Post all BYOAC & MAME (.984") Token Mech modification hints in here.

[TheBoz]

Here are the instructions for these mechs from the original site.  Big thanks to Mike Perry (MP2526) for this - he was cool enough to go and retake the photographs for us!!

Thanks Mike.

Modifying Happ Quarter Mechs for .984" Token Use

The links for each image in this tut are broken. However, the larger (much larger) images for this tutorial can be seen if you save the web page contents using Firefox (and I suspect IE as well). I'm saving them for future reference should the site suddenly get hit by a bus.

[Santoro]

Odd.  I'll check it out. Thanks for mentioning it..

[Santoro]

Actually - they load for me. do you have a slow connection?  They are huge files, and that page is not designed properly.  I'll get to fixing that one day.

[TheBoz]

Actually - they load for me. do you have a slow connection?  They are huge files, and that page is not designed properly.  I'll get to fixing that one day.

The images load when looking at the page itself, but the larger copies of those images (when you click on each one) is a dead link. They point to "http://www.arcadetokens.com/images/". It's not that big of a deal, though someone might miss the fact that there are bigger images to be seen for detail. Good find though. I thought I had saved this tut and couldn't find it when you posted this. I was nervous for a second there.

[Mauzy]

+1 for TheNasty's mod. Took 30 seconds and everything that will fit through the initial opening works!
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=19200

[stan2323]

+2 more for TheNasty's mod.   I just did this to a couple and it works great.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=19200.msg153173#msg153173

I think the mod post should be added to this thread so it will be in the sticky.

Stan

[shardian]

I came up with an interesting mod the other day for coin controls mechs. I normally use the 'slightly smaller than a quarter' tokens. I believe they are .900. Anyways, these tokens normally fall straight thru Coin Controls mechs. If you notice, the reason it falls thru is because the 'pivot' piece it first falls into is too big. I took a flatblade screwdriver and bent in the little lip thing that swings to the bottom when a coin is in it. Trial and error is necessary to get it working without jamming.

I did this to all the mechs in my gameroom. Works great.

[mvsfan]

I've got the tan plastic type (coin controls I think). I don't know how you'd go about modding them for tokens, but I'm sure there's a way to do it, right?

Until I figure that out, I could always just have a cup full of quarters on the shelf next to my cab. But then there's the possibility that my friends might "accientally" walk off with them, and Tokens would definately solve that problem. I'd probably want to change the reject button stickers if I switched to tokens though.

Folks are probably more likely to "accidentally" hork your tokens than plain old quarters!

i think your right. aif they could find an arcade with functioning games, these tokens would be worth more than quarters.

unfortunatly the few surviving ones here, their maintenance is just absolutely lousy.

even at a big well established bowling alley with a bar, nightclub, and hundreds of people visiting each week,

nobody at that place has heard of replacing a cherry switch. every game has something wrong with it. I personally feel like going bowling one day with a bag of switches and asking for the manager.

[mvsfan]

shoot ill do that anyway usually with a small fee though.

theirs plenty of small places around like laundromats and pizzerias that have one or two games their

the owners got them off an auction or something and they dont know jack cause their not really in the business or the hobby know what i mean?

when i happen to one of those i usually let someone know whats wrong and often their very friendly about it.

[Sledgehammer]

Hi All,

Sorry to update an old post, but I have been investigating how to modify my Suzo Happ coin mechs to accept tokens (currently they accept quarters only) and was able to do it today and wanted to share some info.

All the sites I have come across for Happ coin mechs seem to refer to filing down some plastic to get the .984 tokens to be accepted.

When I was looking at my mechs today, I realized the area where I was to file was metal, not plastic, and it was a bracket being held on by a tiny screw that had some locktite (or something to that effect) applied to it. I had to swing back the piece that is hinged on the mech to get to this screw.

By backing out that screw and sliding the bracket back, I was able to my my mechs take .984 tokens and $.25 quarters.

Forgive me if this is not new info....but I had not seen it posted anywhere else in my couple days of searching.

Below are some pics of what I am talking about:

My coin mech:



The screw in question..just by my finger tip:



I unscrewed it and slid the bracket back until it would let my token pass (this is a shot of where it is now):



Coins and .984 tokens now work 100%:



Hope this helps someone in the future if they are reading this post and looking for help!

Jason

[EightBySix]

Could someone post the dimensions of the tokens - I'm considering a DIY coin mech and want it to accept the tokens too.

Thanks

[DennisInMN]

The BYOAC tokens are .984", as shown on http://www.arcadereplay.com, they seem to be about the same thickness as a quarter...I have some tokens at work.