I picked up this awesome Pepsi machine for free a couple days ago. It said it works great, and I've used it in and it gets cold so I'm on the right track.


One problem I've found is that the coins just fall straight through to the coin return. Everything inside is plugged in, the coin unit has power (it was full of coins and they all spit out when I pushed the buttons), and it's not set to free vend (yet).


I plan on setting it to free vend, so I'm not too concerned about it,but at the same time I'd like it to work properly if I ever want to set it pack to pay vend. Does anyone know anything about these machines, and how I could get the coins to stop falling through?

Kicking it might work

Disregard, I got it figured out. If it's empty, it automatically returns all the coins. If I hold down the empty switch in one of the slots, it works. And I already set it to free vend and confirmed that it all works.

Does it shake up your beer to bad vending it?

I fixed a dollar bill acceptor on a machine like that a few years ago at my firehouse. It was rejecting any bills except very crisp new ones. The problem was the tiny 'nip point' belts that drew the bills in were worn and the bills would hesitate just the slightest causing the fake bill photoeye to reject the bill and return it to you. Spent about $12 on new belts and about an hour of my time to fix it.

Sounds almost like a similar problem with your machine with coins. They are being rejected. The coin acceptor looks for fake coins. One thing it has is a magnet and any ferrous metal slugs will get rejected. Under/oversize things get rejected too.

I have very little experience dealing with soda machines but was able to fix the one I did by watching YouTube videos. I became a hero at the firehouse for fixing the machine as it was rejecting bills for years.

Check out YouTube for info and a possible fix. Worked for me. There is also rebuilt coin acceptors available online too , but can get a tad spendy at $150-$300 and up.

If you have more problems with it I think Drifter is the go-to guy on vending machines

Most important quote of the day to remember.

The beer goes in the slot were the button is marked ' Out of order '
Seen a few machines set up like that

Great find!

Had to see what a "pop machine" was.

Pepsi is soda.

Pop.

$1.48? How old is that ad?

Virtually EVERY vending machine's guts are made by NCR, ( National Cash Register), they would likely be able to help with any questions you may have.

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Most here call it soda,,but west of us they call it pop.Im must be a strange one cause I have always called it SodaPop.

I would look for a manual online. I was in charge of the pop machine at work for years. A lot of it is just keeping it clean. One time some genius put coins into the dollar reader which messed up the optical scanner. Most things are a relatively easy fix.

Ours had "out of order" and "out of order light"

Few of us from Iowa were at a restaurant with a guy from Missouri. He asked the waitress what kind of coke they have. She said diet and regular. He said diet and regular what? She said coke. He said ya i know but what kinds? She repeated herself. He got mad and asked about mountain dew. She said they had mello yellow. He asked why she didnt tell him that when he asked what kind of coke they had. Needless to say everyone, including the waitress, was staring at him by now. Apparently where hes from, POP is COKE.