Vendo 56

[Kevin C]

hello

Here is a picture of my current project.

Kevin

I like it!
How much work are you gonna have to do on it?

[Kevin C]

Hello

It appears that the cooling system is not operating but I will be able to better evaluate this problem when I get another garage pass to play with my toys. I am hope one night this week to  take it apart.

The paint is rusted pretty good on the top between the door & case. It appears that it may not have been closing properly and started to sweat. The bottle door appears to have swollen and does not close properly. This is a solid door with the red coke caps unlike my other machines with the glass doors. Anyone have any ideas on the is swollen door issue?

I plan on keeping this machine due to its different style & paint but I am always looking for a new project.

Kevin

I love the whole "garage pass" thing. That's great, I'd never thought of it that way. '> I usually wait until the whole family goes to bed, then I stay up very late tinkering with my "toys".

[Jim]

Kevin,

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The bottle door appears to have swollen and does not close properly.

Please be more descriptive as the door frames are made from metal and aren't really prone to "swelling"... Perhaps the screws that fasten the hindge to the bottle door have loosened causing the door to not seal properly... Or the hindge could be bent from someone applying to much pressure to the bottle door in a backward direction...

Just a couple of suggestions... '>

[Kevin C]

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Here is a picture of the backside of the door. It appears to be covered with a gray plastic but it could be gray sheet metal.  In the picture you can see the bulge in the gray backing down towards the bottom third of the door.  You can see that there are no screws in the door frame to allow for taking this door apart.  

I made the picture a little larger.

Kevin

[Kevin C]

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Here is another picture of the swollen coke door.  The backside does appear to have a plastic cover.

Kevin

[Kevin C]

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Missed adding the picture.

Kevin

[Kevin C]

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Here is a picture of the top of the coke door.

Kevin

[Kevin C]

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I also removed the refrigeration unit from the Vendo 56 tonight. I did get a nice surprise & figured out that I have an electrical problem with the refrigeration system and not a freon leak. When I plug in the main electrical cord only the upper evaporator fan motor would come on. When I plugged the compressor plug into an extension cord the compressor & the lower coil fan motor came on & started to cool.  Started to cool by icing up the upper evaporator coil.  So I will order a new wiring harness tomorrow while at work plus I will pick up two new fan motors and thermostat.

You can see the frost in the picture.

Does anyone want these two operational fan motors? Let me know.

Kevin