Just think of all the good times people had with and around that machine. The stories it could tell. It's truly a piece of history/ memories. Very neat.
Everything about your channel is amazing. I'm glad I found you. Actually you're my new favorite find on this site. I love your cinematography, I can tell you appreciate film and how it's achieved. Great work, Simon.
There are two main things that keep me coming back to your videos. Firstly, they are extremely well filmed. They may be longer than the algorithm would like, but they never seem long because you make every shot interesting. Secondly, your calm, patient approach to problems. Even in the case of a jukebox, a mechanical nightmare that you have no previous experience with, you are carefully working your way through the various mechanisms learning the way things work as you go. Like other commenters, I would recommend rounding up a service manual (mostly because there will be a lot of adjustments that won't be immediately intuitive) but it's fascinating watching you return the Seeburg to working condition just by using logic and your knowledge of basic mechanisms. I'm so glad that I found your channel and believe me I subscribed almost immediately! I will add my voice to those who want a Part 2 on the Seeburg one day.
As a fellow car guy who also picked up the jukebox hobby, I was greatly entertained as you applied your automotive diagnostic and repair logic to the jukebox mechanism. Well done. As you may have figured out, that vertical spinning shaft at the back right (or left, as you're facing the back) is a transmission of sorts, taking the power from the motor and distributing it for everything at the correct time: moving the mech on the track, spinning the turntable, and operating the record transfer and tonearm linkages. The lube gets completely dried up on that shaft, and you have to disassemble quite a bit to get it out and clean/re-lube it. Working my way through your back-catalog I know you have the requisite skills. Once it's clean I slather it in 3-in-1 electric motor oil, which is similar to the original spec lubricant Seeburg used. It's not the regular 3-in-1 penetrating oil... look for #10045, SAE-20 electric motor oil.
Well done on the resurrection of this machine, I really enjoyed watching this one for personal reasons - my old man was an electronic engineer, his job was to fix bar entertainment machines - Juke boxes, Pinball machines, One arm bandits and so on. As a kid I would sometimes go in the car with him to visit pubs and bars around the county and watch as he did his magic and repaired machines. I was also given lots of parts of machines to play with, old circuit chassis, solenoids, valves (tubes), coin mechanisms and so on, I built fabulous space ships with them. This video brought back many memories of my dad, I wish he were still here to watch you repair this one, he would have loved today's technology but he would have understood the circuitry and components of your Seeburg very well.
Digital is great but you just can't duplicate the sound from the tube amplifier in that ole juke box. The lightning of that thing and a dimly lite environment plus the record selections create and ora that is seldom experienced today. Nice work.
Brilliant work Simon. If you wanted to you could feed a Bluetooth receiver to the input of the amplifier and cast from your phone to the juke box. Those things were as complex mechanically as they were electronically. Well done lad and regards from Ireland as always. Pity the glass is cracked though. I'd like to see a part 2 on this. I spend a lot of my time messing with old CB radio sets and Vintage Hi-Fi.
I'll gladly second everything @MrMurraypants said. Plus, you look like you stepped right out of 1978 - and as a child of the 70s...I can dig it. Discovered you by the old Ford trucks, but found so much more. Keep up the good work. Oh also, LOVED the short films, excellent job.
As you said in the description, changing the caps is a pretty good idea. With the old caps leaking DC, the voltages at the tube pins climb, that's gonna end up costing bass, treble and volume which is probably the reason you had to turn it up Wish we'd get these Seeburgs for a good deal here in Germany too.....
Most record players of that era used an electromagnetic cartridge infrequently replaced and a diamond or sapphire stylus semi frequently replaced. The stylus was meat to be replaced and used some kind of slip in arrangement as I recall. They would wear down over time or the tip would loose it's shape. Those units were bass heavy in a very nice way. Eastern Europeans used to make tubes until recently they may still. An AC hum is prob a cap which would tend to go bad over time.
As a electrical maintenance technician working for a city in the US we have super old infrastructure.. over 100 years old in some cases … 50s and 60s buildings with all sorts of electro mechanical systems. One product I’ve found that helps solve problems is CRC 2-26. Frees up sticky parts dried up grease and provides a good starting point for your troubleshoot and improves electrical properties. I enjoy your camera work and videos.
That's an awesome find. I remember Old jukeboxes like that as a kid being jist about everywhere, from cafe's, pool halls, beer joints etc. Nowadays You almost never see one of any kind, or if You do, it's some electronic thing that just streams stuff. Great vid man, the algo reccomended the newest vid of the Squarebody drive home, and I'm digging everyrhing else. Absolutely brilliant cinematography.
Brilliant viewing, again. Thoroughly enjoying your style and approach to whatever you're working on. It took me back to the days when I was running a Peugeot 604ti. Bootlid off to go and collect something. Not a fab jukebox but a used faulty washing machine. Thanks for all your efforts, top viewing for me from the UK.
Nice pickup, Simon! You're on you way to being a jukebox restorer. The mechanisms in those Seeburg boxes can play over a million selections in their life spans. If you want to go wild, get a service manual and it will give you most of everything you need to know about maintenance and lubrication. Total recapping is not always necessary to get good performance.
I my experience leaking caps will lead to higher anode currents and incorrect working points of tubes, leaving them in is always gonna be or become a problem... Atleast if you're intending daily use
I feel so inadequate after watching this one. I'm like a monkey with a rock when it comes to things electrical. Thus far I've had to settle for a new retro turntable for my 45s. Thanks for always ending with the cat. I was anxious for a moment when I thought you'd replaced it with a horse. 😮
The capacitors underneath the amp chassis are likely pooched. Check each resistor as well for out of tolerance resistance. Deox all the controls and multiwire connectors.
great Video! I'm impressed you got it working, Most of those Songs were from 1985, I was in the Navy, brings up some good memories! I would have bet it was going to be A Capacitor. Love your Videos! keep them coming!
Probably not your type of music, but that was one of my favorite songs when it came out. Before she became too trashy. The blue record was cool. Very nice fix Simon. Part 2 would be fun to watch. That Madonna record sounded like the newest record out of the ones you played..1986
I'm a French guy who love to watch your vids. I'm fond of vintage US cars, barn finds, but it is very difficult and expensive to find some,here in France. What lucky guy you are. Just a question : what is your daily car ? (The one you use to look for the Juke-Box).
Olá tudo bem ? Mim chamo Alexandre o pequeno 😂 sou brasileiro moro no Ceará Fortaleza,rapaz sou seu fã número um viu gosto muito dos seus vídeos , pois adoro mecher com carros , mecânica é meu passa tempo favorito , obrigado por compartilhar , que Deus abençoe sempre sua vida e família tamos juntos 🙏😄
15:36 I’m looking at these panels to think that this is the same kind of technology circuitry from the same era that got the astronauts to the moon. Remember Houston Mission Control with walls and aisles of computer panels like these circuit boards? No software update required here . . . Will somebody get us some blank IBM punchcards?
سایمون عزیز ، بنده دوست دارم صدای موتورهای پر حجم آمریکایی رو بشنوم و سایمونی رو ببینم که میخواد اونا رو به چرخه زندگی برگردونه نه سایمونی که جک سوسماری و آچار و فرز و دستگاه جوش و ... کنار گذاشته و میخواد بشه تعمیر کار لوازم الکترونیکی . هرگز ، هرگز ، هرگز. dislike
Just think of all the good times people had with and around that machine. The stories it could tell. It's truly a piece of history/ memories. Very neat.
Everything about your channel is amazing. I'm glad I found you. Actually you're my new favorite find on this site. I love your cinematography, I can tell you appreciate film and how it's achieved. Great work, Simon.
Thank you very much!
There are two main things that keep me coming back to your videos. Firstly, they are extremely well filmed. They may be longer than the algorithm would like, but they never seem long because you make every shot interesting. Secondly, your calm, patient approach to problems. Even in the case of a jukebox, a mechanical nightmare that you have no previous experience with, you are carefully working your way through the various mechanisms learning the way things work as you go. Like other commenters, I would recommend rounding up a service manual (mostly because there will be a lot of adjustments that won't be immediately intuitive) but it's fascinating watching you return the Seeburg to working condition just by using logic and your knowledge of basic mechanisms. I'm so glad that I found your channel and believe me I subscribed almost immediately! I will add my voice to those who want a Part 2 on the Seeburg one day.
Love the persistence 🎉
As a fellow car guy who also picked up the jukebox hobby, I was greatly entertained as you applied your automotive diagnostic and repair logic to the jukebox mechanism. Well done. As you may have figured out, that vertical spinning shaft at the back right (or left, as you're facing the back) is a transmission of sorts, taking the power from the motor and distributing it for everything at the correct time: moving the mech on the track, spinning the turntable, and operating the record transfer and tonearm linkages. The lube gets completely dried up on that shaft, and you have to disassemble quite a bit to get it out and clean/re-lube it. Working my way through your back-catalog I know you have the requisite skills. Once it's clean I slather it in 3-in-1 electric motor oil, which is similar to the original spec lubricant Seeburg used. It's not the regular 3-in-1 penetrating oil... look for #10045, SAE-20 electric motor oil.
Awesome video. This reminds me of the time I did this same exact thing with my 79 Caddy to go pick up a washing machine before I had a truck.
That's a great picture to imagine.
Well done on the resurrection of this machine, I really enjoyed watching this one for personal reasons - my old man was an electronic engineer, his job was to fix bar entertainment machines - Juke boxes, Pinball machines, One arm bandits and so on. As a kid I would sometimes go in the car with him to visit pubs and bars around the county and watch as he did his magic and repaired machines. I was also given lots of parts of machines to play with, old circuit chassis, solenoids, valves (tubes), coin mechanisms and so on, I built fabulous space ships with them. This video brought back many memories of my dad, I wish he were still here to watch you repair this one, he would have loved today's technology but he would have understood the circuitry and components of your Seeburg very well.
Digital is great but you just can't duplicate the sound from the tube amplifier in that ole juke box. The lightning of that thing and a dimly lite environment plus the record selections create and ora that is seldom experienced today. Nice work.
Thank you
Dude, we were all rooting for you.
Genius, love this channel.
Thanks Simon for keeping the past alive!
Brilliant work Simon. If you wanted to you could feed a Bluetooth receiver to the input of the amplifier and cast from your phone to the juke box. Those things were as complex mechanically as they were electronically. Well done lad and regards from Ireland as always. Pity the glass is cracked though. I'd like to see a part 2 on this. I spend a lot of my time messing with old CB radio sets and Vintage Hi-Fi.
I'll gladly second everything @MrMurraypants said. Plus, you look like you stepped right out of 1978 - and as a child of the 70s...I can dig it. Discovered you by the old Ford trucks, but found so much more. Keep up the good work. Oh also, LOVED the short films, excellent job.
Thank you very much
As you said in the description, changing the caps is a pretty good idea.
With the old caps leaking DC, the voltages at the tube pins climb, that's gonna end up costing bass, treble and volume which is probably the reason you had to turn it up
Wish we'd get these Seeburgs for a good deal here in Germany too.....
You are the best mechanic on UA-cam and fun to watch!
Most record players of that era used an electromagnetic cartridge infrequently replaced and a diamond or sapphire stylus semi frequently replaced. The stylus was meat to be replaced and used some kind of slip in arrangement as I recall. They would wear down over time or the tip would loose it's shape. Those units were bass heavy in a very nice way. Eastern Europeans used to make tubes until recently they may still. An AC hum is prob a cap which would tend to go bad over time.
Yess! Please give us a part 2!
Awesome repair of the Jukebox.
As a electrical maintenance technician working for a city in the US we have super old infrastructure.. over 100 years old in some cases … 50s and 60s buildings with all sorts of electro mechanical systems. One product I’ve found that helps solve problems is CRC 2-26. Frees up sticky parts dried up grease and provides a good starting point for your troubleshoot and improves electrical properties. I enjoy your camera work and videos.
That's an awesome find. I remember Old jukeboxes like that as a kid being jist about everywhere, from cafe's, pool halls, beer joints etc. Nowadays You almost never see one of any kind, or if You do, it's some electronic thing that just streams stuff.
Great vid man, the algo reccomended the newest vid of the Squarebody drive home, and I'm digging everyrhing else. Absolutely brilliant cinematography.
Brilliant viewing, again. Thoroughly enjoying your style and approach to whatever you're working on.
It took me back to the days when I was running a Peugeot 604ti. Bootlid off to go and collect something. Not a fab jukebox but a used faulty washing machine.
Thanks for all your efforts, top viewing for me from the UK.
Nice pickup, Simon! You're on you way to being a jukebox restorer. The mechanisms in those Seeburg boxes can play over a million selections in their life spans. If you want to go wild, get a service manual and it will give you most of everything you need to know about maintenance and lubrication. Total recapping is not always necessary to get good performance.
I my experience leaking caps will lead to higher anode currents and incorrect working points of tubes, leaving them in is always gonna be or become a problem... Atleast if you're intending daily use
Я поражён вашему всестороннему развитию! Починить машину, мотоцикл без проблем. А теперь и музыкальную машину! Это здорово!!!
Ещё раз убеждаюсь что без специального образования это не возможно!
I feel so inadequate after watching this one. I'm like a monkey with a rock when it comes to things electrical. Thus far I've had to settle for a new retro turntable for my 45s. Thanks for always ending with the cat. I was anxious for a moment when I thought you'd replaced it with a horse. 😮
The capacitors underneath the amp chassis are likely pooched. Check each resistor as well for out of tolerance resistance. Deox all the controls and multiwire connectors.
That is so awesome Simon, i wouldnt remember where half the parts go and i would be afraid of getting zapped lol
great Video! I'm impressed you got it working, Most of those Songs were from 1985, I was in the Navy, brings up some good memories! I would have bet it was going to be A Capacitor. Love your Videos! keep them coming!
you are out of control... so talented... can you tell us how you came to know so much with the wonderful work you do?
awesome project...✌️💜🌴🤙
Ну что сказать, золотые руки у парня, талантлив во всем. Наверное не существует такого механизма с которым он не справится. Крутой чувак😎✌️
Way to go man ! Fixed that bad boy !
Recap the amp part and retune bias voltages on tubes will give you trebble and midrange back.
It's awesome how easily this Ford can be turned into a ute
Probably not your type of music, but that was one of my favorite songs when it came out. Before she became too trashy. The blue record was cool. Very nice fix Simon.
Part 2 would be fun to watch. That Madonna record sounded like the newest record out of the ones you played..1986
Excellent film work and content. Loving your channel! You need to be sponsored by Ryobi! 👍🏻😅
Beautiful thing
That thing is kick ass! Nice find man!!
I'm a French guy who love to watch your vids. I'm fond of vintage US cars, barn finds, but it is very difficult and expensive to find some,here in France. What lucky guy you are. Just a question : what is your daily car ? (The one you use to look for the Juke-Box).
That's my 1965 Ford Custom 500
Beautiful!
Olá tudo bem ? Mim chamo Alexandre o pequeno 😂 sou brasileiro moro no Ceará Fortaleza,rapaz sou seu fã número um viu gosto muito dos seus vídeos , pois adoro mecher com carros , mecânica é meu passa tempo favorito , obrigado por compartilhar , que Deus abençoe sempre sua vida e família tamos juntos 🙏😄
15:05 I was thinking we finally get to see his bench. Nope. Dining table. 👍
that Johnny Cash 45 I also have in my jukebox a 70-s Ami200
😂👍🏻✊🏻🤝🏻привет из России! Отличная работа!
very cool simon good job
Btw,..you’re a genius!
good job
You have a schematic on the side of the door you might need a tube tester, i have a nice hickok tester i dont use anymore
Nice '65 Ford Galaxie (?) too
The car is a Custom; the difference is the tail-lights. The Custom has wide lenses, whereas the Galaxie has narrow tail-light lenses.
Replace all the old wax and paper and foil caps with new electrolytic caps and it might surprise you.
Excellent.
Need some Ozzy in that Box!!
I wish I had money and time to restore and repair things.
Parts nowadays are just engineered to fail or price gouged.
You're a rockstar! Swap them neons for LEDs and load that baby up with some good old classic Rock and metal 🤘 . Simon you're a inspiration for many!!!
amazing
As I remember you have to push the alpha and numeric at the same time, not one then the other
Que incrível!!!
Maravilloso 😊👍👍👍
Ламповая вещь )
25:10 Ah, ok now I see what was wrong: you needed a new “flux capacitor . . . “
Thats a nice cat
6:37 solid
охренеть, он ламповый😳
Хозяин канала тоже ламповый. Как будто вылез из машины времени, из 70-х.
super sick
How to tell the truck's broke down: 00:45 car trunk's coming off.
Now im want a Jukebox bro XD
get some deoxit spray and clean the electrical terminals.
I used some similar electronic safe spray and hit most of them.
The jukebox hero😂u have one thing i domt posess patience
15:36 I’m looking at these panels to think that this is the same kind of technology circuitry from the same era that got the astronauts to the moon. Remember Houston Mission Control with walls and aisles of computer panels like these circuit boards? No software update required here . . . Will somebody get us some blank IBM punchcards?
🤩
It's a car that identifies as a truck!
now that you have a working Jukebox, you don't need to have Daft Punk playing at your house.
Вravo!!!!!!💪💪💪5
4:37 WD-40, and a skilled locksmith could’ve made this process a lot less destructive.
It hurts me to see a lock get drilled open.
😁👍👍
Definitely as complicated as the liner module lol complex electrical and mechanical
I wonder if there's any Zeppelin in that jukebox
This thing didn’t happen to come with any Gunna records did it? Haha joking 😂 good video
LMAO.
Привіт! В тебе дуже круті відео! Особливо мені подобаються про авто та мототехніку. На яку камеру ти знімаеш?
fun
Amazing how you bring back a machine that plays 45 s
Grüße aus dem Saarland. Aale reagieren auf die Algorithmen des Algorithmus.
Just like candy shop I worked in kids everyday came in to play the jukebox
Simón saludos .Esa rocosa no la vendas déjala para tu casa.
38:11 kitty
15:14 is where I bail
if you have to ! ask franlab for some help
You should’ve hit G7.
i think youre tweeter is blown , everything sounds muffeld
メカニカルでときめくね
سایمون عزیز ، بنده دوست دارم صدای موتورهای پر حجم آمریکایی رو بشنوم و سایمونی رو ببینم که میخواد اونا رو به چرخه زندگی برگردونه نه سایمونی که جک سوسماری و آچار و فرز و دستگاه جوش و ... کنار گذاشته و میخواد بشه تعمیر کار لوازم الکترونیکی . هرگز ، هرگز ، هرگز. dislike
Yess ! Please give us a part 2 !