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[Larry]

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[davethebirdman]

Hi Larry

thanks for chipping in...

Have enclosed pictures of the coin mech and the levers I have at the top of the knobs...
There are three levers... The bottom one is a little tighter than the top two... As can be seen the insides are a little dirty. The guy before me had it permanantly on free vend...

The only reason I say that it is a 25c machine is because that's what the flags say...

It does say nickle and dime...

When I put a dime in, it just falls through... When I put a nickle in it catches on the bottom by the exit and I can physically release the coin by manually pulling the bottom lever down... Hope that makes sense...

Thanks Guys

Dave

[collecture]

Dave,
That appears to be a nickel/dime rejector. I say appears because it is definately a dime on the backside that is shown; however, NRI made nickel/dime rejectors, quarter/nickel rejectors and quarter/dime rejectors and so on...
Compare the front side to your 39 or 56 rejector. I would bet you have a nickel/dime rejector in which case quarters would not be accepted.
Post a pic of the front side if you can.
Curtis sells a repro manual that covers everything.

[davethebirdman]

Hi Tom

Here's a picture of the other side...

I have tried nickles and they seem to go through okay but the dimes just drop out...

Dave

[collecture]

Dave,
Even though the nickel cradle is different from any I've seen, it looks like it is a nickel/dime rejector.
Hard for me to diagnose what the dimes problem is - where in the dime path is it falling through? Does the dime make it through the main plate of the rejector or does it fall straight through?

[davethebirdman]

Hi Tom ... I t looks like they are just falling through...

I re-connected the coin mech and the machine vends on a 5c piece.. I am assuming that the
reason the dime is falling thorugh is because its not currently set to take them (because of the lower price vend)

It does say on the coin plate nickles & dimes...

Will stick with the 5c vend for now until I figure what to do next... Kids love it and that's what matters...

Can't believe how much gum this machine could vend.....

Dave