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Pinball mechanical problems
Chris:
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Figured you'd jump on that... :P
I did go back and look one more time last night and hopefully I found the source of the player 2 scoring problems... there was a switch on the thousands reel that should have been normally closed but it was open all the time, and it was the thousands digit that had trouble scoring or resetting.
Here's a question for all the experienced pinball people: I've been doing all this work with the playfield propped up. Is this how you normally work on a game, or am I supposed to be removing the giant motherboard from the bottom of the cabinet and working on it on a bench?
ChadTower:
Depends on the problem, really, but whichever is more appropriate for any given problem. Obviously there's no way you can debug this issue outside of the cabinet without taking everything out.
WareWolF:
No trouble working on it in the cab but you might want to lift the playfield up fully vertical and lean it against the backbox if it is going to be up for any length of time. The prop bar may damage the playfield from the stress of it's weight being balanced un evenly on only one side.
Chris:
I don't understand why they didn't put prop rods on both sides... it would be such a simple solution.
Chris:
--- Quote from: Chris on October 03, 2007, 10:32:50 am ---I did go back and look one more time last night and hopefully I found the source of the player 2 scoring problems... there was a switch on the thousands reel that should have been normally closed but it was open all the time, and it was the thousands digit that had trouble scoring or resetting.
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Fixing that switch just makes the score motor turn forever on reset. ARGH! Every problem I fix I uncover another one, as if the switches I'm fixing were intentionally screwed up as a band-aid fix against another problem.
I figured out how to pop out the reel mechanisms... it would be so easy to adjust them if they had quick disconnects instead of all being soldered down.
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