New to the forums and new to pop machines

[Pinballnut]

Hello,

I've been looking for a small machine for a while now. Ran an ad in CL and got a hit on a vendo 56-7. Turns out I know the guy that had it, He just bought it and it was smaller than he was expecting. Turns out he's a fellow pinball collector I know. I ended up trading him some score displays he was looking for,Which I salvaged out of a free machine.

Going to have a ton of questions coming your way about this thing.  I plugged it in for a quick assessment once I got it home. Tomorrow will be a good scrub down and further assessment.

What I know so far........

The good:
~Everything seems to work as it should.

~Drilled the lock n opened the door. ( NO KEY )

~Did a quick n dirty clean on the coin mech. then checked it out. Didn't want to accept quarters for some reason, after several attempts I figured out that I needed to load it with a reserve of nickels before it would work... DOH!!!!!!!!  Set the price of 5 cents.

~ Inside of machine, from what I can tell, looks like it's in great shape. I'll post pics once camera is charged. I'd like honest feedback ! ! ! 

~ All the racks are present

~ Definitely cools.  Does this have an adjustable thermostat? If so where's it located? If it does I'd like to run it for a while on a setting that's not the coolest.

~ No Dents


The Bad:

~ Marquee is metal.  Are the back glasses relatively easy to find for these?  Is the light harness readily available?

~ Someone, in it's past life, painted part of the front door black. Hopefully, I'll be successful in removing it.

~ It's got a can stack  vs. a bottle stack.


That's about all I can tell so far. I think my camera battery might have enough charge now to take a few pics. If it does I'll post some. Again, Please be honest on what it needs/should be done.





Dave

[collecture]

Welcome Dave!
T-stat should be mounted on the evap inside the machine - goes from off to coldest

[tkaz]

Glad you were able to find something somewhat nearby, that's a great starter machine.  The light marquee isn't reproduced, but they aren't too hard to come by via members on this site, I'll let you know if I come across one.  Looks like a good straight machine from the ebay listing in your other post, I'd think the repainting should be pretty easy and it'll look sharp when its done...weren't you looking for a can stack though?

[Pinballnut]

tkaz-I was until I brought this home and figured out it only holds 49 cans... LOL   Guess that means there's a bottle machine out there in near future for me.   Only had to drive 10min. to get it.

Thanks for the info Collecture. One more newb question.. Which direction is off? clockwise or counterclockwise?

  
After taking a few shots it brought up a few more dumb questions. I know the door side should be white( I think ) What other colors are off?
I also noticed the bottle cap catcher isn't mounted. Going to have to look into how that mounts tomorrow after the scrub down.  All in all, I guess I can't complain about it because I've basically got zero dollars into it.


Here's a couple of quick and dirty pics of it.

[halehouse]

That's really not bad looking. The inside looks clean. I don't think it's such a bad thing to have a can stack.

[RC kid]

That is a really cool machine. And I love the fact that it holds cans, which are much cheaper to buy. I would say that's an excellent machine to place out on the back patio for family and friends to use.

[johnieG]

Nice machine! the can stack is very practical especially if you have little kids, ( no broken glass bottles) plus I've notice that can vendors are usually an easier "sell" to the little woman ( if one happens to be involved) .

Later, if you like, it's easy enough to covert it to a bottle stack down the road.

[collecture]

One more newb question.. Which direction is off? clockwise or counterclockwise?

I think counterclockwise is off.
You should hear a faint click or feel a little resistence when it clicks off. There also should be a little bump in the mounting plate as an indicater. Just turn it all the way counterclockwise and plug it in - if the compressor and condenser fan start up, then turn it the other direction.
The fan inside the cabinet runs 24/7 when power is supplied to the machine - only the compressor and lower (condenser) fan are controlled by the T-stat.

[MoonDawg]

        The thermostat is located just below your bottom shelf and does not have a dial. You need a screwdriver to set the dial.

[Kilroy]

Needs wood grain...