Will Bally Reel Assembly from 922 work in an 809 Machine ?

[Hiram]

Can the Reel Assembly from a Bally 922-ZGG fit and work in an 809-9ZJ Machine ? ...My 809 has some tarnish and , I have a chance to pickup a really clean 922  assembly complete ..if it fits , that would save a lot of work

[wolftalk]

you mean the metal frame and the mechanical parts?  Afaik, those are standard except machines with hold-n-draw.


you'd need to swap the reels/slotting index discs (the shaft+reels), the reel wipers, and all the electrical parts (plugs, reel wiper contact plates, relays)

[Hiram]

you mean the metal frame and the mechanical parts?  Afaik, those are standard except machines with hold-n-draw.


you'd need to swap the reels/slotting index discs (the shaft+reels), the reel wipers, and all the electrical parts (plugs, reel wiper contact plates, relays)

Thanks ..that saved me a lot of grief ..my old 809 has some tarnish and the game has not run for years but , someone offered me a very clean 922 assembly complete with reels and everything ...I was hoping I could buy it and just slide it in place....guess it's not that easy lol

[wolftalk]

:-)

in general, you can't even take a reel or hopper unit from another 809 and plug it in unless it's exactly the same model.

Bally made hundreds of variations of the 809.  The model could be as simple as 809-A, longer like 809-ZZT, and when they ran out of room to insert Z's, they went with something like 809-9ZT.

hopefully you still have the model/serial number plate on the outside of the cabinet below the handle ... and it's correct.  Occasionally people would remove it, repurpose cabinets to make a different model, bodge together a complete machine from pieces, or just attach a serial number plate from a not-even-the-right-model game for the same reason people change vin numbers on cars :-)

when transplanting units, the main thing is the payout counter on the hopper unit needs to match the reel wipers/contact plates, but there's other differences that can result in the plug connections having different numbers of pins so you can't even plug a unit into the cabinet.

[DavidLee]

If you took the time to trace/compare every wire in both unites and they were exactly the same.
Then you might be able to use the cleaner one in your machine.
Easiest place to start would be the beau-plugs in the back.


Or if you can find an non abusive spray cleaner made for EM type equipment this might be better.
Best to remove the reels when cleaning. Oil and cleaner spatters may stain the reel tapes.