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here is my thread i did 6 years ago in the batteries on here

Yes I remember reading about this but haven’t had to do it. I’ve a replacement mpu5 board and a new power supply on way . Reel boards been changed and original mpu5 removed from no working machine

They look really good rinnie .well done

Managed to print these up but in black probably should have used white but they are a good fit

hello and welcome

whats wrong with the one what dont work as for changing the battery its a cr2450 and its not just a case of changing it once you do that you need a ram clear with a ram card to clear the watch dog chip which you can get of ebay or just as simple buy another board

Ive got myself two new machines both barcrest clubbers mpu 5 I’ve only had one other mpu5 and never had any problems when I had it, now I’ve one that works and an other id like to get going again . The search here on the site is hard work or doesn’t work. advice please should I be changing batteries on the mpu 5 and can theses parts be repaired or if one fails is it for the bin and replace ? thanks

Something like this will probably do with a bit of modification ronnie .chop the next off and spray and attached to rhe flexihose https://amzn.eu/d/0fRWl4GY

Yes nick I will look for something to 3d print but I can’t make the design it’s beyond me lol

Id say it stands a chance bob as razzle is in the first style of tall cabs which came out in 83 along with fortune numbers . Uses an alpha display. Auto route and naughty but nice which came out abijt the same time had the purple meter plug s .

You should be able to make something up similar ronnie .would be good to see how you do it .id e looking for a mini funnel and cut the narrow neck part off then spray it grey or cream

Cheers Ron that gives me an idea of what should be there, the white funnel like insert

Thanks for this Ron, luckily this has not been messed with apart from the hold cams, it’s dam near working perfect, I already have it up for sale but I will clean all the relay contacts as you described. I think I will just leave the reel band be as it might be brittle! Would hate to shatter it cheers ronnie

I did wonder if any of my cams had been tampered with i know paul suspected the same with his machine when he looked at it and now yours as well ronnie ..

Yes those two cups to guide the coins into the tube

Just spotted this Ronnie, Carfield electro's have to be the worst ever to work on, The problem is frustrating by the lack of Carfield schematics in circulation. I had a glimmer of hope when contacting the Dransfield company to find someone still working there that remembered these machines and thought some paperwork may be hidden away in a drawer. Unfortunately he reported like all the old gear they look to have been thrown out so, I was back to square one with Nicks machine too. A have made a little progress and managed to get it to fire up, fire being the operative word as it has a timer motor and buzzing plus it's constantly chattering a pay slide. as the pay slide is 240vac I have had to removed the offending relay to silence the slide. so work continues. The stripping of the motor and gearbox would have been my first suggestion for the squeal, the same solid grease I had to chisel out of Nicks reel motor gearbox too. Those light optical sensors that are part of the win circuit through holes in the reel drums are not the best system and this one had been tampered with so expect the wins could be wrong if I can get it running. there are three micro switches one on the back of each reel solenoid arm, they have something to do with the wins too as they are operated on cherry wins. One switch arm was completely snapped off on Nicks machine. The reel solenoid mountings again are different on Carfield to such as Bell Fruit, JPM etc and because of the holes through the reel drums for the light sensor, moving the actual solenoid mount won't be an option Moving the actual reel bands may be your only option to aligning the symbols on the win line. All those open relays that operate on mains 240vac will cause pitting of the contacts causes them to get a carbon coating and that in turn reduces the contact circuit and as the machine relies on good contacts can and will cause many different faults. They do need cleaning periodically but, especially after so many years of use. Contact cleaner is the best option with some heavy card between the contacts saves taking the coating off the contacts. The hold timer on Nicks machine appears to have had the same cam job done on it too. Talking to Paul, his Carfield had a couple of faulty timer motors of which I think he sourced from a donor machine so, As Nicks machine has at least one jamming motor it could be that is a problem with the age of these machines. Again they are 240vac, I have a load of 50v but they are no good for this repair so, The only source I have found for the same motors are from RS but not cheap.

Thanks for the offer, I don't think I've got that one. Does that have a 12v meter panel? I've looked at some pics on here and I can't see it?

Oh nice, I would love a copy of that, got one recently and going to be restoring it

I thought that too but both sides are the same

I think that there should be a plastic funnel on top of the grey corrugated coin tube

I've got a Razzle Dazzle schematic if that's of any use?

So I stripped the reel motor and chiselled out the old grease and re packed it with fresh grease so now the squeal has gone The payouts are mostly correct but at times it will miss a 6p win and give 4p so a 2 symbol payout instead of 3. I found the hold timer easy to spot with the bent over cams so it gives less holds and some actually cut away! but since checking the micro switches it's not done it again?

Unfortunately both of these are later machines. It was around 1992/1993 i was playing it. I also confirmed the name of it with a friend (He said it before i did) so it definitely exists and was definitely ghouls and ghosts based. The hunt continues!

Ha ha I only had the one machine and paul gee had the other .

Looks Nice Nick, I'm sure Ron will crack it, if he can't no one can, is that 2 of them I can see?