"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote in message
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What did you have to do? Did it perform well?

I had to repair two corroded spots in the line on the hot side of the
compressor, evacuate and re-charge the system, clean and bead-blast
almost all of the mechanics, including the inside faces of the coin
rejector flap, lube everything, and fix a worn latch plate.

That was back in the day when R12 was over-the-counter. Nowadays, you'd
have a choice of doing the repairs then having a pro re-charge it, or
perhaps converting it to propane. Except for flushing and replacing the
oil charge with a compatible lubricant, there's not much to that. There
wasn't anything unique about the compressor, and the system was a simple
capillary tube type, except that the whole system was a bit over-sized to
accommodate heat gain from sitting out in the sun all day. On cool days,
duty cycle was very short, which is frowned upon today -- matching the
compressor accurately to cooling load is considered "green". I guess in
the 50s when that thing was made it was, "whatever's enough, plus some."

Getting the exterior back to snuff was more difficult, requiring a good
deal of "body work" to fix pits, dents, and general rust around the
gasket line of the door.

Oh... and it only accepted the little 7oz (6oz??) glass bottles.

But it worked great. It even had a built-in water cooler/fountain.
Didn't make change, almost always accepted coins properly.

Earlier, I had said it was a "nickel" machine. It was a ten cent machine
that accepted one dime or two nickels.

I originally got it for free for the hauling from a church that wanted it
out of their basement.

LLoyd

They were 6 oz bottles. 7UP was named as an advertizing thing because they
gave you 7 oz. Trivia mode off. I might be better to get a compressor out
of a more modern refrigerator to get a little better greeness. ;)