Mills Novelty $.25 Machine Not Paying Correct. Rando BONUS L

[dballs]

I inherited my father's old Mills Novelty Horsehead Quarter Slot Machine after he past. I grew up with this machine and really want to get it working again as it's very dear to me. It did work well once upon a time. It has a few issues. Wheels spin fine. Takes quarters fine but:

It will pay out when it shouldn't and doesn't pay when it should. The logic is completely off. Getting any of the combos listed does nothing but it will pay out random amounts when no combo is made.
It tosses up a letter for the B O N U S randomly and often. It should only put up a letter of BONUS in order when the first wheel lands on the next letter in sequence. But it just tosses them up nearly every spin but sometimes not.
No quarters ever go to the jackpot little window area. It's alway empty now.

Me and my engineer friend have taken it out and watched a few videos and just aren't sure where to start. Do I need to replace springs? Could the icon wheel become misaligned with its corresponding logic disc where the pins go through and know when to pay out? Something needs bending? It seems in pretty good shape other than the mentioned above issues.

[jmisatu]

Where are you located? You will probably need someone to look at it and guide you with repairs/adjustments most likely.

[dballs]

Unfortunately I live in a pretty remote area in the four corners. Durango, CO. It's not a tiny town. We do have a lot of bars with pinball machines. I wonder if they would know a bit about it at all.

[Ddeese]

Did you ever get this sorted out ?