So I just got done bringing back a Jungle Queen from the dead. One of the issues I had was with the Coin unit. The 2 posts were outside of the switch stack which allowed it to go about 18 steps and of course screwed up a lot of things. I thought this happened by someone not knowing what they were doing. The next machine I just started on is a Target Alpha. While doing my look over before firing it up, I noticed this coin unit is the same way. I was able to fix it, but trying to figure out how or why this has happened to 2 different machines I bought from 2 totally different people. I don't think it can happen easily. To fix it I had to loosen the switch stack and swing it out of the way, and lift up the clock spring 2x to get it over 2 posts.

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Thanks TimMe.. Guess I should play the lottery I was able to repair both without disassembling them. I did have to lift the spring over both posts to get it in the correct position. I couldn't see how this could have happened by accident.