Thank you for having me. I have had an interest in slot machines for many years. My first slot that I bought was thru the antique trader. It was a mint original 10 cent war eagle. Found under a bed in North Carolina. That was the good. The bad was the casting was broken in shipment. What a heart breaker so it had to be returned. The next cool machine I owned was a mill bonus horsehead. Also in mint original condition. I bought some property to build my family a home so it had to go down the road. Darn shame but so goes life sometimes. Then I purchased an outstanding 5 cent Jennings sun chief also in excellent original condition with the manual. That is what brings me here. I spin the machine every couple of weeks and my family plays it a few turns when they visit. Always has worked fine. Recently it started to act up. I noticed this question on another thread but there was no solution so I am hoping someone can help. The slot arm will swing freely after I play it a couple nickels sometimes. I move the whole machine slightly and then the arm will engage and play fine. The nickels will circulate in the escalator and the arm move freely always but it does not engage the mechanism. Nothing jammed. A slight movement to see what is going on and it works fine from there on out.
thanks you for your time.