My First Pachinko!
Hi all. This is my first post here. I'm new to the world of Pachinko. I had never heard of them until recently. I saw one at a local auction and was just so curious about it that I put in a random bid and won (hope it wasn't too much)!
It says Ginza on it. I can't seem to find a year on it or one with a similar playing field either. It looks similar to the single shot one in the video here. Pics below. Any idea what year it might be?
I have no idea how it works. After watching that video. It appears that I'm missing some components. I'd really like to get this thing working. Any tips on locating my missing components? I don't even know the names of the parts to do a search. Any chance a parts manual exists for these?
Thanks for any tips you can offer. I look forward to getting it operational again!
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On mine, the wing nut loosens and allows the track to be extended for it to reach. I can't tell how your ball dump works from the pic. The track that the balls rest on where they stop against the ball dump lever holds 15 balls. This is a trap door like tray. During a jackpot cycle, it will tilt dropping 15 balls onto another tilting tray behind the top plastic cover. They will roll down the tin tracks and fill up the jackpot and be visible from the front. Behind the square plastic cover is a seesaw. It should be in the up position. Can't tell but yours looks like it is down. Seesaw up
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Originally Posted by ninjarobert
Re: My First Pachinko!
Since it looks like balls are stuck back there, so I would remove the nails CAREFULLY to get the cover off. The old plastic will likely be brittle and break easily. 
It is not a necessary part and will function perfectly without it...but since it survived this long, you want to keep it. You can clean it with plastic polish before replacing it, and it will be see through again. I can't tell if the balls in the pic are counterweights in the seesaw, or stuck balls.
It looks like the seesaw is down...incorrect position, and would explain why balls are in the "jackpot reserve chamber".
Not an official name, I made it up. When the jackpot seesaw (behind the square cover that should be removed) is in the down position, balls are diverted into the small window in front. Since a pocket has been landed in, but the seesaw was not in a position to payout, the ball goes into the window to be payed out when the seesaw is reset. The sliding tab 
is part of what I call the elevator. After resetting the seesaw to the up position, the elevator lifts the balls from the jackpot reserve chamber to the front of the seesaw to trigger a jackpot that was already earned. Since so many jackpots were hit with the seesaw down, the balls went into the reserve chamber and probably exceeds its capacity...therefore making it difficult to slide. The nail in the pic does not look like it belongs there. It was probably added by someone because of the broken plastic, preventing balls from falling out when the elevator lifted them. The window at the top right 
is the low ball indicator. When the hopper is full, you can see the balls through the window. If you can't see any balls...refill the hopper. Everything looks good, nothing looks seriously broken, except the previously mentioned brittle plastic. Just looks like a BIG ball jam that needs to be cleared out, and seesaw reset. Then function tested. With reports back here and pics of course!
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