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Capt. Fantastic Coin stepper

By iamdrunker

4 years ago



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  • Latest reply 4 years ago by PinPilot
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    #1 4 years ago
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    iamdrunker

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    US Palm Desert, CA

    5y 54,300 657 6

    Hello all, Cleaning all the WD-40 out of this machine and the coin stepper has been work on and seems a bit strange to me, when I manually step through it, None of the 2 pins, One being the brass one they added, are long enough to hit the stop behind the stepper itself just behind the switch. Is it supposed too? A photo would sure be helpful. How did the homeowner work on these in the 70's without this website? Had to be tough.
    Thanks again.
    Get ready Florida! Here it comes!

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    #2 4 years ago
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    iamdrunker

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    US Palm Desert, CA

    5y 54,300 657 6

    BTW, There is so much WD its jumps across the switches,

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    #3 4 years ago
     
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    oldpins

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    AU Warner

    9y 35,050 195 3

    The leaf switches are in the correct location in your first photo, and will open and close as the unit steps and resets. Posts look to be standard. Are you able to realign the leaf switches and move closer to the wheel?

    Heres a pic of a similar bally coin unit.

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    #4 4 years ago
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    iamdrunker

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    US Palm Desert, CA

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    Great, Thank you for taking time for that.

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    #5 4 years ago
     
    DAD

    PinPilot

    Texas Pinball

    6y 43,550 260

    Yep, WD40 is the bane of anyone working on an old pinball machine. I've seen it where it looked like a brown glue over everything because it had dried up.

    The manufacturers used to sell a special lubricant for stepper units, but the closest you can get now is a product sold by Steve at Pinball resource.

    I'll hit it with brake cleaner to knock off the dried up crud, then hit it again with a good lubricant.

    Everyone has their personal favorite stepper lube, but I like to use electronic tuner cleaner/lube (comes in a small spray can), or any clear teflon-based lubricant.

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