Large coin mech (non change giver)

[TheGarbageHunter]

Yes, if I slightly move up the dime finger it will vend.Or in other words crank down all the way.

[TheGarbageHunter]

Any more ideas guys, all the help has been great. I am almost there, just need to resolve the dime issue.   '>

[MoonDawg]

Quote (1refrescofan @ Mar. 05 2006,9:19)

if I slightly move up the dime finger it will vend.

Then use a coil spring to hold it in this position

[TheGarbageHunter]

If I use a coil spring to hold it in this postition, the coin mech will vend for free. I'm trying to get it to work on both dimes and nickles.

[collecture]

I'll try to measure my dime finger - maybe somewhere along the line somebody ground down the dime finger so it would not work with dimes (unlikely, but I have seen some  '> things done to these machines). The other thing you could do is make it a nickel machine. Take a nickel and mount a post or roll pin in the center of it - place it in the left hand side of the nickel slot (closest to the finger) with the post sticking out in the little cutout in front of the nickel slot. The post keeps the nickel from falling and there is enough play in the cutout that unless another nickel is behind it, it will not vend. When a second nickel is in, it will fall to the coin box and vend. Nickel Cokes taste better anyway! All my machines are nickel machines.

[TheGarbageHunter]

Thanks for not giving up on my problem, making it a nickle machine sounds like a good idea. I think you are correct, someone probably did file down the dime arm, since other than this it works just fine. I will measure it and take a close look at it when you send me the measurments, so I can compare the two. I did contact sodajerkworks, steve does an awsome job restoring these things, had one done and it came back Cheeerryyy!! This mech is not cheap to restore, it will cost approx 2x the amount I paid to restore the one I have in my vendo 81. With the new measurments may be I can go to a machine shop and have this bracket made.
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[collecture]

Sorry fresco, time got away from me today. I'll get a measurement to you as soon as I can - hopefully tonight. If you are going to be paying Steve to restore it, why would you have a machine shop fab a part?

[collecture]

Fresco,
Sorry, it will have to be tomorrow. I moved the machine with the mech over near our bedroom on the porch. The wife zonked out early tonight and I don't want to wake her clanging around outside the door. Just a thought though - can you still read the stamps on the side of the mech. Mine is a 5545-2A and also has a stamp that says "This unit set for 10cent operation" and still another number 31, which I have no idea what that stood for except possibly inspected by 31. Was wondering if yours might say "This unit set for 5 cent operation and the 5 cent coin slide filler is just missing. I don't even know if they set large door mechs to 5 cents and, if they did, why they would bother putting the dime finger in. I imagine they did produce a 5 cent version, but it would be odd in a 1957 V56 as the price of a Coke had gone up by 1957. Anyway, it was just a thought! I'll check the dime finger length tomorrow for you.

[collecture]

Fresco,
I have attached a picture of mine with the fingers up. Kind of hard to get an exact measurement inside the mech, but it looks to be 2 15/16" inches long. The tip is also rounded as you can see. Does your mech have any stampings still legible?

[MoonDawg]

There is a spring here....which is not on Fresco's mech