Restoring Vintage Mizuho - Dump Chute Issue
First of all, this forum has been extremely helpful in identifying and restoring my machine. Thank you very much!
I'm restoring a vintage "Matador" Mizuho Pachinko machine that I believe to be a "model B" type made in 1977-1978. It's been in my parents basement for 30+ years. Just needed a little cleaning and TLC, but there's a couple minor issues I haven't been able to fix. It's missing the track cover (planning on replacing it with a 3d print). But the main issue I'm stumped with is the dump chute.
It looks like the wiring/lights on the machine burnt up at some point and was removed, which caused some minor damage to the plastic parts around the track and jackpot housing. It makes we wonder if the upper chute was replaced with the wrong part, because when I dump the balls they fall out of the back of the chute all over the jackpot linkage. The back of the chute is open and there's no "funnel" to direct the balls into the chute. Any ideas what's wrong here and how I can fix this?
I'll try to post some pics. Thanks!
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