websherpa

You're friendly fruity lover from Canada here.

I finally took some time to replace the Reel Opto Header pins on my MayGay M1A Monopoly (Green) that I acquired, and either that or resoldering the reel interface board components got my fruit machine working 100% again. (and of course that only a couple days after purchasing a replacement M1A board - so I have a spare).

Now I want to get the ME126TS coin acceptor working and paying again. SOmeone had cut the token credit wire and hardwired in a bypass switch to award credits. I re-connected the wires and it started recognizing tokens & pound coins (I don't have any 20p coins) with the test, and I did a front load with the refill key which seemed to work. The three payout solenoids test 100% too, they kick out coins. My problem: when the machine goes to pay out in non-test mode, it simply counts down the credits quickly to 0 with a little sound beep, but no coins come out of the machine and solenoids don't fire. I'm not sure if there was a purposeful but simple mod that the previous owner did in order to be able to play and pay without coins or something else.

Can anyone familiar with the ME126TS first give me a run down about how the machines were supposed to be set up and filled in operation, and what happens in terms of payouts if the machine is set to Tokens vs. Cash? My manual assumes you know this from experience.

Any troubleshooting ideas why it might count down the payout but not release coins?

Many thanks, as always, in advance,

Wayne

Does anyoen know where i could acquire a working replacement M1A MPU? I don't need the ROM chips or sound board.

Thanks!

Wayne [WEB aka webSherpa]

I'm still not done with fixing my MayGay Monopoly (Green), it was working for days and then back to reel errors again. I'll be changing all the connectors this weekend, but I have another question.

The machine has some truoble acquiring the 12volts it needs. There's a relay that flips if the correct voltage is available (I think). I can hear that relay going a couple of times, each time the machine starts, kind of like a failed kick start. Any engineering types have ideas what might be causing this? I tried rebuilding the Capacitors in the power supply but ending up having to revert some of them because it stopped giving the 12 volts alltogether.

Many thanks,

Wayne

Excuse my ignorance. What does the refill key on a fruit machine (in this case my MayGay 1992 Monopoly Green) do? (Obviously something to do with meters and coins and emptying the machine??) But I'd like to know how the switch works in practice.

Thanks for your help!

My new/old Maygay Monopoly green has been humming along nicely for days since I got it, I happen to fiddle a bit with some loose bolts on the reel mount and AARGH! a Reel Error on Reel 3. It did sound like something was rubbing, tried to clear everything out of the way, blew dust off the optics, reseated connectors/looms and still the error. I did notice that this reel does turn with a little more friction than the others.

The opto interruptor leaf is triggering the led indicator, so I am suspecting a "speed" issue.

Would this be correct to assume? Any hints on where to look first, can the stepper motors be lubricated, etc.

Thank you.