Sankyo - balls not always firing...

[jimmyduk]

Hi there again! Spoke too soon I just closed this post a couple of days ago about my Sankyo machine...

Sankyo error 3 and beeping

It worked perfectly for couple of hours but then balls seems to stop firing... when I turn the shooter handle the hammer fires but balls are not loading from the upper tray.

Occasionally one or two will fire, then none... then maybe 10, then one or 2 again...

I was wondering if it's something to do with pay-out?? It does seem to fire some balls If I open the front and put a few balls down one of the win slots and it then pays out 5 balls... it fires a couple and then stops again...some info on how it should pay-out would be good?

There are loads of balls in all the machine and when the lower try gets full it stops firing, until I let some out which is fine...

Also, is there a re-set switch somewhere to reset pay-outs? I've looked everywhere and can't see one, maybe there isn't?

cheers

[Moparformances]

try and open the shooter tray and see if there is a dust bunny or something causing a slow down at the point where balls are regulated befor the shooter..



on vintage machines there is a long ramp that pivots back and forth allowing only one ball at a time to the shooter,, then with each flip only one fall is lifted to the shooter.. i have seen many o time where a dirty ramp or dust bunny will slow the movement of balls allowing intermintant working.. your morder is a bit different but there is still a point where only one ball will pass with each shot.. check there for dirt grim or other??? ick

good luck

[luckydog]

turn your door key to the left to just open the glass part, then look for a small latch near the bottom to open the bottom half of the door

clean the ball ramp there, maybe cleaning the balls might help too!!

[jimmyduk]

Excellent thanks guys. Opened up the front and unlocked the bottom section to reveal the trackways into the shooter feed. unscrewed the little plastic release mechanism and there was a huge ball of fluff in there. Removed it - working fine again...