New find. c-64 c-55 c-96

[BrianB]

On your 55, I couldn't help but notice that in your picture it seems that the bottle chute located under the stack is missing.

Your vending problem could be a few things.
#1 - Located in the upper left hand side above the coin mech is the Vend Relay, if this is bad, you will not vend.

#2 - located beneath the vending stack is the vend motor, if the motor is bad or stuck due to any obstruction or any old gunked up oil it will prevent the mech from vending. There is also a cutout switch that is located next to the vend motor. If it's bad, no vend.

#3 - If the Sold Out Lever is jammed or bad (located on back of bottle door), it won't vend.

#4 - With just the coin door open, look down to the bottom middle of the door where the coin chute is. There is a switch and a metal lever that actuates when the bottle flap opens. It's calle the "Anti-Jackpotting" switch that prevents any product from being vending after it has opened.

Check all of these and if you still can't vend, we'll go from there!

[loman4ec]

Thanks Brian! I will check it out today. Also do I remember you having a sign for your 55 that was too small? If you do and you want to sell it I would like to buy it. It is the correct size for my 55E. I never noticed the vend chute being missing. Could you snap a pic of yours? Do you think it will be hard to make?

[BrianB]

No problem, Josh. I actually sold that sign on Ebay a few months ago, sorry.

Here's a picture of another (not mine) 55 showing the bottle chute indicated by the big annoying red arrow. I can also take some more detailed pic's when I get home tonight and post them tomorrow.

I would think that it could reproduced. You'd need either a freestanding/bench mounted metal brake or a hand held brake to make it. From memory, I think it has about 3 bends.

[Bob K]

Josh, are you looking strictly for a lightup sign?  I've got a non-lightup sign from a 55.

Bob

[loman4ec]

I really want it to be a light up. If I can't find an origional I am going to have one made. I think that is what I am going to have to do. I am getting ready to have a frame made for the 64 so i will probably have the 55  frame made then.

[BrianB]

I'm actually thinking about getting one made too....I have a way that I can swap sign for sign to keep originallity without really modifying anything.

There was so much talk about the 55 and the 64, but no one wonders what happened to that poor old 96??  '>
As y'all know, Josh has two machines that he isn't alowed to touch in the shop! One is the cooler he bought me for a present and the other is that long lost c-96...

I've been taking it apart for its sheet metal so I can make, among other things, a bottle stand for all the bottles he's collected and that shute that's missing out of the 55. So... its being "recycled"!! '>
This is what it looks like now... you'd never think it was at one time a coke machine!

[dr galaga]

Quote (cloudjumper @ Jan. 31 2006,9:53)

I've been taking it apart for its sheet metal so I can make, among other things, a bottle stand for all the bottles he's collected

Poor c-96

Please explain this bottle rack you are making.
Also, are these empty or full bottles that he is collecting (is he keeping them or drinking them)?

Lets see.. I tried to draw a picture for you. It makes sense to me, but I think it would just be a bunch of scribbly lines to anyone else! '> So here is the best I can do...
It has angle iorn for its three legs. It will be three levels tall each level being a peice of sheel metal (from the 96 of course!) for a total of about 3ft. Each level will be a triangular peice with a small round indent area just large enough for a bottle neck to hang from. Each bottle will hang from the peices of sheet metal on all three sides of the stand. I might have just confused you more, I'll definiatly post a pic of the completed project.

Here is a pic of the fledgling bottle collection. Its only about 6 months old. Right now its taking up the window sill in our bedroom, so the sooner I make this stand the better to show off all the bottles! '>

[BrianB]

That sounds like a pretty neat project. Sounds like something I need to build! I have this weird obsession with keeping all of the bottles of soda pop that I consume (which isn't really a whole lot) but none the less I keep them all.

So......Right now I have them sitting in their original 6-pack containers which in turn are sitting in the cardboad case on top of my fridge.

To make a long story short, it would be cool to have an alternative means of storage for the bottles that I want to keep.

Let us know how it turns out!!

P.S. - Tell Josh that If he gets tired of the 55, I'll babysit it for him... :'>