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Title: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: squirrellydw on December 04, 2012, 05:37:42 pm

My friend has a Space Odysey Pinball machine and it powers on but the flippers don't work, any idea what it might be and how to fix it?

Title: Re: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: Nephasth on December 04, 2012, 07:16:54 pm

Driver transistor? Faulty Wiring? Dirty switch contacts?

Title: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: squirrellydw on December 04, 2012, 07:28:00 pm

What and where is the driver transistor?  No fuse or anything?

Title: Re: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: Nephasth on December 04, 2012, 07:57:59 pm

Do you have a manual?

Title: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: squirrellydw on December 04, 2012, 08:11:51 pm

Nope

Title: Re: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: BobA on December 04, 2012, 08:56:16 pm

Space Odyssey is a 2 player version of the 4 player space mission so any circuit diagrams of space mission should be helpful.

Attached is a link to Williams general PB troubleshooting guide for machines around that time.

http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_System_3_-_7 (http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Williams_System_3_-_7) (not applicable to Space Odyssey or Space Mission but left for interest)

Here is the EM guide since 76 is just around the time that the systems changed

http://pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=EM_Repair (http://pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=EM_Repair)

and part of a Space Mission circuit drawing (Looks like an EM machine) so ignore the System 3 to 7 manual
The flipper circuits are in the last 2 pieces of the PDF

Title: Re: Pinball Space Odysey, flippers don't work?
Post by: ChadTower on December 05, 2012, 09:14:43 am

There may actually be a fuse on the underside of the playfield near the back.  Check that first.  I forget if Space Odyssey would have one but I've seen games with that blown and it's hard to find if you didn't expect its presence.