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Post by fabrizio on Jul 5, 2020 19:16:27 GMT
Good afternoon! First of all Happy 4th of July even if a day later :-) I’m in the process of restoring a Wurlitzer 1650 that I got from guy in Connecticut. It was and is not working yet! I started from the mechanical part removing all the main mechanical body of the juke. I removed each single piece, cams, leverage, spring, etc clean all, reinstalls each part lubricate everything, adjust all the required adjustment and now the mechanism with the pingbank looks finally working... it wasn’t easy (I really cannot imagine that such juke May have so many parts and to be all installed in the proper and exact place) but I got it... Now I’m on the worst part for me, at least the one I’m not so familiar with... the electrical one. The amplifier looks a 518 model (unfortunately the label in not readable). When it turn on the speaker get a loud noise... no sound... I didn’t touch anything there yet. It seams that someone has partially rebuilt it (some cups are new and some old). Does anyone has any recommendation about where to start and the step to follow? I already rebuilt a Seeburg amplifier (works now) and I feel confident to do it again if needed. Thanks in advance for any advise anyone may give to me. Tks Fabrizio
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Post by Ron Rich on Jul 5, 2020 19:56:10 GMT
Hi Fabrizio, That sort of "hum" is usually a bad filter cap-- might also be anything else-- check everything, replace anything not in spec., and hope--you will get it ! Ron Rich
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Post by fabrizio on Jul 6, 2020 1:22:46 GMT
Thanks a lot Ron! Always on top! I’ll order a caps kit and will start from that... I’ll keep you posted! Keep in touch
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