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I have the side vender with the lever that protrudes into the inside of the machine. The lever pushes down and a spring pulls it back up. The lever has a hole on the end. When you pull out the brass tray to receive a package of mints, the lever goes down and back up, preventing the brass tray from retracting back into the vender, thus, only allowing you to take one package of mints. Pushing down on the lever on the inside of the machine allows the brass tray to snap back into the vender from an internal spring. If you hold onto the lever to prevent it from going down, you cannot pull out the brass tray.

So, I'm assuming another lever connects to this lever with a screw or cotter pin. The internal lever prevents the vender lever from going down. It also pushes down to allow the brass tray to retract. I would think the internal lever would have to be associated with the coin/check detecting pins because machines typically only let you take mints for a nickel, not for a trade check, yes?

So, how does this lever attach to the machine mechanism?

Thanks,
Dave M

The side vender doesn't connect directly to the mech. You need additional 2 components to make the mint vender work. That is the trip bar which is mounted to the inside of the cabinet and you need the trip knife which is mounted to the side of the mech. The side vender reset bar goes though the cabinet and into a slit in the trip bar. Only a cotter pin goes in that hole to keep it in place, nothing else connects to it. The way it works then is, mech is played, the trip knife goes up and then saps down when the mech spins the reels. The trip knife goes pushes down the trip bar which in turn pushes down the reset bar on the side vender and allows the mint dispensing tray to go in to pick up another package of mints. There is an arm on the side of the mech which keeps the knife from resetting the side vender if a token is played. This part is frequently missing.

Watlingboy

Thank you Watlingboy. I think I have the trip lever on the side of my mech. When the handle is pulled, it goes up and a little dog-like piece on the bottom of it rolls across another piece attached to the mech, which first pushes that piece forward. Then, after the reel kicker, as the trip lever returns back to position, the dog-like piece rolls over the bottom piece again, pushing that piece back again. Not sure if that's the trade check part. I've attached a picture similar to what's already on my mech.



Can you confirm ... is that the trip lever?

What would the trip knife look like?

Thanks so much for the info.

Dave

The part you pictured is the trip knife or trip lever and that is the part which is on the side of the mech. Do you have the trip bar? That is the part which is mounted to the inside of the cabinet. The trip bar is the part that the trip lever hits and pushes down to reset the vender.

watlingboy

You can find pictures here :
http://www.retro-jackpot.fr/mills/bonus/fonctionnement for mills mech

http://www.retro-jackpot.fr/pace/all-star-bleu/remontage for Pace mech

Ah, that's what I'm missing then. There's nothing attached to the inside of the cabinet. I guess that part will be hard to find.

Thanks for the links ... very helpful.

-Dave M.

I got the side vendor lever, but the mech doesn't seem to be connecting with it, so I guess I am missing a part on the mech?

Anyone know what I'm missing?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Dave M

Hi Wikislots
Well , I think that you have a Mills COK without Side vender ,and you try to add a side vender !!
You have this part on the COK without side vender :


You must have this for a COK with side vender :


So ; two solution :

-the first ;You remove this parts :
586B (with 1210CSP) ,1205CSP ,1154 !
And you find this :
405ACSP(with 405;cok23)

-Or don't make anything and KEEP this hard to find parts on your mech !! !!!!!
(Or I will be happy to trade your parts with a 405ACSP !! )

Stephane

Believe confusion reigns or we are being pranked! Stephane generous with advice and pictures as usual. But why did member post the Nov 15 picture of the correct 405 linkage if this is now missing from machine (or the machine magically transformed).

Ah ... I am so dumb. The first picture I posted wasn't from my machine. I thought it was the same piece because I did not look closely enough. Only after gsx11r posted both pictures side-by-side did I realize I had the wrong part.

Thank you so very much.