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Working on a Caille Grand Prize can't figure out how the Grand Prize part works. With the vertical bar on the right side it will not let the pointed arm go into the fourth reel notch.

kepmr wrote:Working on a Caille Grand Prize can't figure out how the Grand Prize part works. With the vertical bar on the right side it will not let the pointed arm go into the fourth reel notch.

The probe to the hub of the "stimulator" reel (the one with only lemons and blue spaces on it) is attached to the horizontal reel trigger bar at the upper rear of the mech, and moves into that notch in the hub only when the "1-2-3-4" lineup of symbols occurs because there is a deeply scalloped set of notches in the payout wheels allowing the trigger bar to tilt that far in. (There is no direct, mechanical payout on hitting a "1-2-3-4." All that this mechanical action does is trip a little hidden counter-ticker which registers the "Grand Prize" to be paid by the operator, who probably wasn't too thrilled about the whole idea anyway.)

What "vertical bar on the right side" is interfering with this operation? Can you post a picture? I just forced a "Grand Prize" "payout" on mine, and it ticked the little counter ratchet over just fine. I think maybe the fact that the reel trigger bar/hub probe retracts to start position after tripping the counter may be confusing, making it look like it never functioned in the first place? Watch the counter number before and after forcing a "GP," and tell me what you see.

[Added note: Oops-- forgot, the counter only ticks over on the cycle after the "1-2-3-4" registers -- watch that counter on the next pull.]

This vertical bar won't let the trigger bar go into the notches on the disks.
Ken

kepmr wrote:

Callie Reel.jpg

This vertical bar won't let the trigger bar go into the notches on the disks.
Ken

Yes, I understand. Now, watch the action of that hardware during the next pull-- you should see the trigger bar push into the deep notches on the payout wheels before they are released and the hub-probe to the 1st/4th reel will penetrate the recess in the hub and flick the counter. If that doesn't happen, then there's a problem...

Thanks I understand how it works now.

Ken