The high side lines were often steel. A bit more trouble to
service, compared to copper.

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"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote
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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