Expert: Rodger Knutson - 11/19/2010

Question
I have a bally 809 late 60's early 70's  5 cent with the wrong hopper, has model 831 someone stuck in there and as you know it bwon't work in there.where can i buy a hopper for this machine or get the wiring diagram with the right male plug 28 prong the the 2 round prongs. thank you

Answer
Boy, a hard one here Rhonda.

So, your model 809 needs a 30 pin .05 cent hopper right? You count the round pins also. One problem you have in swapping hoppers on these electro/mechanical machines, is that all the payout circuits are hard wired in. So, if you have a model 809 with a 30 pin hopper plug, and get a 30 pin hopper it still might not be wired right for your machine and your game payouts. They made a model like your 809 with several different games installed on this model 809. If you see your model number tag on the side it might say model 809 then a -##, this "dash number" would be the game type installed on this model 809. So, what I am saying is, that you may get lucky by finding a 30 pin hoper and slamming it in to you machine, if your not so lucky, then the 30 pin hopper could be out of a different game and the wiring may be all different then your machines payouts and then will need to be rewired to work in your machine. I might have a 30 pin hopper here somewhere and I will look, E/M hoppers are getting a little scare as these great old e/m machines get older. As for game schematics, again it depends on what game type you have installed in your 809. You can write me at jackpot7@q.com if you want to see if I have a 30 pin hopper or I'll come back here and let you know.

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