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Expert: - 4/13/2011


Question
Mr. Knutson:

Question re: Mills slot (MLB 5031) (432642) Jackpot 1910 Fruitgum
Cherries on the face of machine.

Purchased in the 70's.
Grandkids abuse machine by overfeeding nickels etc.
I am looking for a resource to allow repair of same.

Your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Please advise if additional inforamtion would help you to respond.

Very truly yours,

Dave Ordlock  

Answer

Mills Brown Front Slot
Hi David,

This sounds like a Mills Black Cherry to me. The date on the reel strips is the copy write date for the strips, for all mills machines reel strips, and not the date the machine was made. I'll try to attach information on your machine to this answer if it will let me. Oh, any number starting with MLB is a casting number just for that part that has the number on it. Now, by your other number, the serial number of 432642, I am thinking that this machine is either a brown front or bursting cherry now and not a black cherry but it could be?, the first two machines look the same except one is brown and the other might be blue and made around 1938. There are manuals for this machine at:

http://jackpot7.freeyellow.com/page21.html

And this one located there, is perfect for this model:

(Mills Slot Machine mechanical repair and fully illustrated Manual, The Big One!) This is very helpful if you will be wanting to repair this machine yourself. If you can give me a city and state it might be possible for me to located someone for you who might repair slots in you area.  

Rodger Knutson

Expertise

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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