Vintage Maruhon Center Jackpot Payout Mechanism

[PAulB]

Hello all! Great Forum!

Just picked-up out first vintage Pachinko (or any Pachinko for that matter). Believe it to be from the early 1970's (1972?)- I did see the thread on dating the machines using inspection stickers, and dated using that method last week, but forgot the exact year.

Did some clean-up, bought some pachinko balls, etc. Noticed that the Center Jackpot Payout control mechanism had a broken plastic part. Essentially, there is a plastic piece that slides vertically. The rocker of the payour mechanism interfaces with this piece (opposite the metal end that retains the payout balls). I believe that the plastic piece controls the flow of balls into the paypout mechanism, and with another piece (or four ) releases the payout. However, this plastic piece is broken (it came that way, so I have no idea of the remaining shape of the piece).

Does anyone have a photo of a Vintage Maruhon center jackpot payout mechanism (or a manual/book suggestion that may show this)? If I know what it looks like, I can determine whether I can fabricate a fix. for the broken part.

Thanks for any help that you can provide!

Paul