"Stayouttadabunker's" Marks New Machines - And Answer to the Subaru Question

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As Mark "Stayouttadabunker" is one of the most helpful and prominant posters here on NLG...I thought this would make a fun post of events over the past couple of days.

Mark was in the market for a couple of new machines so of course we were happy to fill the order.  I will let him decide to post pictures of what he got.  Mark drove 20 hours round trip to pick up 2 nice machines and we offered him a room for the night.  We had a great night of tinkering, playing slots, and getting fat on pizza.  And Mark, thanks for the tips on soldering as we were able to repair a S2000 board.

On a personal note, it was really nice to finally meet you in person....Cathy and I really enjoyed your company.  It was nice to hear about your family, your history, and the education on your heritage.

Jim
www.bettorslots.com

AND NOW FOR SOME FUN PHOTOS AND "FAMOUS QUOTES".....AND THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION "CAN YOU FIT 2 MACHINES INTO A SUBARU SEDAN"


MARK SAYS "OH MAN I AM SOOOOO UNLUCKY...DOES THIS MACHINE EVER HIT?"

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JIM SAYS "MMMM....Mark, I am been doing this for awhile now and I have to tell you I don't think it is going to fit".

MARK SAYS "Oh yes...it will fit...done this many times...you just have to push it hard...here help me push will ya".

Second picture below MARK SAYS "MMM....maybe your right...let me check this measure again".

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MARK SAYS "Oh chit...what was I thinking."

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"Maybe some bungee cords and I can just strap it on there somehow".

JIM SAYS "Uh Mark....I don't think you should be driving down the highway with gaming machines hanging out the back of your car".

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"OKAY....see no problem....just take them apart into 10 different pieces".

And second picture "Dang it...should have left the hopper in before putting the machine in".

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"See...no problem....2 complete machines into a small Subaru sedan".

[Ron (r273)]

Next time he needs to bring a hacksaw to use on his car doors.

Ron

[CaptainHappy]

Wow, I am really impressed!!! That is pure determination, and I did not even see any sweat on him in the pictures! (PHOTOSHOP?) 
 

I really hope that Mark posts the pictures from when he got home.... I am guessing it will show his local firefighters using the JAWS OF LIFE on his car to get his "BABIES" out of the car! 

OH WOW, I guess that it hit the internet news already, check it out in the attached picture:

 

CaptainHappy

[jdkmunch]

Those are fantastic photos!!  I had no idea a machine could be broken down like that. 

I can't wait only 84 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

[tjkeller]

OH WOW, I guess that it hit the internet news already, check it out in the attached picture:

 

CaptainHappy

 

[kenokarz]

holy crap batman, i thought i was crazy when i put a aristocrat mark 4 in a geo metro 

[stayouttadabunker]

Jim,
I'm gonna kill you!....

Oh man...what a day....
The first I did when I got home was take a nice long hot shower because I sweated my bloody b...ls off!
It was like in the 90's all the way home and I was so cramped in there!!!!
Why oh why,  didn't I just go rent a Uhaul?

Tell ya what guys, he has THE best , nicest looking machines I have EVER seen out there...
They are so clean that you can serve food with these cabinets...I am NOT kidding ya!
His ideas about how to market a machine and to perfectly shop one COMPLETELY out is top-notch. 
I was like a little kid at a candy store...UN-believable...you HAVE to see his showroom...it is totally awesome...
We talked about a million things in the very little time we had together....
I have nothing but the upmost respect for what he's doing with all these different types of machines...
I can only dream to do what Jim's doing.
Even though I love what I do...I'd drop it in a heartbeat to do what Jim's doing, if I could...

well, I MUST get some rest...I cannot wait to get up in the morning and start putting them back together again....lol
ADD>>
Stat!...look at the rear bumper reflection in the "thumbs up" picture...
you can see I finally got some new white sneakers!...lol

and ARCHJDS !!

While we were trying to stuff the S2000 in the trunk there...
I did briefly think about using the Bobcat's steel hydraulic bucket to help open my trunk just a little bit wider....lol

[StatFreak]

...Stat!...look at the rear bumper reflection in the "thumbs up" picture...
you can see I finally got some new white sneakers!...lol
...

Well so you did!    Stout, there is no doubt that you are the king of disassembly!    As I browsed these photos, what kept going through my mind was, "Why does Mark need those machines? He already has a disembodied S+ spread out all over his workbench -- complete with a quarter for the door optic."

Look on the bright side: if you had been pulled over on the way home, you'd have been legal in any state. "Officer, they're just a bunch of junk parts, not slot machines!"

If anyone could install a working slot machine into a car's dashboard, it would be you. 

Arch, K+ for posting the pictures that we KNOW Stout would never have, and Stout, K+ for getting those machines into your car!

[stayouttadabunker]

I'm guessing it took over 2 hours with 2 guys to pack 'em in...believe me ..it wasn't easy...lol

I made JDS laugh when I told him that if I got stopped,
I would tell the law that they're just old arcade machines like "Spin the Wheel", or "Asteroids"  
and  that I was gonna put a real cool joystick on them...

[uniman]

Glad I'm not the only one who packs them in! 
Great pictures Jim and Stout!!

[rickhunter]

 

[jdkmunch]

Stout  - Any pictures of the machines put back together yet?

[fiddlefarter]

Dismantling is easy trying to put them back together is the hard part, watch out for the left over parts and screws 

[stayouttadabunker]

Oh, I have had them back together like two days later...
pictures in the next few days...
The S+ is working great!

I have a problem with the S2000 though...
I cannot get the "Call Attendent" message and "Door Closure B" to go away for the life of me...
It's almost as if the door optics aren't working...
Coins are dropping thru into the tray....arghhh!  lol
but when I view the door emitter with a video camera - I see a faint flashing going on in there.
It seems okay...should there be any lights on the MPU cage above the test switch?
I don't have any lights on except for the green coin comparitor light.
Are S+ emitter optics the same "wattage" as an S2000 door emitter?
I'm awaiting certain blanks from mouser to make a clear chip so I can perform a ram clear...
You think I'm going in the right direction?

[CommTech]

Just a guess since I do not YET own an S2000 but ... Does the Bill Validator have a door switch connection in place?  If that switch is open, I am guessing you may get a door open error.

Congrats on your new slots! 

Joe

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Mark,

If I remember correctly, that is the machine that we took the door off completely.  There are a couple things here we need to check here.  It's possible that the door optic is just slightly out of alignment giving you the door open error.  

You don't need to do a Key 17 or anything dramatic like that...the machine is cleared and running as you saw when you played it that night you came to pick it up.  Don't open a bigger can of worms here than you need to....LOL.

Let's do this:

1)   Try this test with the machine on and the door latch push down hard and fully all the way down (make sure the door is fully closed and aligned tight at the top of the door when you do this).  If you are getting your door open error at that point (which you are) then take the hammer and just tap up lightly and in small increments watching the LED display at the same time.  One or two taps (light taps - trying to move it up fractions of a milimeter) up might clear it and tell you that it is slightly out of alignment.  Let me know the results....the door optic itself could also just be going bad and I can send a new one no problem.

2)   Open the door to the cash can and check the door switch...make sure door is closing well.  Option....just cut the 2 wires and join them and wrap with electrical tape.

3)  Open the belly glass door and look in the upper left hand corner.  Tell me which condition you have....picture one or picture two below:

Jim

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Also,

For future reference....if the error codes read as follows.....

Cash Can door not closed or wires not connected will give you a code "CALL ATTENDANT - DOOR OPEN B - CLOSURE M"

Main door not closed (or optic out of alignment) will give you "CLOSURE B - DOOR OPEN M"

[stayouttadabunker]

Thank ya...I did check the two green wires that I believe that were at one time for that are indeed tied up together down there.
And, there's no belly door switch nor any noticeably loose nor any hanging/hidden wires.
It looks like "picture 1 "
As far as cash can switch open...there's none. No switch...nada.
2 green wires are tied together.

I tried the hammer tapping upwards and downwards and all over...lol

So I physically removed the optics from both the door and cabinet and
lined them up by hand to eliminate door optics alignment error for now.
Puzzles, puzzles, I'm puzzled...lol



Should the coin mech LED be green? On? like it is?
Maybe it's a coin-mech-acceptance-adjustment-too-strict problem?


Finally, the error I'm getting is:
"CALL ATTENDANT - CLOSURE B"  

[dpalmi]

Should the coin mech LED be green? On? like it is?

Hello!

That is odd.  Normally, with the door open, the green light on the comparitor would be OFF...not on - so I wonder if you have an error you just can't clear because the machine doesn't see you opening the door.  Can't clear an error unless you open the door.  Maybe try taking the cash can wires that are spliced together and un-splice them for a moment to see if the comparitor light goes off.  On my S2000 machines, if the door is open, that light is off....follow?

Dan #2

[dpalmi]

Hello!

Also, even if you don't have a belly door switch in the upper left corner, you should see green wires just like the cash can ones that are spliced together.  At least it's always been that way on any machine I've had - if there is no switch, there are spliced wires....

Dan #2