I have a Mills HI-TOP 10 cent 5 and 2 cherry inspected in 1946 (serial # scratched). It works pretty well; getting new springs for payout. I’m looking for information on the jackpot.
My jackpot seems to be mostly complete. The release mechanism for the jackpot trapdoor works. The secondary to release the reserve into the jackpot seems to work. And it seems to reset ok (by hand, haven’t put the main mechanism back in yet). I read a post by Monti and now I understand the operation of the trip and reset for both.
The problem is that it is missing the deflector that causes the jackpot and reserve to fill, so coins go directly into the coin box. I don’t have a really good diagram nor operational reference to see exactly what is missing. There is a door deflector assembly in some pictures and a guard plate. The former seems to rotate on a shaft. The latter may screw into the two holes in the front top of my box.
The second picture show a sort of Y pivoting fingers. When the jackpot is tripped, these don’t actually reach into the upside-down P slot in front of it, so something must either reach through there or hand in front.
If anyone can clarify what I am missing with a picture or diagram I would greatly appreciate it.
Regards,
Frank