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Hi all. I'm a new member here and will be cleaning and hopefully repairing my old eachway shuffle. She's been in dry storage for about 10 years in my parents garage, and I've only recently got space to have her back. As you will see from the pics, she needs a bit of a clean up and some minor attention to the wood, but compared to the other member who is currently restoring his, I think I definitely got lucky in terms of the cabinet itself. Apart from the reel bands and the odd scuff here and there, she's not looking too bad considering her age. When I last played her she was all physically working , although there was some sort of issue with the logic where it would show a different number of nudges to what you actually had. Once I've cleaned her up and airdusted all the electrics etc, would it be adviseable to plug her in and see what happens? Is there anything I should be wary about, or anything that needs checking doing before I power her up? Also, all 3 reels move but 2 of them feel quite stiff. What is the best lubricant to apply to them, and how and should I apply it with them still assembled or do they need to be stripped down? My knowledge of fruit machines is limited, but I do have a fair bit of mechanical experience, and also a fairly good understanding of basic electronics. Hopefully with the help of you guys I can get her up and running again soon. Sorry for the huge essay and multiple questions already. Cheers in advance. Matty.

They were pretty lenient,they used to accept m12 steel washers as pound coins in the summer of 85.The trains jumped, the cider and Pernod drank, and fun and games was nobody’s business.

its all try and error when trying to put things back together as im sure many people have found out people do seem to make some of there repairs look crap mate and trying to sort them out can be a nightmare im sure this machine will look the nuts when its finished and you will do it justice 😉

Thanks Rob. I think I have resolved the problem, I put my cracked side template that I drilled the dowel holes right through on the other side of the newly assembled side and parts so I could see exactly where the holes did not line up, I have managed to push all the dowels through bar one, I will post some pics later on.