Expert: Rodger Knutson - 11/21/2009

Question
I HAVE AN AMI E80 JUKE BOX IM RESTORING,HAVING TROUBLE WITH TRANSFER ARM,IT DOSE NOT MOVE IN(TOWORDS BACK OF MACHINE) TO GRAB RECORD AT END OF PLAY.THIS ONLY HAPPENS ON PLAYS 1 THRU 79, 2 THRU 80 IT WORKS FINE. IN OTHER WORDS ONE ROW OF RELAYS ITS WORKING FINE OTHER IT NEVER WORKS. THE MANUEL IS NOT CLEAR HOW THE PICKUP IS ACHIEVED AND I CANT FIGURE IT OUT. IS THERE ANY RELAYS OR ELECTRIC INVOLVED ?  THANKS TERRY

Answer
Hi Terry,

I don't work on enough jukebox's to know everything about every model and this is one I know little about. There is a repair guide, from the "Dr know it all" Harald Haggen, that steps through each problem he has found in repairing jukebox's. and how he come to fix it, he wrote for always jukin for awhile and spent many a year fixing different jukebox's in Seattle at Always Jukin. You can get his book at:

http://alwaysjukin.storesecured.com/items/Jukebox-Reference-Books/list.htm

He went step by steps on many repairs and but it all in these books, so I am willing to bet that you can find your answers in one of his guides here. I hope this helps you and get the right repair manual to do the job in your hands. His web site is at:

http://www.eskimo.com/~hhagen/hagentech/radiorepair.html

You could try writing him direct and see if he will give you an answer Terry.

Thank You

Sincerely

Rodger Knutson

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