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Hi
I posted this on the Slots forum but realized it should probably go on this area.

I'm new here and have a vintage 1931/2 Mills Lionhead five cent slot that was working fine, then just stopped paying out.
I've looked carefully to see if something was broken, or lose, but not seen a thing. It appears to be a jam in the coin slides just above the payout hole on the bottom right under the arm.
Could not figure out a way to unjam it and no videos on the internet on that area of the slot.
Any ideas for me?
I'm fairly good at mechanical things, just lost on where to go next on the slot.
Thanks
Larry just South of Atlanta, GA airport.

Still looking for pointers on what I should be checking?
Thanks

I’m going to assume the pay tube is full or filled at least half way.

Try cycling the mech out of the case, see if the payslides are going back and forward. If they are carefully lift up mech and see if you can slide the pay slides using your finger from underneath. It’s possible you have a jam in the slides. Don’t use a screwdriver to try to unjam.

Thanks so much. I’ll try that today how far are the slides suppose to come out and in which order? I’m assuming the bottom one should be first thx

They will all move together. The bottom slide is the master slide and moves all the other slides.

Great, thanks... then yes, I'm sure a nickel is stuck somewhere in there because they don't all move together.
Any suggestions how I clear the jam?
Thanks

You should be able to see into slides but freezing the clock and simulating a jackpot hit. Hopefully this allow you to look underneath and see where the coin jam is. Cycle the mech outside of the case.

Okay, I emptied all the coins from the coin tube, then removed the coin slid "Stop" and was able to pull and inspect all the coin slides by pulling each one out. No coins were stuck.
Refilled the coin tube and simulated a payout. NOTHING dropped.
I've tried to inspect to see if any springs popped off or were broken, but all looks correct.
I'm at a loss... it was working great before and just all of a sudden, stopped paying out on any combination,.

Sounds like the age old problem of the 5th click not engaging. This may be caused by corrosion on the 5th click pivot point or the lift pin is not adjusted properly and does not give enough lift to make the 5th click slip behind the master slide. If a lift pin issue loosen the jam nut first then the square head screw just above the nut and then tap the back of the lift pin slightly like .035" forward retighten all and see if it fixes the issue. Repeat if necessary but keep in mind you may have to put it all back the way you started so mark the pin before adjusting it. Play the mech outside of the cabinet so you can watch the cycle action. Also check to make sure the safety slide is not locking out the rest of the slides.

mechanic wrote:Sounds like the age old problem of the 5th click not engaging. This may be caused by corrosion on the 5th click pivot point or the lift pin is not adjusted properly and does not give enough lift to make the 5th click slip behind the master slide. If a lift pin issue loosen the jam nut first then the square head screw just above the nut and then tap the back of the lift pin slightly like .035" forward retighten all and see if it fixes the issue. Repeat if necessary but keep in mind you may have to put it all back the way you started so mark the pin before adjusting it. Play the mech outside of the cabinet so you can watch the cycle action. Also check to make sure the safety slide is not locking out the rest of the slides.

Not sure what the "5th click" is or where it's located. also, don't know what the lift pin is or where it's located. also, where is the "Safety Slide" ??
Sorry, but I'm fairly new to slots and don't have all the names of mechanism yet.