Hello. I've had a Bally Mariner now for a few years. It has always worked perfectly. Recently we brought the game over to my brother-in-law's house and of course, something was wrong when we re-assembled it at his home.

The new issue is that one of the coils on the top center reel "coin unit" (aka stepup/reset or total reset) is locked. Everything on the machine works fine, but we immediately noticed the louder than normal buzz and smell of the coil heating up. I attached a picture of the coil in question.

Because of the timing and not having any tools with me, I couldn't really troubleshoot much while I was there. I am hoping somebody can tell me what the cause would be. I would love to fix this so his family can enjoy this machine! I don't know what exactly makes the coin unit cycle. Hopefully it is a simple fix.

Thanks ahead of time for any help or advice you can throw my way!

Mariner-coil.jpg

Thanks for your comment. I was thinking it might be the coin switch too. The game is currently a couple hours away from me. I want to get opinions so I have the right tools/parts to fix it once, instead of making multiple trips.