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My first jukebox
I bought a Rowe R-83 from my neighbor that seems to be in good working
order. This is the first jukebox I've owned and so I am a complete novice as far as caring for it goes. Do any of you have any tips on the general care and maintenance of this machine that I could benefit from. Also, I was wondering if anybody knows if there is an owners manual available. Thanks! Jim |
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My first jukebox
Congratulations on getting your first jukebox, Jim! A manual for it can
be obtained from Victory Glass in Waukee, Iowa. While these reprint manuals are essential, I've found they often are missing helpful pages from the original put out by the manufacturer in the year the model (R-83) came out. I suppose to hold down the cost of re-printing, perhaps they purposefully left out information dewemed to be "non-essential". I'm sure some people would disagree, but my point is you might want to call a local coin-op vendor who deals in AMI jukeboxes, as he may have a few copies of the manual in his tech room, as they needed the manual to help repair problems that would creep up in the day-to-day operation of these. I would either make sure your needle is new. Or better yet, get a new one or two for a spare. You can keep it right inside the jukebox cabinet, so it won't get misplaced in a drawer somewhere else in the home. Make sure your amplifier is okay electronics-wise, so that improper voltages aren't "eating away" at it's useful life. And most of all Jim: Play the Jukebox Play the Jukebox Play the Jukebox. Some people think the more you baby it, the longer it will last. This is not true with a jukebox. They were made to be played all day long. In fact, not playing it causes problems to pop-up with lubrication, electronics, and corrosion building up on contact points (where applicable). So don't be afraid to enjoy the music you love to hear play on it! Rob wrote: I bought a Rowe R-83 from my neighbor that seems to be in good working order. This is the first jukebox I've owned and so I am a complete novice as far as caring for it goes. Do any of you have any tips on the general care and maintenance of this machine that I could benefit from. Also, I was wondering if anybody knows if there is an owners manual available. Thanks! Jim |
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My first jukebox
Along with what good points Rob already said .. All the jukeboxes i have
had all had dried up oil issues causing anywhere from major to minor malfunction . A few drops of oil where it belongs should last years and keep things going . As for letting a juke set for long periods .. The biggest problem is contact points tarnishing . The later year the machine the less of a problem this is . It does not hurt the electronics to set idle |
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My first jukebox
This is a Great machine if it is working properly. If it has the original
cartridge in it, the proper needle for it is a " Shure N44-C " which has a light blue plastic grip on it. Other similar types of needles may fit but perfromance may suffer. Tracking weight is 4 grams. The mechanism does not require a lot of oil to keep it in good working condition. Remove turntable by pulling straight up and out, look for wear marks on the turntable shaft, put one drop of oil on each of these wear marks. Put one drop of oil on the idler wheel shaft and bushing being careful not to contaminate the rubber on the idler wheel. One drop of oil on the turntable motor upper bronze bushing ( where the rotating shaft goes thru the top of th emotor ) being careful not to get oil on th upper area of the shaft where it contacts the rubber idler wheel. there should be a little oil tube on the lower front of the motor, a couple of drops of oil here too. DO NOT use engine oil to oil jukeboxes, use a light weight " machine oil " such as sewing machine oil . Engine oil will dry out and make parts stick together or become sluggish. Be very careful of the glass red switch under the tone arm, these can easily break if touched but will last for decades if left alone. Cleaning of the tone arm shaft and a drop or two of oil may be helpful but if you are not familiar with removing the tone arm to do this it might be best to leave it as is. Original spec for this machine calls for lubrication only every 5 years. DO NOT put any oil or grease on any of the moving parts of the gripper bow, that will eventually make it sluggish and it may fail to trasnfer records properly. If you get intermittent contact in the selector buttons, pushing them in slowly may result in a double number such as pressing the 1 button may give you 11 or 111 in the digital display. Easy way to self clean the switches is ( with the machine turned off ) work each button in and out about 30 times each in rapid succession. The R 82 and R 83 models were very popular when they were first introduced by AMI. They were the first model in many years with no flat surface on them for location patrons to set drinks on them which could sometimes be spilt into the machine. They worked good, sounded great and looked good as well. This was the last year for production of the model 1200 Mechanism as used in models R 80 S thru R 83. This mechanism was a microprocessor controlled version of the model 1100 mechanism which was introsuced in 1964. I hope the one you have is in good working condition as it is a great machine when it is working properly. I have one that I uncrated out of the original crate when it was new and still get a lot of enjoyment out of it after all these years. wrote in message ink.net... I bought a Rowe R-83 from my neighbor that seems to be in good working order. This is the first jukebox I've owned and so I am a complete novice as far as caring for it goes. Do any of you have any tips on the general care and maintenance of this machine that I could benefit from. Also, I was wondering if anybody knows if there is an owners manual available. Thanks! Jim |
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