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I have a Mills Extraordinary that works perfectly on the bench. When I slide it into the cabinet it does not payout because the slides are not released and there is no 5th click. It seems to me it could be caused by an anti-cheat feature or there is something at the interface with the coin mechanism. I am stumped.
I removed the tab at the rear corner that can stop the action before the 5th click. The swivel arm under the frame that blocks the coin drop seems to be ok.
Would the arm that slides along a pin next to (left of) the coin slides have any affect? I believe it is the jackpot push bar.
Thank you for your help. Tom

My guess is that the jackpot slide pin that trips the jackpot is getting hung up on the jackpot trip lever on the jackpot and not allowing the payout slides to be pushed far enough forward to reset. Make sure that the jackpot is not tripped and reset before inserting the mech.

I found a great video that shows how the Jackpot works and I will check it. It appears the JP push bar extends farther when there is a Jackpot, is that correct? The push bar extends with the slides at the beginning of the cycle, so does that mean it does not pay out until the next cycle?

WurlitzBurg wrote:I found a great video that shows how the Jackpot works and I will check it. It appears the JP push bar extends farther when there is a Jackpot, is that correct? The push bar extends with the slides at the beginning of the cycle, so does that mean it does not pay out until the next cycle?

The jackpot push bar just resets the jackpot after it is tripped. Has nothing to do with the payouts. It extends the same distance each pull.

The video I watched made it look like the same actuator (JP push bar) trips the JP and also resets it on another cycle. If not, what trips the JP to release the coins?

WurlitzBurg wrote:The video I watched made it look like the same actuator (JP push bar) trips the JP and also resets it on another cycle. If not, what trips the JP to release the coins?

There is a pin on the top jackpot slide that trips the jackpot. When a jackpot is hit the pin on the top slide, which is the jackpot slide, moves backwards and trips the jackpot.

Kind of flying blind here as you have not posted photos of your Front Jackpot assembly and/or front of your mech in particular the payout slide assembly but I believe this is an example of what oldslotman is speaking of!
Depending on your particular assembly there are a couple variations in the linkage, Etc. that is used for tripping and resetting the front jackpot, both the main jackpot and reserve for the main jackpot refill!
Bona Fortuna!
MONTI

You are correct, photos make a big difference. Thank you for posting your photo. My machine is the same. Now I understand it is the pin that trips the JP and the side plate that resets. It will be a little while before I can check the state of the JP mech. I hope that sheds light on the root problem.

MONTI wrote:Kind of flying blind here as you have not posted photos of your Front Jackpot assembly and/or front of your mech in particular the payout slide assembly but I believe this is an example of what oldslotman is speaking of!
Depending on your particular assembly there are a couple variations in the linkage, Etc. that is used for tripping and resetting the front jackpot, both the main jackpot and reserve for the main jackpot refill!
Bona Fortuna!
MONTI

MECH SLIDES showing Front Jackpot Trips.JPG

Wish I knew how to do graphics like that.

Oldslotsman,
You are right on! The JP mech was gunked up. I cleaned it up and applied a little machine oil to the joints so every link moves smoothly. It all works perfectly now.

Monti,
Thank you for the information. It all makes sense now.

Tom