I've been chipping away at this project forever. I'm at the point where I'm ready to either get it working soon, or unload it. It's preventing me from getting to projects I would enjoy more. Maybe the EM gurus can help?!

I'll start with a couple (hopefully) easy ones.

1. I can't figure out where to attach the jones plugs to the cabinet. I found this picture on IPDB. It looks like it's hanging on a scrap of wood. That can't be right can it?

http://ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=764&picno=57549&zoom=1

2. I remember from working on another EM a long time ago (Gottlieb I think) that you could troubleshoot the reset without the playfield in. Is that the case in all EM's or do I have to attach the playfield?

1. There is no room in the backbox and no empty screw holes. I just watched a pinball Ninja video of him fixing the same game and all the wires appear to dive into the cabinet.

2. I'll try with the playfield in and see what happens. I get no action from score reels at all so don't have high hopes.

I have the plugs and receptacles. I have them plugged in currently. They are just floating though. I will find a scrap of plywood like the pics. I still haven't tried it with the playfield in, but I was hoping to get some action from the score reels. I figured those would reset without the playfield present if everything was working properly.

Good to know. I thought I was losing my mind not being able to find screw holes.

Now I'm working on start up. Game and Game over relays drop when I hit the start button. The score motor never runs. From the limited knowledge I have I'm thinking my issue is either game over or reset relay? I plan on printing the schematics on the large printer at work tomorrow.

In the mean time I will continue cleaning and adjusting those relays unless someone has other suggestions.

If I bump the score motor, it does run.

replay relay is activating. Coin relay is activating. Reset relay is not pulling in, but if I manually push it, it holds but does nothing more.

Is 2B referring to a switch on the score motor? I don't see any labels on them. How do I identify 2b?

Edit: Found the explanation in the manual. 2B seems to be correct. If I manually press the score motor run, it runs one revolution, reset relay pulls in, the big coil resets the bank, and I get some clicking in the backbox (I'm pretty sure it's the score reset relay).

Progress! I was not getting continuity from the orange yellow on the coin relay to the score motor. I found a broken wire on another relay. Soldered it back on, now the score motor runs! I'm starting to understand this EM thing a little more now.

It runs continuously, and no score reels are moving. I will resume troubleshooting tomorrow on the score reels. Thanks for the help.

Took a little break from this to work on some other games. The game plays and scores points. I have some score reel issues, I'm hoping I can figure those out on my own. The biggest issue now is, it won't advance balls. The game lasts forever. I cleaned both trough switches. It just keeps putting a new ball in play. any suggestions?

As soon as I start a game, the ball index relay locks on. is that normal?

I stink at repairing EMs bump. I would like to understand how to find out if it's normal that the relay locks on at the start of a game. I still don't fully understand these schematics.

Some of the labels are gone from the relays. Is there a map or something so I can tell what is what?
I'm not sure if I adjusted something, or if I didn't realize at first. The ball index relay does not lock on until the ball trough switch is hit.

I'm still not fully understanding the schematic. The way I read that section is, either the ball trough switch or points scored should energize the Ball Index Relay. Both of these things happen, but it stays energized and no action in the back box.