Phonoland

Good evening,
Thanks in advance for any help with this.

My Wurlitzer 2104 won't select a record any more, the play mecahnism is just spinning as though a record is playing, but there is no record selected.
The reject button at the rear has no effect, nor does switching off the power . It just carries on spinning when the power is returned.

Seemed to happen suddenly rather than any problems leading up to it, not that I noticed anyway. Just turned power on one day and this is what it started doing.

I'm not experienced with the inner workings particularly, but wondered if there was some troubleshooting I could do.

Regards from Staffordshire, England
Steve

Steve,
Sorry but your question is akin to me asking you why I can't drive my car--
Since we can't see it, you must be more specific--
What is "just spinning" --the turntable, the basket/record lift arm motor ?
What happens when you attempt to make a selection ?
Ron Rich

Hi Ron and thnaks for reply.

Apologies for the poor information.
Not sure of the correct name - it is the platter/turntable/spindle that is spinning - the thing the record sits on when it is playing. It's as though a record is playing, but all the discs are still in the carousel. Does that make sense?

When I press the buttons to make a selection it appears to accept the selection, ie the button stays down a second then pops out again as normal, but nothing else happens - the platter continues to rotate, and the reject button ta the rear of the machine has no effect.

Regards
Steve

Hi Steve,

Welcome to the forum.

Do you have a manual for your jukebox? if not I suggest that you get one and read it fully from cover to cover a few times so you can understand how the jukebox works and you will come to learne the turms and names of th parts on the jukebox.

This done you will be able to converse with others on the forum regarding help and tips on how to get your jukebox working again.

Regards
Alan Hood
ami-man
UK

Steve, the advice to get a manual is definitely the way to-go.

However, here are a few things to try right now:

Open the back. At the rear of the mechanism the is a steel support and slightly to the right of that are two over-center (snap) switches. These have a number of wires connected to them. On the one closest to center 'wiggle' the paddle at the top of it slightly with power on and see if the changer motor starts. The contacts here eventually become pitted and resistance builds up to the point where they don't pass DC power to the motor.

If the motor does start up, then one of us can talk you through cleaning/de-pitting the contacts.

The changer motor is gray and located above and slightly behind those switches.

There is also a 'service' switch on the rear of the junction box/ pin memory unit which have been known to fail and this will stop power to the changer motor.


Both of these are simple repairs. But it is possible that the motor itself has become defective. Again, with power on, turn the knurled shaft at the end of the motor housing -slightly- If it takes off there is either a dead section on the armature or the brushes are not making good contact due to wear and carbon buildup.

Beyond these steps you'll need a manual and possibly an on-site tech.

Rob/NYC

One added thought to Rob's--
Where is the "load-play" switch--if on "load" this is "normal"--
Ron Rich