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The machine works fine except that it is on free play. I have looked for a possible problem with the escolator, but it looks to be in good working order. Nothing jammed or stuck. What should I be looking for to not make it free play? It will work with a dime but I want it not too.
Hope you can help me
Thanks
Bill
Hi Bill,
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Well this may be be a little hard to fix this way, but lets give it a try Bill. Take a look at the attached photo to this question/answer, you may have to print it out. I would like to know if you have these two arms/levers and the spring is attached, on your machine, and if they seam to be complete, not broken, and the spring is attached, and if they move freely, or not. (check out photo). Now, the way this works is this, if there is NO coin deposited and you try to play the machine, as the very top of this lever, (see photo) comes in, or moves towards the front of the machine as you pull the handle, while trying to play it without a coin, the very top of this arm in the photo, will be allowed to move forward all the way forward as it can, thus pulling the lower part of the arm in, or back, and locking the mechanism to prevent play. Now with a coin inserted, the top of this lever is not allowed to travel completely forward, it is held back by another lever called a coin detector lever, this is a horizontal lever up top on the coin escalator. This horizontal coin detector levers travel is also held back its self, by direct contact with the inserted coin. Your machine is acting like a coin is inserted all the time, even when one is not, allowing play, so this means that the travel of this arm Assembly is not restricted when there is no coin, allowing play. So, now the question becomes, why is this arm not allowed full movement, when the inserted coin should restrict this arms movement? Have a look at all this and see if I am makeing any sence trying to explain this, and the wey it should work OK? Then maybe come back and let me know what you have found out after looking this operation over. If you need a manual for this slot machine, let me know and I'll see if I can have one avable for you at http://jackpot7.freeyellow.com/page21.html
Thank You Bill
Sincerely
Rodger Knutson
http://www.coinslots.com
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| Comment | Rodger, Thank you so much for your help. All the parts were there, but as it turned out, all that was needed was a little WD40 to free up the top of the arm. Voila, it now will not work without a coin. no more free play to the dissapointment of the grand kids. Without your expertise and the diagram, I may have never figured it out this quickly. I thought I had lubed all the moving parts but missed that one. As you know, the grease tends to harden over the years of being in storage or in the case of this machine hiding. Thanks again Bill Valdesalice | ||
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I am an expert on old coin operated machines, slot machines, trade stimulator's, jukeboxes, old arcade machines, etc. I have been identifying these for people who respond to my web site listed below, for a few years now. In almost all cases I am able to tell them about their old coin operated machines, the year, the value, and other general information about their machines. I do not know much about soda vending machines, coin banks, or scales, but I will try to help you with these if I can. Please email photo's to: jackpot7@ix.netcom.com My web site is at: http://www.coinslots.com
Experience
I bought my first slot machine, a .50 Cent Mills Black Cherry in 1969 and have been hooked from that time, I still have that Slot machine! Before that I found a open barrel full of old scraped jukebox wall boxes behind a restaurant, I wanted them all but never took a one of them. Anything that took a coin drove me nuts!
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