]

Hmmm.. should have put that in my first post. I'll have to double check this, but I think the buttons do stay down if the power is turned off. If there's no credit at all, the buttons will not latch...likewise, when all of the credits are used up, the "stuck" button finally pops up. Hope this helps to narrow it down. In the meantime, I'll see if I can find the section in the manual about the latch bar. Incidently, I had the keyboard out of the juke and gave it a pretty through cleaning. No rust at all and all of the dust and nicotine nastiness was removed. 

Thanks, guys.


Aaron 


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Agema jeremy at dwave.net
Sent 1/12/2008 11:41:34 PM
To: Jukebox mailing list jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] Seeburg Q-160 selection button issue

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

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