marsonion wrote:Walter Newton wrote:
I knew it was funny, that's why I spelled it that way. It was the way I was feeling after looking at this mech for a week now.
Anyway, I still can't find the choke point.
And it's not like a Columbia mech is that complicated, that's what's driving me crazy.
Just one random thought before I quit for good and all: you'd mentioned that the machine got coins sprayed throughout during shipping, and just maybe, there could be a nickel still jammed where the sun don't shine. I don't say this because I think you were careless in any way when clearing out the nickels; I say it because of an experience with a Mills T-bird (apparently you have one too) where I was trying to figure out why coins were backing up inside the cabinet and the JP feed wasn't working... I looked and looked but couldn't find anything that looked wrong, least of all any loose nickels lying around on moving parts. That's because the wedged nickels (when I finally realized what I was seeing) looked exactly like washers or other legitimate parts, when viewed edge-on, pushed flat against a metal surface. So, I guess I'm suggesting that you look around that hardware and ask yourself whether each part you see isn't actually a nickel in washer's clothing... if that makes any sense.
No, that makes a lot of sense, and I've done that, every which way of Sundays.
Still, I could be missing something. Almost every time I sit down in front of the mech, I'm poking around with a thin, pointed-tip steel punch, just to double and triple check for a stray nickel.
There is not that many hidey-hole places in a Columbia mech, except at the top, where the carousel is, lots of gears, moving parts, levers; great places for a nickel to hid under.
But this movement of the handle is not even getting forward enough movement to start triggering anything like the reels, or the carousel mech/parts. The choke is before any of the reels or coin handling components even come into play.
And I really appreciate your input, I've learned in the past that even if someone doesn't have the exact answer, they may say something that makes you think about other ways of looking, approaching the matter ... maybe a light bulb goes on.
So, thanks again.
And if anyone else wants to add anything, please do, all suggestions are important.