Reel 21 back door and gumball parts

[Hdmike444]

Hi,
Is a daval reel 21 an impossible find? Do they make a repro one? Also are gumball parts available anywhere? I'm looking at one with no back cover and missing some gumball parts.
Thx mike

[SLOT DYNASTY]

Hi:
A member of our Forum, (Rick Hector), has repro doors for the "Reel 21".
If he doesn't see this post, and you get the machine, I will send you his info.
Bill

[Hdmike444]

Hi, thanks. He contacted me and I emailed him. Now I just need to get the machine. I feel this hobby is going to grow into a monster like my pinball machines.

Mike

[SLOT DYNASTY]

Hi Mike:
Hope you got your "Reel 21" machine, and was able to acquire the back door as well.
There was one that just sold on eBay, with most of the paint missing from the case,
and no back door. Was that the one you got? It wasn't damaged at all, and had good
original strips & card.
Bill

[Hdmike444]

Hi,
Yes,that's the one. The handle broke during shipping so the seller refunded me $200 which I think is fair. I also bought an original back cover. I found a second one too locally so I'm going to grab that as well in case I find another machine. I found someone on here who is going to recast a handle for me.ill keep searching for an original but at least I'll have the recast for now. I need to reallly clean it and get it working properly. The reels spin and stop good but is pretty dirty. Is there anyplace with good details on cleaning these up? Also does anyone know where to get replacement feet.
Is there anything I should or shouldn't do.
Also need to find out what I'm missing for gumball parts. If anyone has one they could take pics of that would be great.
Thx mike

[widget2k4]

do you have any of the missing gumball parts at all ?
i restored 3 of these and only one had all the gumball parts,they were quite hard to reproduce especially the small part that fed the balls to the chute, the other part was just a metal plate with a hole in.
they are quite easy to restore once you get them to bits, the key thing is to take photos when taking it apart, most of the mech is fastened to one side and you need to get the front off first before the sides come off, the little piston that controls the reel speeds are common for not working,

[SLOT DYNASTY]

widget2k4:
If you don't mind, could you send me the serial numbers from your 3 "Reel 21" machines?
They will be stamped on the outside bottom of the case. I have been logging these numbers
for many years. Daval had a different process, in the way they produced their many different
models, as most individual models did not have it's own serial range, and were intermingled.

I wish that I could help you with your gumball parts. I used to make all of the parts for the
Daval models, but am temporarily out of stock, and don't know when I will be doing more.
The only part that I know of that is available at this time, is the gumball delivery cup casting.
That was from Paul Hindin, at (bedvibr8or@aol.com).
Bill

[Hdmike444]

The only parts I have are the ribbed chute, which is the delivery cup you mentioned I think, a spring attached to it, the push button that is not original and there was a metal plate with a hole in it that is also not original

[widget2k4]

thats a shame because the tricky part is missing and even with one to copy off its difficult to reproduce

[tsparts4u]

I have some gumball related parts for the Daval trade stimulators and some others. Let me know what you are looking for. I might be able to help.
Regards,
Jerry
ucanwin777@aol.com