USS-8-64 Door Light Question

[tkaz]

The best method I have found is to take a flathead screwdriver, put the tip at a slight angle to the metal end of the bulb, and give it a few light taps at the end of the screwdriver.  Usually it is just enough to get the bulb to spin and release from the socket. 

Another option might be to wrap some electrical tape around the tips of needlenose pliers for grip, then grab the top of the bulb and try to spin it.

[mznb1u]

tkaz--thanks for the tip!  That tapping it with the screwdriver was enough to get the bulb to spin enough where I could get it out.  They couldn't have made the fixture opening just 1/4" wider???  The guys who serviced these machines must have had small hands.

We have light in both the sign and the vending door which makes it even more obvious that the machine needs a good cleaning!

  Tim

[JDAugie]

Hi,
     I just got my first machine, a USS-8-64 and the first thing I'm fixing are the lights.  Glad to see you got yours working.  My machine doesn't have the glass/plexi cover for the selection door light.  I see that you said yours was plexi.  Is it clear or white?  I want to get a piece to replace the missing one. Does anyone know if plexi is the original material or was glass used.  Also I'm missing the clips, top & bottom.  Anybody got a spare set.  Or a good picture of them so I can fabricate something.  Thanks for any info.

[mznb1u]

I had to bow the plexi-glass to get it out of the fixture so if there are machines that had glass there it would have had to be a different set up.  My machine is all original from the early 70's and the material is clear plexiglass.  Find someone with small fingers to help and the job will go quicker.  And use the "tap it with a screwdriver tip" because it works!

  Tim

[JDAugie]

Thanks so Much. That's a help. Mine is early 70's too.  I just put up a new topic with some pics if you're interested.  Thanks again.

John

[rayg]

My USS-96 (a 1973 model)the big brother to the USS-64, uses a two piece glass system to cover the light fixture. Where the glass meets both piece have a plastic edge guard. To hold them in there is a metal clip. The clip has two screws one under the delivery door gasket and the other on the inside of the delivery door frame.  It's a pain to swap the bulb without some else  holding  the door.

[JDAugie]

Thanks,  when I got the machine, the top bulb socket was broken and needed to be replaced.  After I got that replaced, getting the new bulb in was a pain. I see from reading a number of posts on this site that that is a common problem.  I just thought I had an oversized bulb. Finally got it in.  If you have a pic of the clips that would help.  I think the plexi will stay in with out the clips, but I'm just trying to restore as much as possible.

John