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Treefog ... I think you're on the right track with the wick/oil feeder scenario. The weak point in oil alone is not only the gaskets and seals, but also the shafts protruding from the sides as the bearings they sit in may leak. If it were mine I'd introduce a good dollop of quality grease, that you ...

coppinpr wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:54 pm why is BP standing behind the machine looking over the top?

It reminds me of the happier days when I stood in the dock.

Looking at the pay out disc for reel one, can anybody else see additional deep grooves as per Gold Award pay outs? I believe I can. If so, has anyone seen a Hi-top with Gold Award? I haven't. So, with melons where there shouldn't be, a confusion of denominator and my cloudy/watery eyes convinced it ...

The references on the machine to the Fremont Hotel are nice, yet sadly don't prove any antecedents. The trim would fit any Hi-top. I see it's currently playing on 1np and shows a 6d denominator. The closest size American coin to a 6d would be a 5c. Not the value of play you'd expect a Las Vegas casi...

Repro doors are common, but as aristomatic said bonnets may look similar, but can be miles adrift ... as well as costly.

Is that vertical lever which locks or unlocks the mech depending on whether a coin has been deposited, slack and loose or held in place? It's possible it should be attached there.
I'd guess it was 6d. It was certainly pre decimal originally.

BP

You do post pictures at funny angles, don't you?
What is the other end attached to?

From the description: -
... This item is UNTESTED and I do not know if it still works as
intended.

Well old fruit to back up your valuation of nine hundred sovs, the very least I'd expect you to do is chuck a penny in it and find out.

He certainly has shown a different side to his gentle schoolboy like demeanour.
For those puzzling over this insight, paste "auctioneer in Etwall nr derby uk" into Gurgle and instead of Search click on NEWS.

PS .. You do realise (don't you?) that in the photos you've supplied that your mechanism isn't at rest. It has completed the reset but hasn't fired the play sequence yet.
Is it jammed or did you deliberately photograph it at that point?

Hi and welcome to the site. It looks as if you are in America? I have both The Horse Head and the Hi-top Bonus. Let ask first, are you familiar with the workings of a non Bonus slot machine? I ask because if you're having to learn how a standard slot works as well as the Bonus variant on top, certai...

Apart from the excessive commissions currently being charged through live auctions, a couple of other ploys I've noticed. Here in Lincoln one of our auction houses has started a listing fee per lot. What they don't tell you when you submit your items is that they no longer accept a collection as one...

It pays to always observe/protect lots that you've won at a live auction. There are some really nasty individuals about. On the other hand at the Coventry Auction we regularly finished up at the end having had our heads stuck in the paperwork, only to look up at the bitter end and see a room devoid ...

Right, I've been down the storage where the two machines are. I'm usually quite a positive and enthusiastic person, and was quite astonished at just how ambitious I must now be. Here is what I was presented with ... Where-in-garagea.jpg Now, I know exactly where they are. One is beneath the blue tar...

Err ...
I was ill ...
My Granny won the Lottery ...
There was a train crash ...
I had to drive my sister to somewhere ...
Somewhere was closed ...
My legs dropped off ...

I'll do it tomorrow

Having tried everything that worked once before, I go to bed.
More often than not, when I wake in the morning I'm exhausted, have a headache and the answer.
What works for you?

BP

The extended lever on top of the finger in the picture is to connect with a mechanical counter. It's the jackpot finger and would have connected with something like...

I can take a photo of one in storage, but not until the weekend. And as JC pointed out they're not leaf stings, but stitches

I drove that car for 14 months believing it was a Ford Perfect.

Oh, GAD!

First check the rotary comb that trips the leaf springs during the final run down. There might be wear on the teeth.
Also clean the contacts on the leaf springs.
Do so with the power off. There are screw driver melting sparks running around in there.

BP