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Any roaming fruit machine engineers

Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:26 pm
by Saurus
I noticed a website the other day, quoting quite a hefty price for home fruit machine repairs but not in my area which is Surrey, does anyone know of fruit machine engineers or knowledgeable people able to fix your machine for a price?

Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:43 pm
by aaamusements.co.uk
I might be able to recommend someone. What do you need doing?

Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:35 pm
by Saurus
[quote="aaamusements.co.uk"]I might be able to recommend someone. What do you need doing?[/QUOTE

Thanks for the reply,

right Its regarding another topic I started below regarding the Mazooma Italian Job with the reel 1 error, now I'm quite happy to pay a reasonable price to someone that is relatively local and trustworthy, the machine is in my shed that is cold but dry and sound. I do have the manual.

Cheers

Eric

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:15 am
by aaamusements.co.uk
I will see if I can think of anyone nearby who is reliable and would be willing to have a look.

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 3:32 pm
by Saurus
Look forward to hearing from you, thanks for taking the time - Eric

Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 9:01 pm
by aaamusements.co.uk
Sorry forgot all about this and not been on here for a while.

Do you still need someone to look at this or is it sorted by now?

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:18 am
by Saurus
Hi

Thanks for getting back to me.

Yes I do need an engineer, someone I know who looks after fruities told me how to change
the reels over, which I sussed out over the weekend, and the reel wont move freely now
that I have changed it from Reel 1 to 3 and it still shows the reel 1 error message.

So if you can point someone in my direction it would be appreciated

cheers

Eric

Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 10:28 pm
by aaamusements.co.uk
If the error stays in the same place when you move the reel then it's likely that you need a new MPU board, or your current one needs fixing.

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:32 pm
by Saurus
Right, going back to this, when I said I had moved the reel I had not actually disconnected the wiring, so I guess it stills thinks its on reel 1, some one said squeee the wiring loom which I have done and that has not solved it, and some one else suggested it might be the magnets, I do need an engineer so if you can help?

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:34 pm
by reelman
When swapping the reels, you must also swap the connections ~ simply pull the wires off each of the reels, and push them back onto the new reel. This should aid diagnosis, and make the need for an enginerr much less likely, once the results are known.

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:04 pm
by Saurus
Hello Reelman

Got the time yesterday to swap the connections between reel 1 & 2 and now that the wire connections for reel 2 is connected to the physical
reel 1, the conclusion I made was that the reel itself is the problem and that it is the motor. Can you suggest further action please?

Cheers Eric

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 9:21 am
by Saurus
Just wanted to close this issue with a problem solved.

Reelman had the best answer in the end, the motor had gone on one reel, contacted the people i got the machine from
and they sent me out a reel free of charge, we managed to change it and hey presto I have a working fruit machine
at not cost.

Thanks all

Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2013 10:39 pm
by aaamusements.co.uk
Good result.
It's always worth attempting some simple repairs like this yourself as it's cheap and gives you a great sense of satisfaction!

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 6:19 pm
by beans4
aaamusements.co.uk wrote:Good result.
It's always worth attempting some simple repairs like this yourself as it's cheap and gives you a great sense of satisfaction!
Well i think its all nice of ya to help.