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Hello, I have a Jennings Sun Chief which works fine except for the jackpot. There are clearly some missing parts and one that is broken. I think the broken part in the picture below is actually installed upside down.

I can't begin to find parts until I know what's missing. I have the Jennings pictorial guide book but the pictures don't match what I'm seeing in my machine. Can anyone help?

Thanks,

Looks like the jackpot trip arm that goes on top of the cointube cover is missing for sure. Also noticed the jackpot glass is way to high for the glass retainer to connect to the small tabs on either side at the top. These ar what I can see from the pic, may have other pieces missing that cant be seen at present. The broken piece is the reserve finger pull back lever, looks like the rest of it is missing .

AS stated already, the broken piece controls the Reserve Jackpot. Those Teeth should retract each time the mech is cycled. That allows the coins to drop in and Fill the main Jackpot. Once the Jackpot is Full those Teeth no longer retract as they are already in the Retracted position. When you hit a Jackpot those Teeth "Hold Back" all the coins above them as a reserve. On the next cycle the Teeth are retracted and the Jackpot is Re-Filled.

Since that piece is broken the Teeth can't retract and no coins are going into your Jackpot. You can move that broken back manually to fill the Jackpot.

You also need the Jackpot Trip Arm. The Glass being too tall has no affect on any of these operations.

The guy eveyone refers to as the Vegas Butcher will have All the parts you need.

Good Luck with your Jennings.

Chris

Thanks for the help!