Excellent video. Word of advice if you still have this machine... Replace every capacitor in the amplifier. If you don't, you will likely run into problems with the tubes red plating and destroying themselves. It also won't ever be as loud or nice sounding as it could be with fresh capacitors. This one is worth putting the effort in. As for your soldering, don't try to heat the solder with your iron, instead heat the work area you're trying to get solder to stick to first, then ease the solder onto the work area after it's hot. Keep your iron tip clean and apply a tad of solder to the iron tip before heating the work. Work on this skill a bit and there's no reason you couldn't be restoring these on the side with your mechanical aptitude. Really enjoy the videos. Keep it up!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.....
Pinball guy here. I love these machines. Treasures if our past with tons of ingenuity. Thanks for taking care of this relic. So sad for the broken glass but at least it stays in place.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. 😮
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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?
This jukebox is certainly from 1961 or 1962. In January 1961 RCA Victor announced a new record format - the Compact 33. This was a 7 inch record, like a 45, but had the small, LP style center spindle hole. The format was supposed to replace the 45, but was a complete flop. RCA had discontinued the project by September 1962. I once went to an auction with a Compact 33 jukebox and nobody knew what they were. I wasn't aware that the machines could be converted over to 45 rpm singles but it makes perfect sense.
Sounds like a couple speakers are not firing - no high frequencies - I doubt thats just old gear talkin'. Look for some tweeters under there somewhere!
![Someone paid an equivalent of $2000 for this in 1914 [Restoration]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rw_8FWJuSho/mqdefault.jpg)
Excellent video. Word of advice if you still have this machine... Replace every capacitor in the amplifier. If you don't, you will likely run into problems with the tubes red plating and destroying themselves. It also won't ever be as loud or nice sounding as it could be with fresh capacitors. This one is worth putting the effort in. As for your soldering, don't try to heat the solder with your iron, instead heat the work area you're trying to get solder to stick to first, then ease the solder onto the work area after it's hot. Keep your iron tip clean and apply a tad of solder to the iron tip before heating the work. Work on this skill a bit and there's no reason you couldn't be restoring these on the side with your mechanical aptitude. Really enjoy the videos. Keep it up!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.....
It's official, you can fix anything! Love watching your videos, man. Your reasoning skills are truly amazing.
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.
Pinball guy here. I love these machines. Treasures if our past with tons of ingenuity. Thanks for taking care of this relic. So sad for the broken glass but at least it stays in place.
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
Genius, love this channel.
Thanks Simon for keeping the past alive!
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.
Man, those shots and sequences! The lightning is perfect. It’s like I’m there. I can smell the electrical conector spray and the glass cleaner
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.
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
Love the persistence 🎉
Dude, we were all rooting for you.
You are the best mechanic on UA-cam and fun to watch!
Yess! Please give us a part 2!
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.
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
That was absolutely compelling.
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. 😮
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.
This is a common rule for Electronic older than 20years : you can start by changing all capacitifs. It's a component which doesn't support to get old.
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.
Awesome repair of the Jukebox.
Way to go man ! Fixed that bad boy !
Wao, you made it, what an extraordinary machine. Must keeping it alive
That is so awesome Simon, i wouldnt remember where half the parts go and i would be afraid of getting zapped lol
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.
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!
Simon's selection of 45's for the Seeburg are from the '60s -- as classic & classy as he is.
@@carolgreen7266 Crocodile Rock is from the early 70s, the other songs were 60s.
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...✌️💜🌴🤙
Excellent film work and content. Loving your channel! You need to be sponsored by Ryobi! 👍🏻😅
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.
Just so you know, the 6973 power tubes in this model are getting hard to find and are valuable. The 12ax7 preamp tubes are nice ones too.
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!
Great job, great music! 👍🫡✌️
That thing is kick ass! Nice find man!!
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
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!!!
Ну что сказать, золотые руки у парня, талантлив во всем. Наверное не существует такого механизма с которым он не справится. Крутой чувак😎✌️
Parabéns pelo seu trabalho 👏
tenacious and industrious and videolicious
Una reliquia!! 👌👌👌
15:05 I was thinking we finally get to see his bench. Nope. Dining table. 👍
Вітаю, це просто фантастика дякую за відео.
Recap the amp part and retune bias voltages on tubes will give you trebble and midrange back.
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
very cool simon good job
Great work! I think you next project - it is the rocket to the moon!)
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 🙏😄
It's awesome how easily this Ford can be turned into a ute
How to tell the truck's broke down: 00:45 car trunk's coming off.
Btw,..you’re a genius!
You are outstanding. I dont think that is someting You can”t reoair 🥰👍🇸🇪🇺🇸
Beautiful thing
😂👍🏻✊🏻🤝🏻привет из России! Отличная работа!
Need some Ozzy in that Box!!
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.
Beautiful!
that Johnny Cash 45 I also have in my jukebox a 70-s Ami200
25:10 Ah, ok now I see what was wrong: you needed a new “flux capacitor . . . “
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
good job
great video thanks
This is interesting AF. TY.
The jukebox hero😂u have one thing i domt posess patience
Maravilloso 😊👍👍👍
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?
Excellent.
Impressive! Is there anything you can't fix?
What is the one he uses to pick the machine?
Replace all the old wax and paper and foil caps with new electrolytic caps and it might surprise you.
I wish I had money and time to restore and repair things.
Parts nowadays are just engineered to fail or price gouged.
6:37 solid
Ни с чем несравнимый звук старых пластинок....жаль, что не дал послушать😊!👍
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.
Love this
now that you have a working Jukebox, you don't need to have Daft Punk playing at your house.
Neat video. Do you know why it uses 45 singles but says 33 1/3 ? Just curious 👽
This jukebox is certainly from 1961 or 1962. In January 1961 RCA Victor announced a new record format - the Compact 33. This was a 7 inch record, like a 45, but had the small, LP style center spindle hole. The format was supposed to replace the 45, but was a complete flop. RCA had discontinued the project by September 1962. I once went to an auction with a Compact 33 jukebox and nobody knew what they were. I wasn't aware that the machines could be converted over to 45 rpm singles but it makes perfect sense.
Temporary Ranchero ©️ 👍🇨🇦
Que incrível!!!
Привіт! В тебе дуже круті відео! Особливо мені подобаються про авто та мототехніку. На яку камеру ти знімаеш?
As I remember you have to push the alpha and numeric at the same time, not one then the other
Now im want a Jukebox bro XD
This thing didn’t happen to come with any Gunna records did it? Haha joking 😂 good video
LMAO.
get some deoxit spray and clean the electrical terminals.
I used some similar electronic safe spray and hit most of them.
Thats a nice cat
amazing
super sick
Ламповая вещь )
охренеть, он ламповый😳
Хозяин канала тоже ламповый. Как будто вылез из машины времени, из 70-х.
Вravo!!!!!!💪💪💪5
Sounds like a couple speakers are not firing - no high frequencies - I doubt thats just old gear talkin'. Look for some tweeters under there somewhere!
I wonder if there's any Zeppelin in that jukebox
38:11 kitty
It's a car that identifies as a truck!
Definitely as complicated as the liner module lol complex electrical and mechanical
😮😮👍👍👍👍👍👍