is it a slide coin mech? If so
7/16 top center of service compartment
is the slides retaining rod
Once you have access to the coin mechanism.
the coin release will move slightly outward allowing the coin to fall into the return shoot
SOUNDS LIKE A BELT IS WEARING AND INITIALLY SLIPPING THEY WEAR AND STRETCH OVER TIME
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