Mills Silent FOK jackpot not closing

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Hello,

I hit the jackpot (three bars) on my machine the other day and ever since the jackpot operates on every pull. The coin tube is full so I can see the coin drop into the upper jackpot window and then it drops to the lower and out into the coin tray. Running the mech outside the case it looks like the jackpot payout lever is moving forward on every pull. Anyone seen this before and have an idea where I might start to look to resolve this mess?

It kind of takes the fun out of hitting the jackpot if it breaks something in the process

[oldslotman]

Your jackpot is not resetting. The jackpot push bar most likely is not going far enough forward to reset the jackpot.

[insertcoinhere]

Thanks oldslotman. I think I did manually reset the jackpot (both flaps closed) and I dumped some coins in the jackpot fill tube at the top left (when looking in from the back). As soon as I slide the mech back in the coins dump out. This was working great until I hit the jackpot.

Is the little circle in this pic the reset for the jackpot?

Does this arm normally move out on every pull? Is this the jackpot arm? The picture is taken at about half pull - it does go all the way out with each pull.

[oldslotman]

The part that you have marked is the reserve jackpot trip lever. The jackpot reset is just below that. The kind of jackpot that you have is tripped everytime you put the mech back in the case. There is a lever on the other side of the jackpot that is suppose to keep the jackpot from tripping until the mech is fully inserted into the case. Once the mech is fully inserted into the case that lever on the right hand side of the jackpot is pushed forward slightly and will then allow the jackpot to dump. It is a very touchy operation and everything has to line up just right. There is also another lever that has to be in the right position when the jackpot was installed on the case. If that lever is in the wrong position the jackpot will not work right. There is another member on this forum that lives in St. Paul so maybe he can give you a hand on getting it set up right. I think it is terick2104 . Send him a email if you need some help.

[insertcoinhere]

Thanks for the response. I am glad to hear that tripping the jackpot when inserting the mech is normal. I hope the jackpot was installed into the case properly since it did work flawlessly until I hit the jackpot on a lucky pull. Thanks also for the lead on a local person that I may be able to contact and get another set of eyes on things.

So the lever in the second picture - that is normal for it to extend on every pull or should it only extend on a jackpot payout?

Hopefully between the local contact and manuals/videos I have on order I can get this squared away again.

[oldslotman]

Thanks for the response. I am glad to hear that tripping the jackpot when inserting the mech is normal. I hope the jackpot was installed into the case properly since it did work flawlessly until I hit the jackpot on a lucky pull. Thanks also for the lead on a local person that I may be able to contact and get another set of eyes on things.

So the lever in the second picture - that is normal for it to extend on every pull or should it only extend on a jackpot payout?

Hopefully between the local contact and manuals/videos I have on order I can get this squared away again.

The lever in the second picture moves on every pull.

[oldslotman]

Thanks for the response. I am glad to hear that tripping the jackpot when inserting the mech is normal. I hope the jackpot was installed into the case properly since it did work flawlessly until I hit the jackpot on a lucky pull. Thanks also for the lead on a local person that I may be able to contact and get another set of eyes on things.

So the lever in the second picture - that is normal for it to extend on every pull or should it only extend on a jackpot payout?

Hopefully between the local contact and manuals/videos I have on order I can get this squared away again.

The jackpot will trip when the mech is inserted into the case but it should not dump the coins. The lever on the right hand side of the jackpot should keep the jackpot door closed until the next coin is played and resets the jackpot. I know this may sound confusing but that's how that old style jackpot works.

[insertcoinhere]

Thanks again - I appreciate the help!

[insertcoinhere]

Just wanted to follow up on this and let you know what I found. There was a thin/worn buffalo nickel jamming the coin slides. I pulled the slides and after reassembling them the Jackpot now closes and stays closed (presumably until I hit 3 bars again).

Thanks to knowledge on this site I was able to learn more about the jackpot and overcome my reluctance to dig in to the mechanism. Thanks for a great forum and all those who take the time to help us neophytes out!