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Dear Mr. Knutson,
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I have inherited a slot machine manufactured by Williams Electronics Division, The Seeburg Corporation of Delaware, Chicago, Illinois. The model number is 436 B. The serial number is 10054. The date of manufacture is 5-8-74. When the slot machine is plugged in, nothing happens. Can this be fixed ? I do not have keys to open the machine. Is this machine worth anything broken or repaired ? Is it possible to repair ? It is extremely heavy and very difficult to move even with the strength of two men.
Thank you for your time in this matter.
Sincerely,
Beverly
Hi Beverly,
These are very nice machines and a lot of fun to play, yes it can be repaired. It could even just be a fuse. A manual for it would be very helpful in getting this working again and there is one available at:
http://jackpot7.freeyellow.com/page21.html
Look for this manual at the site:
Seeburg/Williams/Gaming Devices, INC. Slot Machine Manual. This is a large manual of about 170 pages covering the Seeburg Slot machine models, which then was bought out, and the same slot machine was called a Williams slots. These slot machines models were made in late 60's to 1979. The only manual I have seen for these models, emailed to you.
Value can be from a low of around 500.00 up around 900.00 for a working machine like this and I have see them for sale were the asking price was higher, but figure on one selling in between the figures I gave you. As for the lock, you could take the machine into a locksmith and have him pick the lock and make you a key, or the worse case would be to drill it and replace it, I would take it to a lock smith as it could save you money in the long run with no risk of damage.
Hope this helps you
Thanks
Rodger Knutson
http://www.coinslots.com
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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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