Bally 873 Coin Light

[slcjeeper]

Hello everyone! I lurk here often but never post. I'm bringing an 873-K back to life and have a question about the "coin accepted / insert coin" cover. I've attached a picture for reference. What I want to know is if this cover is from a later series machine or a mod available to be added later. This cover has it's own bulb socket to keep the denomination constantly lit, well, until the service switch is pushed. In the picture the ugly soldering at the coin accepted socket and the additional white /blue wire at the service switch are clearly add-ons or a hack. It makes absolutely no sense to have the denomination light controlled by the service switch anyhow. I couldn't find this cover in my parts listing and prefer to have my machines in the condition as delivered by Bally with little to no customer mods.

[Amechanic]

That coin denom light is not a standard item.. As you assumed someone has added it some where down the road.. The smaller 800 series cabinets only had lights for the coin accepted and insert portions of the reel glass..

[rdaniel]

That lamp arrangement is certainly custom. I have an MGM 873 and it has three lamps in a row, all 47's.  They did not use 63's. The push button switch would only light the 5 cent denomination circle, so I changed reel glass  frame to one without the button.