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As I mentioned earlier in this thread we used to rob these machines starting at the bottom and working your way up opening the doors. If you weren't careful you could get bit. Not being in a position to sue we just considered it the price of doing business!
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I still want to confirm that once the door is rebuilt.
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So it only took something like two years but finally I can retire the blue strap that's holding the door shut on the Pepsi machine.
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7869.jpg Someone was selling full latch sets on Bonanza for $45USD which was half what I last saw anyone selling even partial sets for. In the end though after currency conversion and shipping I ended up paying around $100CAD for the damn thing, which in reality all I was after was the damn steel latch cam. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7870.jpg However as it turned out I would need the whole assembly anyways. The first thing I discovered when I installed the cam was that the T-groove on the inside of the machine did not fit the cam. Vendo had more than one type of cam it seems..... http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7871.jpg http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7872.jpg Deciding not to start cutting up the brand new cam I instead messed with the T-groove bracket as it was a thinner metal that I could flex and move about a little on its mounts. I was able to get the door to close and tightly latch, however in the process the latch jammed in the locked position....... So I guess it was a good thing after all that I got a complete second latch set because I ended up completely destroying the original latch in order to get back into the machine. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7874.jpg Eventually I decided the best way to make this work was to cut one half of the T-groove off and bolt the bracket as far inwards as it could go. Now the door will close and tightly latch without the possibility of jamming and I can still open and close it. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...t/CGS_7873.jpg |
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