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HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

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HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby Marcellous » Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:32 pm

I have an early War Eagle 25-cent machine that plays perfectly up till now. Been restored by a top restorer. Awhile ago I got a jackpot and it worked fine. Putting in the next coin, the reserve jackpot started to fall but didn't and the machine is jammed. The handle is down halfway and I can't pull it further. Hopefully there is an easy fix. I have hit several jackpots on the machine and they always paid correctly and the reserve jackpot fell properly on the next coin. I don't think it is a problem of coin in the escalator. The handle moved easily for play but stopped halfway when reserve jackpot wouldn't fall. Would appreciate very much your thoughts and suggestions. Thanks
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby Marcellous » Wed Jan 13, 2021 7:12 pm

WOW!!! So far, 98 views on my post and not one coming up with a suggestion of solving my problem. No worry for I have had for fifteen years a wonderful handyman that has worked for me. He is a mechanical genius. He took the inside of the unit out, studied the way it works and solved the problem. This is a man that is not knowledgeable about slot machines and yet knows more than apparently all of you who collect and I assume sort of service your own machines. Thanks, at least for viewing my post.
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby Jasonmurrish92 » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:08 pm

Just "wow" is all I can come up with.
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby rlt » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:59 pm

Ditto on the "Wow" !
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby Marcellous » Thu Jan 14, 2021 8:30 pm

I guess "Wow" means that a handyman with no knowledge of slot machines can remove the mechanism, study it for a few minutes and fix the problem is better than a serious collector that should know his or her slot machines with being a collector. I am glad that my handyman is in my employ in case I have a future problem.
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby MJFHouston » Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:05 pm

Tell your handyman to join up and become a member. We'd love to ha e him.
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby WATLINGMAN » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:48 pm

Can you slide the mechanism out the cabinet to un jam it?
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby rlt » Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:54 pm

He already had a expert fix it.
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Re: HOW DO YOU RELEASE A RESERVE JACKPOT ON A MILLS MACHINE?

Postby markymarkuk » Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:01 pm

This may help others on these forums as to the workings of the Mills Jackpot and Reserve. Good video explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaqnR9lmX3s
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