(Topic ID: 215951)

1974 Williams Skylab 100 point score wheel will not reset

By michael2468

5 years ago



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    #1 5 years ago

    hello, I have a 74 Williams skylab that the 100 point score wheel will not reset. If I reset it to zero it will reset and play fine everything works fine. Once game is over and that wheel is on a number other than zero it will not reset. If I try to reset without being on zero score motor will just keep running and relay in back box keeps pulsating to no avail. If I turn power on and go to the score reset relay which has 4 switches and hand close each individual switch all will reset except the 100 point switch does nothing. Acts like no power but power to the other 3. I am lost. I have looked at all the score wheel switches, cleaned, matched against each other and see nothing wrong. I have looked and cleaned all the score motor switches with no luck. Machine was working ok before with a once in a while no reset but now no reset at all unless I manually put to zero. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I do not have hard copy of schematic but have access to it on computer screen. I can not read schematic very well but am learning. I can solder fix anything I see broken but am stumped on this reset thing.
    michael2468

    #2 5 years ago

    You've got a switch that is responsible for resetting the score reels that is not making contact. The switch will be on the reset relay. It will be on that relay in the head. If the other reels are resetting properly it is not the score motor. It's that one switch. The score motor is running because the zero position switch on the reel is telling the score motor that the game is not reset to zero.

    Make sure all the wires are solid to the reset relay. The bane of EMs is the switch which looks like it is making but is not. The contacts might be dirty. You might also have a broken switch blade on the reset relay switch. In that case you'll need to either take the switch apart and see if it is broken and replace it if it is. You can jumper from the solder tabs on the switch blades directly to the business end of the blade and that will also tell you if the blade is broken.

    Since the game will play when you manually reset the reel to zero the zero position switch on the reel is good. And since the reel plays properly in game play the reel switches themselves are good also.

    #3 5 years ago

    EM has pretty much nailed it, I think, but here is further reading on reels/switches: http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index2.htm#reels

    #4 5 years ago

    Thank You gentlemen for your info. Machine is fixed turned out to be switch on the reel itself, cleaned again and re-gap and all is well. Been racking my brains out thinking ahead when it was a simple switch. Thanks again.

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