Hi all, I somewhat hijacked another post (sorry Brian) regarding needles for my M100C that has a Pickering 345-03D. The tech that removed my amp yesterday for repair, said he thought the needles should be replaced. After posting yesterday to ask for any recommendations on the after-market vendors, R...

Why do you think you need to replace the needles ? If you have the green ones, and the needle pressure/balance is set correctly, they last "forever"--If the support shank is good, have them re-tipped, if need be -- IMHO, all of them ("yellows") available today are fair, to good-...

Hi all, For probably quite a simple question, I could not find it asked before on here, or the other forums (via google). My tech came yesterday to take the amp away for repair on my (first) M100C. He pointed out that I should have a weather strip / foam to the places I have marked by two red arrows...

I also have to replace the needles on my M100C and have the Pickering 345-03D. I have googled/searched and certainly there are many comments that all the modern replacements are not as good as originals, but, assuming I use one of the vendors mentioned in Ron's sticky above, anyone got any strong fe...

Folks, I feel my thread has been, to using modern parlance, highjacked. Can I suggest that discussion would be better suited on a different thread if it is to continue. Personally I have ordered the manuals, including Ron's and will study them while waiting for my tech to arrive Friday. I will try a...

Rob,

Spot on! As always, I was being far too impatient! I'll wait for the tech and report back.

(My wife said - "I told you that, how come you listen to Rob-NYC and not me" )

Thanks everyone for your input, as some of you all have guessed already, I am no engineer! While I have taught myself to a decent level on EM pinballs, all this caps/filters/B+/tubes/etc is way, way more difficult - I have ordered manuals, reading everything I can on-line, but it would take me years...

Following on from my previous thread where I was looking for advice on purchasing a M100C, it has now arrived. Plugged in, everything worked, but as per previous post, the volume was very low. I saw that at some point it had had an external speaker (extra speaker wire was still connected - I removed...

Thanks, all. I am awaiting delivery, and to see if they find any manuals - because if not I plan to purchase the manuals so I can try at least to sound a little more informed when I (no doubt) ask questions here. There is a good post from "cutter" that gives an overview of approach, and co...

Well, barring acts of God, it's mine! Delivery in a week or so. Very nice sellers so I hope (this time!) no issues. Thank you to everyone who helped me here - let's be honest, there are going to be a few more posts on this machine :shock: Next step: delivery. Seller is a mover :) and will transport ...

Thanks Ron and Darrell. This gives me some idea onto extra $'s needed. If the speaker is part of the problem, or I just want to bring it back to original, then they seem to be $200 on ebay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEEBURG-C-G-or-W-SELECT-O-MATIC-JUKEBOX-part-Excellent-Working-15-SPEAKER-/33160519668...

Viewed it today. Would love to hear all the thoughts on if the findings below mean that approx $2k is still a good deal, and anything that sounds expensive/hard/look out for (lets leave the whole moving bit for now, until deal is made) It works - but is not as loud as I'm sure it should be -the vide...

Thanks to everyone for their useful insight. I will view tomorrow, check out the amp, take some photos and report back. If I get to the right price - I think around $2k as per Rob, then I think I"m in business. At which point I'll come back for step by step moving instructions as you all have m...

Rob and Ron, super helpful info - thank you. Rob - I'll remove rear plate and check the amp. Plus there is a small video of it working here (that's all seller sent until I visit) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RvYdEcUz0E so that's a step in the right direction. Ron - If I purchase this, I think I ...

Thanks, Ron Being new to this, I did not realize some things are not per original spec - can you clarify for me what's been changed? Also, when I view it tomorrow, are there any simple checks I can perform that can provide more info on the mechanics/theatricals? Finally, I read everywhere to see if ...