Mills mech switch

[sam2002]

What is this for ? The part that is shaped like a crescent wrench .The little switch that is wired shut on the Mills mech .this thing drove me nuts for several days due to the fact that someone wrapped the wire improperly and this system would close this causing the mech to quit after a couple of cycles .

[Richard13]

Could that be the anti cheat lever? I recall having to wire up a part like that in that location on one of my escalator fok's.

[oldslotman]

What is this for ? The part that is shaped like a crescent wrench .The little switch that is wired shut on the Mills mech .this thing drove me nuts for several days due to the fact that someone wrapped the wire improperly and this system would close this causing the mech to quit after a couple of cycles .

It is a lever that prevents the machine from paying out. It will hold the payout fingers so they will not go into the reel disc. It was used when testing or repairing the machine so it would not payout while testing or repairing. I believe it also had a purpose when tokens were used in the machines to prevent payouts in certain cases. The lever with the small spring on it should always point to the back, not forward as it is now. If the little lever is forward as it is now the machine will not payout.

[MONTI]

The part that is wired up is part of the Anti Check Payout Base Assembly and when that lever is in the down position would prevent payout of the slides by not allowing the upper payout levers from activating the proper slide release levers, horizontal payout levers from proper operation!

Excuse the redundancy as we posted about the same time! LOL

[sam2002]

Thanks All !
This one had me goin for awhile . Someone mis wired it and it basically was a piece of wire wrapped around the stationary shaft . Should have been wired as it is now showing in the pictured photo . This is actually another mech I pulled to compare to the one I was working on . Anyway that anti payout bar would slip down and catch about every third pull on the handle , thus the mech would lock up . These things can be challenging ! been working on this problem for 2 days and happy to have it solved .Machine is now functioning as it should .

[Richard13]

Mine was not wired up when I got my FOK and same thing happened to me no payouts!! Frustrated the heck outa me.
I tapped into the forum and another local member and his wife came to my house and he looked at it and in less than 30 seconds diagnosed the problem showed me how to wire it up and the machine runs flawlessly now. He called it the anti- cheat device!

This is a great place to pick experts brains on stuff like this!

[MONTI]

Don't feel bad Sam, that is one of the common questions I get from people about their Mills slot machines as when they take the mech out of the cabinet they either inadvertently touch that lever which should be in the back position and accidentally set it in the outward position causing the vertical pay fingers to lock up or accidentally raise the coin tube fill lever located above the horizontal slide release levers which prevents the activation of the mech!
It is something easy to do when moving the mech when it is out of the cabinet!
Ciao,
Monti

[mechanic]

To properly shut off the anti cheat unit you will need to cut the wire off first. Take the mech out of the case and use the cycling tool or screw driver to engage the mech. Push down until the ratchet pawl is at the end of the pork chops grooved top. Stop at that point and then pull back on the small lever behind the wire shown in the pic. Once you pull the small lever back you can now finish the cycle on the mech. The hook should remain disengaged and should no longer prevent the proper payouts. Leave the small lever in the pulled back position and slide the mech back into the case. No more need to wire the hook in place.