Helo just joined your forum and wanted to thank everyone inadvance for any and all help on my bally 5000 plus slot machine project,,, I am retired living in council bluffs iowa ,, i was a service tech but not on slot machine so i am going to need help on this,,,,, I got it for my 89 year (young) mother which now lives with us,,,, she loved to go to the casino and play the slot machine but she cant get out to do that now so i found this one that is not working but i hope i can get it going for her,,, i got it for xmas along with a japan skill slot that is working and she loves it but really would like the bally because that was the kind she played,,,, so i found your forum and hope to be working on it soon.....I have been doing a lot of reading on the bally 5000 plus and have got the bally 5000 plus operator instructions manual,,, i have all the model and ser # etc along with photos of the unit ready to post so if any of you that have this unit or have done repairs can see what i have to work with..... please let me know which area i should post in to get the help i will be needing thanks again my name is bill