4 ways to reset your hopper.
1. Drop in a coin and pull the handle.
2. Push back fully on the variator bar on the left hand side of your reel mech. It's that long skinny (usually black) bar that sets just above your clock and fan. When you do this it automatically closes the 'B' switches (located above it) and pulses the hopper reset coil. This is a full reset, and forces the winner paid light to go off. This is how mechanics generally check pays, because you can do it over and over and over and over to check for shortpays or overpays without having to pull the handle and hold the reels in place.
3. Pull out the hopper, and press down on the protruding 'L' shaped piece attached to your step up arm. This is part #A-1765-16 (in my parts book, #27 page 17). A good picture of this part is found at the following link:
http://newlifegames.net/nlg/index.php?topic=18506.25 (top of 2nd page) courtesy of shortrackskater. Hopefully he can repost those 2 great pictures onto this thread, as I do not know how to do that.
Looking at his top photo (CIMG1448), the 'L' is shown sticking out just to the left of the bracket that holds the set of horizontal switches in place. You can see it there pointing up toward the top of the photo. Pushing this down will allow the hopper wiper fingers to reset to zero. However it is not a full reset because the 2nd pawl assembly (the reset arm #A-1766-1) is not latched out when you do this. No biggie, the spiral and payfingers will reset to zero, and the only thing is that your winner paid light will stay on, and the 100 tooth gear is not latched out.
4. Reach way back behind the payboard assembly and push on the reset solenoid plunger. This will latch out the winner paid light, and simulate full reset. The plunger is shown in picture (CIMG1449) and is at the top left of the photo, and as shown the payboard assembly has been dropped down for viewing. Remove top screw of payboard bracket and assembly to drop it down.
You old timers already know this, but I am posting to provide some help to those who may be just beginning their adventure with a Bally EM.
Thanks to shortrackskater for photos!
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