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Pinball mechanical problems
Chris:
OK, after some serious cleaning and some Teflon lubrication, it seems to move from player to player consistently. At this point, I WOULD have been done, but now the player up lights won't light (other than player 1), so I must have knocked a switch out of adjustment while cleaning. I'll tackle that in the morning; once I find that, all of my mechanical problems are FIXED!
I have some coil sleeves on the way to replace the original metal sleeves in the main coils; once those are replaced and the light problem I just created is fixed, I'm calling it done.
shardian:
I should have gotten an EM. At least you can SEE your problems. ::)
Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: Chris on October 10, 2007, 01:04:40 am ---but now the player up lights won't light (other than player 1), so I must have knocked a switch out of adjustment while cleaning.
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Well, at least you know that the problem is in that same Player Unit you just worked on. All the Player Up Lites are switched and run from that same unit. :cheers:
P.S. Good Idea to change the metal sleeves out on the coils. ;)
Chris:
So close....
I haven't found the cause of the dead player lights yet; the only clue I have is that the Player 1 Up light will come on occasionally.
I have also discovered that the Player 4 10,000 reel does not advance when the 1000 reel rolls over. If I advance it by hand, though, it will reset on game start. The switches on the 1000 reel look okay.
I put the ball into play for the first time today and discovered something else: all this work is totally worth it.
Chris:
--- Quote from: Chris on October 10, 2007, 09:22:25 pm ---I haven't found the cause of the dead player lights yet; the only clue I have is that the Player 1 Up light will come on occasionally.
I have also discovered that the Player 4 10,000 reel does not advance when the 1000 reel rolls over. If I advance it by hand, though, it will reset on game start. The switches on the 1000 reel look okay.
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I think I've solved these last two problems with a thorough cleaning of the 1000 point switches and the player unit stepper wheel. The player unit uses "snowshoe" contacts, and they were pretty cruddy and a bit stiff. In fact, with the whole condition of the player unit I'm fortunate the game worked as well as it did. Anyway, a good cleaning with fine sandpaper and alcohol on the flat contacts and individually cleaning each of the snowshoes with a flexstone and alcohol, followed by a touch of teflon lube on each shoe, seems to have improved things dramatically.
I may still find problems with things I haven't seen yet like extra ball awards or matches, which use the other steppers. But for now, mechanically it's in perfect shape. Thank you so much to everyone who provided guidance and advice!
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