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Advice for fixing a beheaded Addams Family

By sucklead

3 years ago



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#1 3 years ago

I had to behead my fully working Addams Family to get it in a Nissan Note to transport it to my new house.
I took loads of photos before I unplugged.
Unfortunately when it was put back together, although it first looked fine, there are the following issues.

Column 3 and row 3 lamps are not working.
Yellow string of backglass GI is out.
Ramp diverter not working.
Centre left jet bumper not working.
Bookcase motor doesn't work.

I've rechecked all the connections and everything looks as before.
Any advice on what may be the cause of these would be greatly received.

#2 3 years ago

Look through the manual and find the connector at the board these are controlled off of. Make aure your connector is plugged correctly. Also make sure you dont have a bad connection where the wire goes into the connector. Check ribbons cables to make sure they didnt loosen up during travel. This should get you started.

#3 3 years ago
Quoted from codered9394:

Look through the manual and find the connector at the board these are controlled off of. Make aure your connector is plugged correctly. Also make sure you dont have a bad connection where the wire goes into the connector. Check ribbons cables to make sure they didnt loosen up during travel. This should get you started.

Is right. If that doesn’t work it may be a short. Ensure there are no exposed metal lugs touching any other metal anywhere under the playfield.

#4 3 years ago

Data line D2 is interrupted somewhere.
Reseat ribbon cable between CPU- and Powerdriverboard.

#5 3 years ago

Thank you for unplugging the connectors.
Opened this thread expecting to see pictures of cut wires.

#6 3 years ago
Quoted from sucklead:

I had to behead my fully working Addams Family to get it in a Nissan Note to transport it to my new house.
I took loads of photos before I unplugged.
Unfortunately when it was put back together, although it first looked fine, there are the following issues.
Column 3 and row 3 lamps are not working.
Yellow string of backglass GI is out.
Ramp diverter not working.
Centre left jet bumper not working.
Bookcase motor doesn't work.
I've rechecked all the connections and everything looks as before.
Any advice on what may be the cause of these would be greatly received.

Be careful not to reseat wires while the game is on. Williams games do not like that at all. Turn it off, unplug and reseat then turn the game back on

#7 3 years ago

Thanks for the advice will check out the D2 data line and recheck all the connectors.

#8 3 years ago

I ended up pulling the power board to test the components. All checked out fine.
Re-plugged everything and we are back up and running.
Suspect there's still a wire that may give me grief if I unplug in the future!
Found the spring connecting the diverter had broken so once that is fixed everything will be fine.
Thanks all who offered advice.

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