randyjaco wrote:While I am on a roll, I have some more questions 8^)
I now have acquired several manuals and annotated pictures . Many of the pictures are so dark that they are useless.
I have thoroughly gone through the manuals, a few questions surfaced. Most of the parts are prefaced with A, B or C ( ie. A-120) what do these prefixes indicate?
The pictures in the manual don't seem to locate all the parts mentioned. Can anyone tell or show me what the following parts are ?
A-90 Star wheel guide
A-261 Reel Stop Lift Dog
A-115 Escalator Base Casting
A-20 Reel Stop Levers
TIA
Randy
No idea what the letter prefixes signify; possibly to designate that these are part numbers rather than serial, or lot numbers?
Aside from A-20 (the reel stops) which are pretty clearly indicated in my copy of the Coin Slot Guide #19 on pg. 30 (in an illustration lifted from the second page of "Hail Columbia Bells," where it's a lot clearer), the images below are my best guesses at the parts you're asking about. I had one machine in which this dagger-like thingy which I'm calling the "Star Wheel Guide, A-90" was bent in such a way that it jammed the star wheels cockeyed to each other-- instead of nudging them into full-stop position if they landed between symbols, which would appear to be its proper function. I doubt you have this problem, but it's worth checking while making sure that the payout finger A-85 (which it follows behind during operation) is straight and functioning properly.
What I'm calling A-261 is a little sprung pawl which lies just to the right of the reel stop pivot roots. If this little pawl does not trip and reset towards the end of the cycle, your next pull of the handle will immediately jam on the reel stops, and hard. Watch its operation and you'll see what it's about.