December 1993
STAR*TECH Journal
ON
WILLIAMS/BALLY
MACHINES
earnings and definitely cut
cleaning (service) time.
tion of coin acceptance prob-
lems. The' Imonex will help in
this area.
JAMMIN'
Coin calls are also a major ser-
vice problem on all games. As
reported last issue, I'm testing
the new Imonex coin rejector.
So far, I feel that this unit will
eliminate between 75% to 95%
of all coin jams.
This system will eliminate at
least 80% of your broken links.
I also feel that the plunger/link
- stop sleeve should be re-
placed every 15,000 plays as a
matter of routine mainte-
nance.
It will reject a Canadian coin
by using a small magnet, just
like a Valley pool table, by re-
directing the coin into the re-
jector. It doesn't hold the coin
(no jam).
THE END
These simple changes to your
pinball machines will elimi-
nate at least half of your ser-
vice calls. Don't forget, driving
time is very expensive. Couple
the service savings with the
increased gross and reduced
walk-aways from jammed
IN
TRANSACTIONS
The new Williams/Bally
games may be better suited to
having an Imonex and a bill
acceptor. This would help us
get a higher transaction price
and cost-per-play. It works on
jukeboxes; having a bill accep-
tor normally raises the gross
income. The higher the trans-
action price -the higher the
gross.
- Changing the price from 25¢ to
50¢ will cut maintenance in
half, with the possible excep-
crank arm for the external
spring. Purchasing the exter-
nal spring(# 10-364)will allow
you to update your game and
eliminate the conical spring.
The new coil stop is slightly
longer and must be used. The
plunger/link (# A-15847-P)
and coil stop (# A-12390) can
be bought separately.
COinS.
THE LINK
Lastly, and equally important
is the new Williams/Bally
Mega link. The factory has an
update kit(# A-17222) which
has a coil stop, plunger/link
The bottom line is that your
game will take in more money
and your profit margin will be
larger too ...
A win-win situation.