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Title: Vendorlator VF-165 repairs Post by: scalebowler on July 11, 2010, 10:46:26 pm I finally got a chance to get my machine taken appart for some repairs. It looks like I will be needing some more POR-15 though. She has lots of rust under the liner but that is no big deal. I mean it ran great at school with all that rust so putting POR-15 over it can't make it any worse. I also got the refrigeration system out and I found some neat stuff. Other than the huge pile of bug parts, dirt and fuz I found 4 old matchbooks 3 ok ones and one that was in really sad shape. The really neat thing is that they are from the gas station that origionally owned my machine! I am really excited it tells where the machine was and what the name of the station was. I thought the origional location was going to be a mystery that was never going to be solved. They were underneath the compressor deck. I also found a pull tab inside the machine but other than that it was mostly dirt in there. I am really excited about it. The place is not in business anymore but I am going to call the place I think now owns the old building and ask them about it. Might be kind of fun if they remember the thing. :biggrin:
Also the matchbook says Hilltop Service and Cafe Phone 263-9275 Union, Nebr. and it has an Amoco logo on the top Matchbook (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1168.jpg) (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1164.jpg) Stuff I found (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1163.jpg) Parts all over the garage (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1160.jpg) (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1159.jpg) (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1158.jpg) (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1162.jpg) Rust (http://i515.photobucket.com/albums/t357/ScaleBowler/DSCF1161.jpg) Title: Re: Vendorlator VF-165 repairs Post by: scalebowler on July 11, 2010, 11:52:50 pm I think this is what the place looks like today. It is their only service station in town from what I could find on the internet and the building off to the right side looks big enough to have held a cafe at one time. I'm going to give them a call tomorrow and see what they say. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=110+main+street+union,+nebraska&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=110+Main+St,+Union,+Cass,+Nebraska+68455&gl=us&ei=D586TP7AHYGdlge-5OzUBw&ved=0CBcQ8gEwAA&ll=40.817414,-95.922618&spn=0,0.021093&z=16&layer=c&cbll=40.813255,-95.922032&panoid=33xzHGsXDYDKxZdcIZ4RcA&cbp=12,30.71,,0,2.8
Title: Re: Vendorlator VF-165 repairs Post by: scalebowler on July 13, 2010, 11:20:59 pm Well I got the insulation pulled out and thrown away and the insides cleaned out. There is still some dirt and junk inside the compressor area I could not get out but I really don't care that much. I do have to fix some rust though. Looks like when the liner got a hole in it the water rusted the underside too. Found a few holes in there and may need some more POR-15. I love it when the simple little "I just have to fix the rust" projects turn into a wow there is more that needs to be done than I thought :glare:
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