I'm overhauling a Vendo V475 soft drink machine. I've downloaded a manual, but it's old and cryptic, and the wisdom of experienced folks at this forum would make life way easier!
1. Info on the motors is hard to come by. Does someone know if there were newer, improved motor models for this machine since it was manufactured 25 years ago? If so, what part numbers might I look for (for assemblies)?
2. Ditto for the coin mech. Currently it has a very old Coinco that appears to malfunction. The mechs recommended in the manual are understandably as old as the manual itself, but I'm aware that the coin mech companies are still in business. Does anyone know if there were newer models that work in the V475?
3. I can't find this in the manual either: The compartments that hold soft drinks each have a trigger to activate out-of-stock mode. I haven't measured, but it looks as though it needs to have a half-dozen rows of product stacked up in there to reach the trigger, meaning that out-of-stock status will actually kick in when there's plenty of stock. Am I right about this?
4. Do the shafts for the bail buckets or the crank ever need lubricating? Seems to me that after decades of service they must be pretty dry.
If someone has knowledge of this machine, I'd sure be grateful for a bit of it.
guswah,
OK, in order:
1. Stick with the motors you have if they work, if they are broke replace with the same ones, they were designed to work with your machine.
2. The Vendo 475 was a single-price machine and any single-price 117v changer should work fine in it. I would recommend a Coinco 3340s coin mech.
3. Yes you need 2 layers high (plus those in the delivery mech) to turn the sold out switch off.
4. I have never lubricated a shaft, the gear boxes sometimes need to be re-lubed if they get froze up with corrosion (or to help prevent that happening).
Hope this helps,
daryl.
Thanks, Daryl, very much.