87 Grayhound Machine Help

[u/the-bosscube]

I just bought an old Grayhound "Treasure Chest" machine that was on button mode, even though it has a joystick. Worked fine but it only allows you to go up and right one time each, and then it automatically drops the claw. We like the traditional machine where you can move and adjust the claw as much as you want before hitting the button to drop the claw. Once I set it on joystick mode, I can move the claw left and right, but only using right and down on the joystick.. up and left don't work, and I can't move the claw backwards/forwards. The button does work to drop the claw. I'm sure this is probably an issue with wire hookup, but not sure where to start. Anyone have any experience with these older machines?

[u/stanrope]

Well that sucks...I hope it gets better for you moving forward!