one effective solution is to put the soda machine in series with a 40 or 60 watt light bulb and the power supply. If a short is present the bulb will be bright. Disconnect one wire at a time until the light goes dim the last wire disconnected has the short not scientific but effective
You can find used soda machines at a good price from Ebay.
One can find and purchase refills of cherry pop for a soda machine on several online websites, for an example rodsbooks or disneyfoodblog or in the local shop, where the soda machine is placed.
go on the go good bus and drop off pizzas and you'll get a prize when I did it I got a soda machine and next week I got a gumball machine
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www.vendingconnection.com/usedmachines.html is a good place to look for them.
There are many places where you can find a soda fountains dispenser such as; www.sodadispenserdepot.com, http://sodadispenserdepot.com/dispensersused.html and http://shop.ebay.com/sis.html?_nkw=Home+Soda+Fountain+Dispenser+for+Coke+or+Pepsi+Machine.
you type in a code
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Depending on size and condition, you can realistically expect around $500 for a used soda machine.
The soda machine is only in Restaurant . It costs 10,000 coins but you need friends to send you the part needed
$1000
Depends on the soda machine