Hi:
Welcome to our Forum. Happy to help you with whatever I can. If you can send me a couple of pix
of your machine, and the mechanism, it will help me to see if anything is out of place. The machine
itself is pretty simple, and many times, the pump may be the problem. Send pix, and your phone #,
to my direct e-mail, at (
slotdynasty@sbcglobal.net), and we'll take it from there.
Bill
Additionally: If you are going to be needing replacement reel strips, try and refrain from purchasing
them from the seller on eBay, with the 'sticky-back' repros. I have never seen them personally, but
from what I have heard from other collectors, they are "CRAP", and some have sent them back. This
person bought both, (cigarette & fruit) sets from me a few years ago, and copied mine, to list them
on eBay, for $13.99 plus $2.99 shipping. Mine have always been $10.00 per set postpaid. He has also
re-copied the "Imp" cigarette strips, and changed the IMP name at the bottom, to read CUB, which is
a Daval machine, that has some different brands of cigarettes, and will not match-up with the "Cub"
award card. He obviously didn't know this, when he did it, and unfortunately has snookered buyers
with his Greediness, ripping off collectors for a few lousy bucks.
These Clowns, ruin the hobby for all of us, and fit in the same category as the Vegas Butcher.