Nishijin Pachinko, 1971, Super DX

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A new flag sticker was installed.
Painted the inside second floor or shelf of the cabinet. I am keeping it nice, clean, pleasant, and organized, inside and outside.

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A toggle switch cover installed.
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I repositioned the lower ball tray for the ball chute, eliminating the missed tray balls. I've been trying to keep everything straight and even, however the lower ball tray is not a normal part it has to be on a angle.

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The seesaw was not working correctly, I noticed it was not working smooth, I took it apart cleaning everything, inside and outside. The screw was also loose on the seesaw.

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The ball empty switch was installed. I had to plan out the best possible position of the micro switch.
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I was still having a few bumps in the road with the ball lifter, I have the thin steel plate securing the blue hose/pipe after I got everything in place, it acts like a hose clamp, but without compressing the blue hose/pipe.

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A issue is the one center tulip is a broken piece, and the balls get caught in the tulip. I am trying to get parts for it, the tulips are unique to these pachinko machines and I don't want to change it out, just the part that's broken.

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I added the steel balls on the playfield, I adjusted the brass nails (still more work is needed). The ball dump to the recycler needed some work.
The angle and height of the lower ball tray is perfect, no more problems with balls bouncing around. The covers for the holes in the floor prevent the balls from dropping down into the lower cabinet. They have a way of rolling around. 😆
I'm using the Molex plugs for the wiring for the motor, and the other parts that need to be serviced without having to fight the wiring.

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Installed on some decals, the on off switch plate it's really a nice looking plate. The old decals were really piss poor, I also added a couple more decals for clarity to what the lights are about.

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A ball release for the players. Having the balls available, and stored inside of the cabinet is the best option.

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I worked on a on off switch for the ball motor. This was the third one......

What I accomplished is that the balls, push a finger down, and activate the micro switch. Using weights on the device I can balance the ball to the finger. Sounds like Frankenstein but it works well.

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I Finally found a solution to the ball problem. The basic idea is the counterbalance, the balls traveling down the tube hit the finger and the micro switch engages. Once all of the balls are down the tube the counterweight brings it up. The best part is that I am able to adjust the counterbalance anytime.

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A problem that was completely resolved is the ball storage for the players. I am using a standard ball tray, a tube, I developed a push button mechanical ball release that works slicker than snot. The balls then drop down into a small tray and then the outside tray for player’s.

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I installed a door switch, the reason is that I forget the ball lifter may be running, and that's not good.
I labeled the switches in the cabinet.

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I put the cabinet on a flat level surface and looked for issues.

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So the ball was getting stuck in the chute behind the lower rod jackpot assembly. I had a bit of movement in the lower rod jackpot assembly that may or may not create a ball getting trapped behind it instead in front of it. I did not want to change anything until I could get a grip on the problem. I had taken videos of the ball jamb and I started studying them.

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I was still getting the bugs out, however the ball lifting was working awesome! The issue was still the ball, it was not dropping out of the back.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qb7I9Q...ature=youtu.be

Video of the issue I was having.

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3sjWP1Yv_60

Another video of the problem.

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Even with the ball issues, I was at the point where I had to hang the dab net up. The machine had several issues, and the only way to resolve them is mounted on the wall, and completely leveled. Now this cabinet is a whole lot of weight, however I managed to get the job done by myself.

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