I’m new to Pachinko

[Maher1510]

Hi, got this Pachinko machine from my wife’s grandfather. Been sitting in his basement for years. I cleaned the thick dust off of it the best I could. I know thing about these and been lurking on this site for a couple weeks now. I got it semi working but I don’t think I have the power connection correct. I’m using a transformer that takes 110v in and output to 12volts, 500mA. From what I’ve read here (great site) I connect positive to orange and ground to white. Which made the low ball light come on and off when I filled with balls but the only way I could get the shooter to feed balls is if I took the positive and ground to the other posts to the right of the connection which I don’t think is right and it would only feed 1 in 4 balls or so and the balls that didn’t feed would fall in the tray beside the handle. Sadly her grandmother passed away 2 days ago and we were going through some old pictures and we found a picture of my wife when she was a toddler playing on this exact machine. Any help from you all is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Maher1510]

Trying to figure out the electric, can’t seem to find any info on this style of machine. Is this a power flash machine, meaning I need an input of both 12 and 24 volts for the lights and Solenoid to work? From what I’ve read, the machines that have 2 fuses need two different voltage inputs. Thanks y’all!

[takethecastle57]

You have a"Gravity" Flipper machine . You need the upper ball tray in back at least half filled with balls so that the front feeder trays ball gate will be up and out of the way so balls can be fed to the Flipper Shooter mechanism so the balls can fly into the play field.

[Maher1510]

You have a"Gravity" Flipper machine . You need the upper ball tray in back at least half filled with balls so that the front feeder trays ball gate will be up and out of the way so balls can be fed to the Flipper Shooter mechanism so the balls can fly into the play field.

Thanks for the reply! I understand it’s a gravity flipper and the tray needs filled but it has a electrical (solenoid?) that moves the balls to line up with the flipper. Didn’t know if that needs 24volts? And how to connect the electric to the machine.

[Tink]

Ah, the Kyoraku. Open the front tray and you will find a solenoid in the loader mechanism. All I have seen thus far have had a nail placed to disable the ball stop section near the solenoid so power not required to load balls and plays like all other vintage.

[Tink]

You can also open that loader mech and remove the parts so it loads without power. Not sure on power requirement for that solenoid. I've just bypassed or removed them.

[copeina]

Ah, the Kyoraku. Open the front tray and you will find a solenoid in the loader mechanism. All I have seen thus far have had a nail placed to disable the ball stop section near the solenoid so power not required to load balls and plays like all other vintage.

I have that model myself. I removed the solenoid completely along with the little gate it controls. Unplugged and snipped the wires clean, and no one needs to know it was ever there.

Nice clean machine. Hope you enjoy it for a long time to come!
/Kris

[Maher1510]

Thanks think and copeina, I’ll do just that and remove it. Been playing with that solenoid for a few days and couldn’t figure it out. I know I will have other questions about this machine so take it easy with me. Thanks for all the help!

[Maher1510]

Thanks think and copeina, I’ll do just that and remove it. Been playing with that solenoid for a few days and couldn’t figure it out. I know I will have other questions about this machine so take it easy with me. Thanks for all the help!

Tink*

[Moparformances]

Welcome to Pachitalk

[Maher1510]

Was able to work on the machine a little today and it’s working! Thanks for all your help, id still be scratching my head if it wasn’t for you all!

[LJB]

Welcome