Note to anyone reading this in the future, I JUST got this Bally 809 and I was so excited to get it home and play it , when I got it home , initially it LOOKED like a super easy fix , but it was not , it wouldn’t accept coins and the lights wouldn’t advance in the upper unit , anyways I pulled the upper unit and cleaned the beau plugs , then I pulled the reel mechanism and cleaned the beau plugs , then I pulled the hopper and cleaned the beau plugs, and THEN the lights started advancing and I was able to play the machine, everything was perfect except the machine was and currently ( as I write this ) underpaying, I started another post concerning the Bally 809 underpaying, and when I figure that out I’ll post a conclusion on that post as well .
Have a splendid week and contact me directly if I can help you with your Bally .
LEE ( and that’s my real name )