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[rexer]

Hi guys and gals, first post from me on this board.

 

Im not new to forums but very new to fruit machine ownership, just bagged myself a little gem too, a JPM RollerCoaster

 

Used to play it all the time in the pub and it holds some pretty good memories, Tried out the emulator which is amazing and very spot on accurate, then went on the hunt for a fruity and found one for a very reasonable price.

 

There is a little fault with it as in the hold buttons are not lighting up, the previous owner said it might be a loose connection. 

 

Apart from the fault it is in very cood condition, as soon as it arrives ill pop some pics up before i start nagging you all for help

 

Rex

[nails]

welcome to the forums m8. owned the £8jp version and bought the £15jp version with decals many many moons ago.

 

these were the days when machines were fun

[richy1976]

Hi welcome.

I like them old jpms, use to own casino crazy club that's a good one.

Try checking that its not the bulbs 1st.

[vectra666]

welcome and don,t forget to join in its a warm friendly place here (most of the time lol)

[rexer]

Thanks for the welcome dudes, picking up the fruity on saturday fingers crossed. Looking forward to getting my hands dirty when it goes wrong....its electric and mechanical so its bound to sooner or later right lol

 

Like i said above, this machine holds very good memories for me and a mate so looking forward to standing at it with a few beers and my best mate like old times....

 

Will check all the bulbs first thing then work my way to a cure

 

Here is the little beauty

 

 

Not in bad condition aye?

[Anosha]

Welcome, all I have to say is NIIIICCEEE! I used to play on this machine in the pub too, so you can I probably share some similar memories. It seems in lovely condition, bet you can't wait to get home from work to play on that.

[titan]

welcome to the forum rex, very nice machine you have there.

[rexer]

Right, the road trip to collect the machine went pretty smooth and i now have it at home.

 

So i start by chucking some coins through it and it seems to work fine, then worked out how to dump the coins so i can keep playing, then think time to have a look at why the buttons arent lighting up.

 

I found that the bulbs are all blown so simple fix

 

Found another slight problem though, loads of broken bulb holders that were covered up with gaffer tape (bodge).

 

So, where can i get some new bulbs and holders ?

[rexer]

Also, the guy i bought it off also gave me a load of eurocoin london tokens, would it be possible to run this machine on tokens only?

[Starleisure]

Very nice machine from a time when they were fun and entertaining. 

 

eBay would be the best place to find bulbs and holders but be careful on changing as the vac may have become very brittle hence all the tape.

[richy1976]

It may be switchable to £8 tokens, but all wins under £4 would be cash.

[rexer]

Thanks again fella's

[rexer]

Right, got some bulb holders, most of them arrived un-broken....bonus.

Am I right in thinking I would need a telephone engineer tool (like in a BT socket) to push the wires in to the holders?



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Edited by rexer, 25 September 2013 - 03:05 PM.

[ady]

I have just PM'ed nails this link and my phone jast rang...

 

Oh yeah, music and chat in the background toss was enjoying a pint in the pub...whereas i'm home from work and cooking dinner drinking coffee!

 

He said on his phone he can't see what I PM'ed so explained the post as good as I could.

 

Apparently rexer you don't need any tools, the holder has 2 pins that automatically pierce the coating on the wire.......

 

..........nails explained it as..........

 

"If you get a strip of wire you can simply 'snap' them with no tools wherever they need to be"

 

He then went on to say.......

 

"If you look at one of your machines"..............yeah like i'll rip it apart lol ...

 

I'm sure if theres no reply before nails sobers up (git!) he'll reply to this ASAP....and correct what I thought he meant!

[rexer]

I have just PM'ed nails this link and my phone jast rang...
 
Oh yeah, music and chat in the background toss was enjoying a pint in the pub...whereas i'm home from work and cooking dinner drinking coffee!
 
He said on his phone he can't see what I PM'ed so explained the post as good as I could.
 
Apparently rexer you don't need any tools, the holder has 2 pins that automatically pierce the coating on the wire.......
 
..........nails explained it as..........
 
"If you get a strip of wire you can simply 'snap' them with no tools wherever they need to be"
 
He then went on to say.......
 
"If you look at one of your machines"..............yeah like i'll rip it apart lol ...
 
I'm sure if theres no reply before nails sobers up (git!) he'll reply to this ASAP....and correct what I thought he meant!

Thanks muchly dude, I think I get it, like them crappy blue car electrics bodge connectors

Thanks again r the reply mate

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[chasnbons]

Somehow I've only just seen this, I've got loads of spare bulb holders, but not sure if I had the correct ones you needed.

 

Just push the wires into them with a small screwdriver, very carefully.

 

You can usually see when they are in far enough to make a connection, replace one and try it, if it doesn't work push the wire in a bit more.

 

That's what I usually do and I haven't had a problem.... yet!

[chasnbons]

OGM far too many big words for me there RDP