So my mother in law asked if I could take a look at the '68 Paul Bunyan that has been passed down to them, she wants to get it back up and running for the grandkids to enjoy. The problem is the game is stuck in 'Tilt'. When you plug the machine in all the lights on the backbox come on, although the playing field stays unlit, and putting a coin in will initiate a new game-- a ball is ejected to the launching pin. However, the paddles remain locked even after launching the pinball onto the playing field and the ball just makes its way down to the gutter. The reset button on the coin acceptor will start a new game. I opened it up to check the tilt switches and found the "bobber" in the open position, a tilt switch under the plain field in the open position and one on the back of the coin acceptor in the closed position, I couldn't find one in the back box or in the main cabinet (aside from the bobber). As far as I know, they are all in the correct position. I tried to manually activate the Tilt Relay but it was unresponsive, so Im thinking my problem has something to do with this. Any ideas on how to proceed?

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