just lock the gear into place with the torsion spring...

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unfortunately for the originator of the hack, eventually the spring stretched and allowed the gear to move just enough to climb on top of a tooth, which locked the knocker coil on...

what is somewhat amusing is that someone went to GREAT lengths to try and stop the knocker coil from buzzing (it is really fried, what with being locked on for who knows how long, but it still works)... it was REALLY loud... i wish i had taken a picture of the attempt they made to isolate the bracket from the cabinet with a big hunk of foam...

yea, wasn't the best hack i've ever seen, but it was interesting... just lock it in the "max credits" position so it never attempts to increment, and let it attempt to decrement but don't let it move... what amazes me is what lengths they went to to stop the buzz, but they never figured out that the knocker plunger probably shouldn't have been hanging in mid-air all the time...

my guess is that the hack was not done by the person who ended up having the problem... there is a lot of evidence that the machine was owned at one time by someone who at least had a clue, there are several light sockets that have had the "move the wire" fix applied to them, and so on... i'd guess that was the person who hacked it, and subsequently it ended up in someone elses hands...

i only wish i had cool carpeting like that...

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for that guy, since it is the "bronzy" gtb part, i used zep heavy duty citrus cleaner...

usually i'll shoot the parts with it, let them sit a bit, then scrub them a bit with a soft toothbrush... then cook them in ultrasonic cleaner (with the zep as the solution) until they are as clean as i want them... rinse and dry well... then polish by hand with mother's mag and aluminum polish...

since i'm really not supposed to be working on this machine, i just did the shoot/toothbrush part... they came out pretty clean that way, at least all the grease is gone...

yup, i was referring to the magic city... and no, it's not done... i'd say "soon", but i've been saying that for a long time... i've gotta get my act together, it is pathetic that i'm not playing that yet...

yea, this is from the target pool... you don't know how hard i had to fight the temptation to do a full clean and polish job on that stepper while it was apart...

dupe...

don't give my wife any ideas...

yea, that could go in several directions, couldn't it?