Phonoland

Hello all. I'm having problems with my dads jukebox.The magazine motor will conitune to rotate after all selections have been played.I cleaned all the slip rings and the pinbank and all the contacts on the write in and read out coil cartrage assemblies. It now will write in selections but when the selected record is in place to be selected, the gripper arm will not place the record on the turntable and the reset coil to cancel the selection on the pinbank will energise and stay energised. Also I beleve that I may have gotten the pinbank out of alliment when i put it on. The pinbank has 4 mounting holes and only 2 screws holding it on. It was over the third record in the mechinism when the the machine is in the homed position. I got home and looked at the pinbanks on my Rock-ola 445 and 454 and I believe I may have offset it by mounting it in the wrong holes. Is it possible that the two problems may be related and my dads jukebox may function properiy after I get the pinbank properly lined up. Thanks in advance. Mike Toomer.

Hi Mike,
I am not real familiar with RO's, but I think you are on the right track. If the pin assembly is not correct, it seems that one would encounter the mag motor running all the time. There is a "carry over", slip ring on it, that has an "open position" at the point that the motor should stop--if the Microswitch (up top) is released. As for the gripper problem--I don't quite understand what you are attempting to say--BUT, do NOT allow that hammer coil to remain powered for any length of time, as you WILL burn it up, and they are getting hard to find. (It is energized via a Microswitch on the gripper cam).
Ron Rich