Getting in touch w my inner gambler...

[OneArmBandito]

Enjoying my new Antique. Not worried about wearing it out.
That's the reason I picked a common machine.
Best,
J

[OneArmBandito]

took a short clip of the machine to put up on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u5pE-yzh3A

Dave, I think I would have tried to buy the Golden Falls c50 machine you found in Montana if it wasn't already gone. That was very nice.

[OneArmBandito]

OK, so I hit three bars (bell fruit gum) and got the 20 coin payoff,
but how so you win the big one behind the glass ?
There's got to be 20-25 bucks in that...

confused newb

[OneArmBandito]

Something was just not right about the payoff mech and I couldn't see it well enough in the cabinet, so I took it out.

Here is what I found:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB3dcR6lf-w

[OneArmBandito]

http://youtu.be/ZdGImbT3Evw

After getting it freed up and oiled, I laid the cabinet on its front on a towel, put the glass on very small globs of RV mastic (non-hardening) to have something between the glass and the metal- maybe not necessary, but made me feel better about it, and Re- installed the mech.

Still don't know what (if anything) will trip the big jackpot...As I said,
three bars only paid 20 coins from the payout tube, as per the payout schedule on the front.

[OneArmBandito]

Ok, so I talked to the guy who had the mech on eBay...
He said it's not uncommon for the jackpot payoff to be
dysfunctional. There might be a trigger finger missing.