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There wasn't a specific machine called "Mad Money" - it was a game choice on lots of different Segas. So Mad Money on your Diamond 3 is quite authentic. 3 faces in any position pays however many coins the Gaming Commission allowed that year. Ive seen several on fleabay marked specifically...

Well that chroming example on their first page is pretty much what my cash tray looked like. I hope my tray comes back looking wonderful like that car part after chroming. Im paying £60.00 including all the finishing. I think with all things, you pay cheap you get cheap.

Well, i bought the bullet yesterday and sent off my Berkeley coin tray for chroming. I found a local electroplater of senior years who generally specialises in old antiques, such as clocks etc. Its going to be stripped, copper and nickel plated then chromed (i guess this is the norm for chrome plati...

Ive seen black with white stripes, black with red stripes, and red with black stripes... I always thought the mad money machine was actually embossed at the bottom of the case M A D M O N E Y ?? I dont think it really matters what colour you are painting it. I tell you what i would do thought, get r...

Marvellous, if you take the whole shefra unit off, whole lot easier. You can play rolling the coin in to see what is wedging etc. You might find slight pitting of the chrome between gate and back plate, this consequently makes the coin entry not so smooth and can snag the odd coin that is dirty, gre...

Try this image for starters,

I would suggest that with your 1np, it is coming into coin slot and the sprung loaded gate is sitting too close to rear plate (default for 6d coins). Therefor the 1NP does not roll into the coin detector, it bounces off and simply falls down the slug slot to the bottom tray. You should have an adjus...

Hi Andy-M ............. The thing about new reels also crops up regularly. Are they really that bad? If you need to replace them, firstly are they standard? In so much as, has some ne'er do well operator pasted a lemon or two on top of a cherry at some point in the past? If they have they'll also h...

I use sewing machine oil as recommended by fellow slotties on here, and the only place ive oiled is very likely on the clock mechanism. Oil and flying reels cause mess. I dont get any drips on the base plate so i figure im doing it right. As to the 1NP, i had an old Mills high top when i was a kid t...

What a stunning machine! Bit surprised at the payouts though, for such high odds and a 25c stake, $15.00 seems a bit mean!
Beautiful though, good job.

Some of the manuals will keep you busy as they are in sections, others are just one big chunk. Dont forget to take your USB stick to work to copy them on to. I think the biggest one covering Ballys from the all mechanical to the electro mechanical is 50mb. Im going to try and download the whole lot ...

Thanks Bedpenny. Ive been downloading and binding the manuals even for machines i havent got, just in case i do get them. They are interesting reads anyhow especially some of the trade catalogues. The dark art of the Bally electro mechanical machines are well explained in the manuals. Ive seen many ...

Well, maybe its the terminology of speed at issue. Maybe they are talking about how fast/slow the reels stop, or the amount of time the reels spin?? I took reference from the Mills Bell Machine Parts and Service Manual on the section. From what you guys state, then I guess the Mills definition of re...

Have you been on here http://rwatts.cdyn.com/Machines/download_area.html
Theres mills manuals, quite large which may be similar to your sega. They helped me with my Berkeley and they wont cost you a penny either.

Being a relative newb, I had this problem and found the hints given here were good, e.g. cleaning where the reel break wires sit on the spindle (congealed grease it was too). Gathering info from a Mills service manual i found the following solution worked well for me (being mindful that wrong timing...

The machine is for me, I'm not interested in punting bandits on. My vast collection of action figures are for that purpose. I kind of like the Riviera, as I've said before, it's about the machines I played in my era of being a child, happy memories of piers, candyfloss and clattering of coins and ge...

Topic merged - Site Admin. Can anybody tell me whether a Jubilee Riviera on old shilling/5p will easily accept a new 10p coin? My current Jubilee mk1 takes new 5p pieces by placing some tape over the coin reject slot. The new 10p has a slightly larger diameter than the old 5p. Will I have problems?...

Well, my handle ball unscrews. It's a Berkeley British Sega copy. It was pretty tight, but it is definitely a threaded fit. To get it off I actually tightened it up further. There was a slight budge by fractions tightening up then it undid easily going the other way. It's anti clockwise to remove, c...

Thank you treacle... much obliged.

Ah, can rely on you Mr Badpenny to reply... at least to break my solitary status of nobody posting. The ones on ebay are electric payouts and not in working order. I think I'm gonna stay clear as I favour my health and sanity... electricity stings.