Columbia Bell Twin Jackpot Slot Machine

[JEREMIAH]

Hello All,

It's been awhile. My last venture into the slots world was a Bally E-1209 slot and a Double Double Bonus video poker machine. Well, I had to have me a real antique slot machine. I was at the quarterly meeting of the Antique Coin Machine Collector's Association today and there were several old machines for sale. I spotted the Columbia right away, partly because it was in my price range for a "project" and partly because it was pretty much intact. So I get it home, listen to the usual from the better half about we don't have room now and you worked on the last ones forever and.....well.....anyway This one doesn't work although the club member that I bought it from says "it's all there, I just didn't put it together right". Any help with where or how to purchase a repair manual or a how-to book or parts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.   

[slotsteve]

bet the seller had a big smile on his face when you bought that

[JEREMIAH]

  Yes, the more I keep reading, the more I feel like the sap that bought the swamp land.

[slotsteve]

we all make mistakes

[Styx]

So when you bring it back to the same place to sell it, you can say: "It's all there, the guy I bought it from just didn't put it together right."

[JEREMIAH]

Everything is going to be alright now, I bought a manual from one of the websites here.

[Droider]

Hello, I have one also and have been working on it, everything works now but the one coin advance when the arm is pulled. Mine is missing a linkage part on the back near the pull arm. If there is any help I can offer please let me know, also if you think you have those parts I would like to see a modern picture of it, I only have the manuals but they don't show the linkage.

Thanks,
Andrew