Kyoraku

[Alan13]

Hey, I'm looking at a kyoraku pachinko on craigslist. It looks fine, the only problem is that it's missing the outer plastic cover on the middle jackpot mechanism. Does anyone know if it will work okay without it? The image is of the same type of machine, except the piece is there. Thanks.
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[CarlW]

I'm speculating. Had one Kyoraku, said SUN 406 on front but the back plastic was light green color.

It did need that center piece; some reward balls missed the chute on a jackpot, seemed like they bounced out, it was inconsistent.

At the time, I fashioned a cover out of a disposable food storage container.

Cut off a portion of the lip and angled the plastic downward and into the chute.

It worked famously but wasn't especially pretty.

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[Alan13]

I'm speculating. Had one Kyoraku, said SUN 406 on front but the back plastic was light green color.

It did need that center piece; some reward balls missed the chute on a jackpot, seemed like they bounced out, it was inconsistent.

At the time, I fashioned a cover out of a disposable food storage container.

Cut off a portion of the lip and angled the plastic downward and into the chute.

It worked famously but wasn't especially pretty.

DSC01514.jpg

I assumed that was the case but wanted to double check, never know when a machine is different. Thanks!