The mech cycle sounded basically right, and the clock appeared to be working fine, but the reels were going nowhere. If I manually set the reels to a payout condition (three oranges, two cherries or whatever) no payout would occur. When I tried to cycle the mechanism, only the third reel would spin more than a very small amount, and it was pretty sluggish. Quarters had jammed in the escalator, which is usually a sign of some other problem deeper in the mech.
The machine had a few problems that were evident when I bought it. Please note that I’m not providing photos for this entry since all of these various parts will be photographed during the tear down, and the following text is more about process than about specifics. Rather than start out with research, I decided to do some tinkering on the machine to figure out why it wasn’t working. I definitely wanted to know more about the 777 version, but I’ve got a decent collection of reference material so I didn’t that would be a problem. I needed to do some research into the machine itself, but since this is essentially a Mills High Top I was already pretty familiar with it. When I brought the slot machine home, I had few things I could do before starting any serious restoration effort.
