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Defender coin mech problem
kaykaitkar:
I picked up a defender cabined that I am trying to restore. I am not familiar at all with Williams coin mechanisms. When I insert a quarter into either slot they automatically go to the coin return. I pulled them both out, opened them up and am still trying to figure it out. Does anyone have any clues as to what I should be looking for?
The coin mechs have 5301-10 printed on them.
Thenasty:
if you're putting in .25c and its getting rejected, then you have a diff size coin mech. most likely it accecpt TOKENS (maybe .984 in size or .882 in size, but then again it might be diff).
You can always HACK a coin mech to accept ALL size COINS. Search here for it.
A picture of it with help.
There are some screw adjustments that you can play around with.
TheShanMan:
Yeah, you should be able to adjust it to drop the coins in the accept slot rather than the reject slot. Personally, since I use tokens and virtually all the games I've bought have had quarter mechs, I have started taking the lazy approach of shooting some glue from a hot glue gun in the mech above the reject slot to create a ramp to force coins to go to the accept slot. Again, you should be able to adjust it to work right, but I don't care enough about it to do it the "right" way. ;)
RayB:
Post photos.
What country are you in? THe mech could be made for Canadian coins. It could also be the type with electro-magnets and if they aren't engaging, again it won't take coins. Etc...
Ken Layton:
The Williams silver coin door has a "lockout coil" mounted on it to reject coins if the power is off. The later black "Coinco" door has two lockout coils.