Big Strike German machine

[rneccano]

Does anyone have one of these machines? I have one but some of the insides have come apart and I'm not sure how it goes together. I have seen plenty of pictures on the internet but none are that clear.

[pennymachines]

I'm not sure what machine this is. It may help to post a picture.

[rneccano]

I've tried but I don't know how to. It's the wall mounted Big Strike bowling machine - a modern allwin type machine.

[pennymachines]

Ah yes, I'm afraid it's a long time since I looked inside one.







I found these mechanism and operator instruction close-ups, but they appear to be your game... which looks to be in good shape.
What exactly has come adrift?

[john t peterson]

What exactly has come adrift?

Goodness, Mr. PM, your vocabulary use is spectacular. You are without peer, except perhaps for the distinguished Badpenny, of course.

J Peterson
American by birth, English by language

[pennymachines]

Thanks JP, but the distinguished Badpenny has no pier either.

[rneccano]

The picture I posted was not mine, I found it on the internet. There is a swinging arm between the coin mech and the skittles. This swinging arm is all loose with the pins and clips all come out. That is the main problem I have. When you put a coin in there is a lever on the side that you pull and this swinging arm pulls the skittles back up for the start of a new game. There is a long spring on this arm that is missing on mine that is attached to the top of the cabinet. Also at the bottom there is a small ram and a wheel that is all loose and the clip has also come out. I think this is to do with how many times the ball comes back, about ten and then the game is over.