H56C Vendolator Door Question

[collecture]

I can't spot it in the last pic you posted.
Is (or was) there a hole on the main door and/or liner too? What diameter is the hole in the wooden dowel? 1/2"? I'm guessing the mechanical mech shaft went through it maybe.

[Jim]

Reply #5 appears to display behind the cabinet door, behind the coin mech area with the door liner removed. This wood might have been a spacer as in the VMC 27/33...
As we can see, this is a transitional machine and was originally designed for a manual crank handle operation.

[pumpdude]

I think you are right about a possible mechanical shaft penatration. I will try and post another pic tonight with some type of spring linkage that sits bellow the chrome insert for the bottle door. Also the hole is about 1/2" dia. with three wood screws that held the linner to it.

[loman4ec]

That is what it is. On the square top V56 and V81 transitional machines the linkage is on the outside of the liner. It is a spacer giving the door liner stability around the coin mech shaft.

[pumpdude]

That sounds good to me. here is that other pic of a spring type linkage bellow the bottle door.

[collecture]

Yep - that is part of the linkage that used to run from the mechanical mech to the bottle stack.