Back Door Lock(s)
OK, so you got into the coin door, and still no keys. The back door is locked, and there is a backglass in the machine which you don't feel like shattering so you can flip down the panel and remove the bolts from the lock backs.
The correct thing is to repeat the performance you did on the coin door. You'll note the back door has two locks. The reason is that if you just had one lock in the middle, it would be too easy to use a crowbar to bend the wood enough to free the locking bar. Even with the two locks, it is sometimes possible to get in without doing permanent damage to the side wood on the head. It's safest to drill, though.
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Here we see all the lock parts...why is this picture on this page? Well, I didn't have anything else to put here.
charlie carroll method
charlie carroll tossed out a good idea:
Another way into the backbox of a Bingo Head with no keys, or how to remove those side rails.Using a SMALL pry bar slowly & gently loosen the top wood rail holding the backglass until you get about a 1/8 inch clearance. Then take a hack saw blade and cut thru the 4 nails holding the top wood rail to the backbox. Next lift the glass straight up and remove. This leaves enought room to remove the screws holding the side rail brackets. Also if needed the inset board can be folded down and the locks on the back door can be removed.
This should work well on almost all the games. Note that because the siderails and the backglass are keyed into the top rail, you can't just pry the top rail completely off. Fortunately, the glass moves with the side rails, so you shouldn't crack the glass unless you whack the top rail out too much and the bottom of the backglass breaks.
This technique has the advantage that you only need to replace four finishing nails (or you can glue the top rail back to the head), and is probably easier than the way I do it if you can get the top rail off.
