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Title: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: davethebirdman on February 16, 2009, 01:17:55 pm Hey John, That machine you sent me over must have been pregnant or maybe the stoner got at it.... Today I came down and found this U sellect sitting there looking at me... Well not quite... But after a six hour round trip I found myself a U Sellect... Its a bit battered and bruised as it spent a bit of its life being abused in an American Theme Bar... Have just literally got it in and I can't figure out how to start taking it to bits... It looks complete but has had the front door bangoed at some time... Want to a nice restore on this so will need lots of advice on striping down etc and colour scheme as well.... Dave Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: Kilroy on February 16, 2009, 01:39:27 pm I've got nothing to offer, other than if I ever make ito ver to the UK ( and we have offices there) I need to visit your game room.
Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: davethebirdman on February 16, 2009, 01:41:10 pm You would be more than welocme.... More than welcome.. Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: bubba on February 16, 2009, 02:42:47 pm Nice machine Dave.. I think my machines must be taking birth control pills cause there have been no new additions in a while.. :down:
With mine, the front chute just lifts off.. maybe with a tap of a mallot.. If you open the front door, There should be a release lever inside which will remove the back panel. Thats about as far as I got with my machine.. Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: davethebirdman on February 16, 2009, 02:47:08 pm Any idea where that release lever is... I have managed to get the front door open...
Cheers Dave Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: SIGNGUY on February 16, 2009, 03:19:46 pm Great looking machine Dave, I actually LOVE That original Color,, kind of a Burnt Orange? it looks like... very cool, I'd love to do up a machine in that color scheme.
Also, glad you got the other one I sent, and yes,,, I'm guilty I planted little "Vending Machine Eggs" inside the other machine and figured they'd hatch while in transit... ta da... !!! I've restored 2 of them so far and think I have it down so will be glad to help.. First off, you said you got the main door open? good... the lever to release the back side is located right in front of the coin mech, See first photo.. just lift , pull out and up toward you, and that will realease the lock that holds the back on .. once released the back will slide off. next is to get the taper pins out of the shafts that hold the selector knob and the chrome crank down lever, this will be the trickiest part, and will take some patience, a long tool to push it out and your favorite swear words... but should come out.. once those are removed, a few small screws and the whole mech should slide out. The front chute, as bubba said, should just slide up and off with a little pressure, or small tap with mallet... Please ask more questions if you have them and I'll try to help. I'd love a real large photo of that machine to show that color to my painter... I think I want to do a stoner jr in that color... you can email that to me... largest you can get. Thanks John john@popmachineshop.com Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: davethebirdman on February 16, 2009, 04:20:05 pm John Just about to go to bed now... Have managed to get the back door off after taking a hammer to the lever... Tomorrow will get that picture for you... I have lots of questions... I think mine might be incomplete because I just can't see where the coin box is... The shutes just sort of end midway down and the money falls to the floor... I think... The product door has also been shut up.. This must have been to stop prying hands in the Bar.... Coins just fall through the coin mech... Will know more when I can get the vending mech out... Not too sure if this was the orignal colour either as there seems to be a blue breaking through.... Mine is nowhere near as clean as your picture above.... After work tomorrow I'll get back to it... Providing Mrs B doesn't put her foot down.... Dave Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: davethebirdman on April 08, 2009, 03:15:42 am Hi Guys thought I'd share a picture of the U Select... Its now finished. Just need a new lock and instruction plate. Had decal made up for the time being and it doesn't look too bad. Certainly no one this end of the world would know the difference.. The colour scheme was not mine. I had apparantly told my five year old she could choose the colour of the next machine and she never forgot... Its growing on me though... Dave Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: loman4ec on April 08, 2009, 04:17:42 am Looks great! I like the pink color. It looks good. It should be a pepto Bismal machine :)
Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: BrianB on April 08, 2009, 05:09:04 am The machine looks awesome Dave. You're daughter will never forget that you let her pick, a great investment! :biggrin:
Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: mznb1u on April 08, 2009, 06:09:49 am Great looking machine. Nice job on the resto!
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: I found this in my gamesroom this morning..... Post by: SIGNGUY on April 08, 2009, 08:18:24 am Very cool Dave,,, yeah that Pink doesn't look to bad? maybe a little extra darker pink pin striping could really make it stand out? but looks good the way it is too.
I've talked with some other guys who restore these about locks and instruction plates, etc... No-One has found a replacement lock that will work in the existing locking bar mechanism the way it is set up... most guys from what I saw in Chicago, just take the locking bar out and put in a regular old "latch" style or "Cabinet" style lock, which I guess works just fine as I'm sure your not putting it out for the public to get candy out of and afraid of someone breaking into it? so that should work just fine.. as far as the instruction plate.. Jim from Northland Restoration has had some created,, they are screen printed on a Foil Type material, alot like a price Foil Cal for a soda machine,, they look like metal but are a thicker style decal... again from 3feet back, they look great and what he does is still screw in tiny screws in the corners to give it the look that is's held in by screws.. He can be contacted through his website at www.northlandjukeboxs.com |