Bally/IGT 1130-5 Need Help

[Osso12]

Wow, its been several yrs since I have been on here and posted. I used to own two IGT S2000's so I know enough about slots to get me into trouble...lol
Anyway, I obtained a old (maybe 1978 or mid 70's) 1130-5 three wheel slot. I cant find any info on it on this site as of yet. Heres the back ground on it. My mom gave it to me, they have had it since 1978 or so. Its a quarter machine, and it worked flawlessly BEFORE i moved it to my home. When we first powered it up, it was in TILT mode. I told my wife I didn't know anything at all about these older machines (my brother got an almost identical model that takes silver dollars but more on his later) and to open it up but be careful with it. I did not think we could hurt this old tank. Anyway, she opens the door....pushes a button inside the door on top right hand corner. It spits all the quarters out
of the coin hopper into the collection tray, then the lights all powered off. We unplugged the machine, plugged it back in, does not come on. What has happened and what do we need to do now? Thanks

[rokgpsman]

Welcome back to the NLG website.

Your comment title says "Bally/IGT 1130-5" but it can't be both a Bally and an IGT machine, right?  Those here that want to help need to know what machine you have, so the more info you can provide the more likely it is that you'll get responses.

If you can post a few photos of the machine, one showing the outside and another showing the main logic board (mpu board) that will help to identify it and get things started.

You can look inside the machine and find the fuses, check them to see if any are blown, and make sure the fuse caps are snug. When you moved it to your place did the machine get laid down on its back or side? If so there may be a loose coin inside the machine that moved somewhere and is causing a short. A loose coin can get stuck anywhere like under a circuit board, under the main power transformer, etc. When moving a machine it is usually better to remove all the coins from the hopper, this will prevent a coin from falling out of the hopper and ending up somewhere causing a problem. In fact, a lot of folks remove the hopper from the machine and move it separately, this makes the machine lighter and gets any hopper coins out of the machine.

When you plugged it back in the last time and it didn't come on, did the lights inside the machine come on? Any other indications? The main power switch inside the machine is set to ON, right?

[Osso12]

We transported it on its back when we moved it. We transported the machine with the coin hopper out of the machine. There are no outside lights on but a small orange light on the left hand corner towards the back of the machine. What main power switch and located where?

[rokgpsman]

Ok, I see that it does have both an IGT and a Bally id plate, so there goes my thinking on that. 

That's good that you removed the hopper and its coins before moving it. Because it was laid on its side and got jostled around during the move it might be a good idea to unplug the machine, remove the hopper and carefully look around in there for any loose coins, screws or other metal objects that could be shorting something out. They could be under the main power transformer, on the back of the hopper plug, anywhere.

Since the machine was working fine before you moved it then I'd suspect that moving it did something to cause the problem. EDIT: I'd think about removing the mpu board and I/O board also just to make sure there aren't any coins behind those boards.  There may not be any large circuit boards if this is an older machine.

Also check any connectors to make sure they didn't come loose.

There should be a large chrome toggle switch inside that turns the machine off and on, often it is in the bottom half of machine in front of the hopper, maybe to the right side, unless someone has removed it and the machine has been modified to be powered up all the time. Can the previous owners give you any info about that?

With the hopper removed you can also check for a metal bracket holding several fuses.

[Amechanic]

That looks like a Bally EM Slot machine.. They have a safety time located behind the hopper.. If the hopper runs for an extended period without paying coins, the safety time shuts the machine off.. There should be a flat metal rod that runs under the hopper and stick out.. If you push that back, it should reset the safety timer.. If your machine doesn't have the reset rod, then pull the hopper out and push the button sticking out of the metal bracket holding the safety timer, that should bring your machine back to life... I would unplug your machine and go fishing for any quarters that could be back around the back of the machine.. They like to get behind the safety time and transformer.. 

Gary

[Osso12]

Ok, pulled the hopper out, pulled fuses... All fuses good... Plugged machine in and viola... Works like a charm EXCEPT its only taking one coin at a time... You cant load the machine with three quarters as the second one drops to the pay chute. Thanks at least its running.