1965 open front,Mills

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1965 open front,Mills

Postby JHSS-1944 » Sat May 20, 2017 2:31 am

o.k. , I got the cabinet repainted, ect. now need to find a missing part(s). this is the first type mills compact / open front..... no coin hopper or electrical to the coin entry.
what is here & working ,is the 3 florescent lights for the front door. what's missing is the electrical part(s) to connect the power to the mechanics , to the candle light on top / to the switch for the "change girl".
will show what I have.
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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby JHSS-1944 » Sat May 20, 2017 2:48 am

photo of someone else's slot machine that sold on e-bay or ect., part or parts missing.
1) anyone have a better photo of what is missing ?
2) anyone have the part(s) ?
3) any diagram on how it's all hooked up To what I already have ?
The wires (3) to "change girl" switch was cut, now repaired. slot bought with out a candle light originally , found one that fits perfectly on top , with 2 lights & 3 wires. need the part(s) missing which is the "gang" wire connection & the female plug / outlet. The male plug has 6 flat type prongs.
Would this be hooked up directly to the ballast / transformers , or another separate transformer (which would also be missing) ?? it's only to make 2 top jackpot connections, "through" the mechanics to turn on the candle light.
thank you for your time !
jeff H.
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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby drishoff » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:13 pm

Here are a couple pics of what you may be missing.

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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby JHSS-1944 » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:27 am

Thank you Drishoff !!!
so the female connection also tied in with a fuse, alright. great photos !! will be saving these for sure.
might send you a p.m. a bit later also.
thank you again !
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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby drishoff » Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:58 am

Here are a couple more pics. The change girl switch turns the top red light on. Wires go to the jackpot fingers and looks like one set lights up the $7.50 jackpot light and the other the $37.50 jackpot light. Everything doesn't look like it's wired up on the front of the wiring strip. Tried to show the back side of that and the colors on the 8 prong connector.

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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby JHSS-1944 » Sun Jun 18, 2017 8:27 pm

Thank you very much for these additional photos !!! will help for sure on wiring mine back up. thank you friend who owns the slot machine also.
No need to do it on my own ..... "hey , I hit the jackpot !!, what's that smell ? , Crap the machine on fire !!!!
need to take vacation time off ,for this & other projects.
hopefully the heat this week (121 on Wednesday) ,won't burn the state off the map.
been buying up a lot of casino used items = silverware ,dinnerware, matchbooks, ect.
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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby Major Kong » Mon Jul 17, 2017 6:34 am

Count me in also.
Working on this open front.
All cabinet lights work. No electrics to mech.
Found a candle (ebay) and placed it on top.
Was going to wire 2 long arm micro switches (1 to slides and the other to deep notch reel stop).
I don't have any external reset switches on the case.
Wondering if I am on the right path with this.
I am at a loss as to why the electrical buss strips are so long.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Tom
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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby drishoff » Mon Jul 17, 2017 8:02 am

in the pics I posted If you look at the back of the buss strip pic shows all of the wires are connected. The front of the buss strip pic has wires that run to the buss strip that are not all connected. Haven't had time to play with the wiring but think they trigger the lights in the candle for the two different jackpots. Friend had $75 in the machine and it wasn't working. I took it off his hands. Dried lube was the only mechanical issue. Let me know if you need any specific pics.
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Re: 1965 open front,Mills

Postby Major Kong » Thu Aug 17, 2017 6:28 am

Thanks.
Nothing is behind the terminal strip (slightly different 2 screw design). Visible wires are from Ebay candle.
Guess I am on my own. But thinking on the right path with 2 long arm micro switches.
Thanks.
Tom
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