[Jukebox-list] Another Jukebox Followed Me Home :-)

[Sue and Dennis Lavin]

Well today I dug into the 3600 a little, I found a few problems I did not 
expect. First off I thought the amp had a dead channel, but I found that 
someone had disconnected the "A" channel speaker wires on the teremanal 
board in the back of the juke, and had connected them to the "B" channel.  I 
re connected them to there proper connectors, and now have sound on both 
channels. But the sound is bad, bad. Kind of garbled at low volume levels. 
Also it has a steady hum from the speakers.

I checked the main caps, and found a lot of ripple on the B- power supply 
cap. So that could be some of my sound issues I guess. The other problem 
that I see is that the pre-amp board has a crack across the upper portian of 
the board. It has been repaired with jumper wires and solder bridges on the 
circuits. I dont thhink I like this.

Sooo, my next question is, where is a good place to find replacment cap cans 
if there still available, and would someone here on the list have a spare 
pre amp board they would be willing to sell ?

The amp is a 553.

The caps I need are :
(2) 3000mfd @ 55 v ,  and (1) 2000 MFD @ 50V twist lock cans.     I know I 
could probably re-stuff the caps, but I will save that as a last resort.

Also thanks to Di Di Mao for sending me the copy of the schematic  :-)

Thanks-Dennis (Jukeboxdenny)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sue and Dennis Lavin" <lavin at cheqnet.net>
To: <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 7:13 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] Another Jukebox Followed Me Home :-)


> HI everyone, been a while since I had anything to post, Another juke 
> followed me home yesterday. A Wurlitzer 3600.
>
> I had made a deal with the owner last fall, and finally was able to pick 
> it up yesterday. It looks pretty clean overall, aside from some dust 
> inside . I just got the key today so I could open it up to re-inspect it. 
> I had seen it play last fall, but couldnt really remember what shap it was 
> in.  Also it's already full of 50's and 60's records !! My kind of tunes .
>
> It works and selects  ok, but the sound is not so great. I orderd a 
> replacment stylus already.
>
> After checking it out, I noticed that the amp will probably need some 
> recaping as the right channel is weak, but the left seems ok, but has a 
> slight poping sound at lower volume levels.
>
> I was wondering if any one has a scan of the schematic  for the 553 amp I 
> could "borrow"  ?  I went to Verns site but it seems to be down at this 
> time.
>
>
> Pictures to follow...
>
>
> Cheers,  Dennis (Jukeboxdenny)
>
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