Hello,
I'm new to the forum and the world of antique slot machines. I'm working on a 1940's vintage nickel slot machine. The machine is in great working order with one exception, you don't have to put a nickel in to play the the machine! Looking at the two arms on the back of the escalator, the lower arm should be engaged with an arm coming up from the bottom of the slot mechanism. It appears in normal operation, if there is a coin ready to play, the arm is pushed forward and senses a coin and allows the band it arm to be pulled all down and spin the wheels. If there is no coin, a pin engages and locks the bandit arm from being pulled. On my machine, the arm coming up from the bottom of the main mechanism doesn't engage with the arm to check if a coin is in place or not. So the lower arm is never moved. Is there any adjustment to either raise the mechanism arm up about an 1/8 an inch or lower the coin sensing arm down an 1/8"? I see the problem, just not sure how to fix it.
Any recommendations or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the help,
Tom