Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: johnieG on August 17, 2005, 09:31:54 pm
Well, I finally got some quality "Soda-Barn" time & repaired the vending circut on my Vendorlator V165-5 /Faygo machine, it's an mid 60's machine, converted to vend 12oz. & 10oz. pull-top steel cans, but it vends aluminium cans just fine, had a total of three defective micro-switches down on the vending rack, one vending soleniod switch for column#1 was cracked in half, & the the other two had the normally open terminal fractured right off at the switch case, for those of you who are blessed with owning one of these machines, the vending circut is daisy-chained through four sets of micro-switches,
(one set for each column) two for the empty switch, one for the vending soleniod, & one more for the vending gate itself. a joy to work on...
This is the same machine I got this past spring, which was left loaded with soda & pushed outside the orignal owners garage to freeze all the soda-cans, which of course burst & then defrosted come spring, creating a lake of soda-sludge
worthy of a sewage treatment plant. thick as a tar-pit & very ripe smelling...well it's squeaky clean now & none the worse for
the abuse, I also had to rewire the light-up with new ballasts & starters..I really like the 70's Red & Blue Faygo logo, & the original 60's Faygo Crest on the sides of the machine, and the round selection buttons.
and of course here are a few pictures...
(one set for each column) two for the empty switch, one for the vending soleniod, & one more for the vending gate itself. a joy to work on...
This is the same machine I got this past spring, which was left loaded with soda & pushed outside the orignal owners garage to freeze all the soda-cans, which of course burst & then defrosted come spring, creating a lake of soda-sludge
worthy of a sewage treatment plant. thick as a tar-pit & very ripe smelling...well it's squeaky clean now & none the worse for
the abuse, I also had to rewire the light-up with new ballasts & starters..I really like the 70's Red & Blue Faygo logo, & the original 60's Faygo Crest on the sides of the machine, and the round selection buttons.
and of course here are a few pictures...
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: johnieG on August 17, 2005, 09:41:07 pm
Coindoor
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: johnieG on August 17, 2005, 09:45:26 pm
and the vending racks.
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: johnieG on August 17, 2005, 09:50:02 pm
Here's the wiring diagram in case anybody needs one for a simular machine. or I can email you a bigger file of course..
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: Creighton on August 18, 2005, 12:15:56 am
WOW!! Very nice job. Sounds like the multi-meter got a work out. Great save!
Creighton
Creighton
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: petey64 on August 18, 2005, 09:13:38 am
very nice indeed great job
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: Bob K on August 18, 2005, 12:04:38 pm
John, that is a great looking machine. Super graphics (especially the sides), and the backlit circular selection pieces are very cool.
That's a squaretop that's got it goin' on!
I have never in my life seen Faygo soda - except on this board.
Bob
That's a squaretop that's got it goin' on!
I have never in my life seen Faygo soda - except on this board.
Bob
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: on August 18, 2005, 12:16:32 pm
Looks good Johnie. Those round selector buttons are cool. 
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: glassbottlesrule on August 18, 2005, 05:12:38 pm
Johnie, the Detroiter in me is very jealous, good looking machine.
Title: Vendorlator v165-5
Post by: BrianB on August 19, 2005, 08:23:48 am
Very 70-ish! I like it, good to see you got it into working condition. Yeah, I can't get over the wiring set-ups in some of these machine.....must be LSD inspired. You just don't need that many switches. I guess it was just cheap that way.