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Bally/Stern AS-2518 Club !

By mof

10 years ago


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#696 6 years ago

My obsession with staring an early solid state Bally collection led me to purchase a "fully functioning" Centaur II from out of state and had it shipped to me. I started it up and played a few games without any issues. The next day it blew the F3 fuse before I could play another game and I haven't been able to get it back up and running since. I've read all 14 pages of this thread and watched some YouTube videos, but I'm still a little overwhelmed with how to figure out why the F3 fuse is blowing. I spent a couple hours last night taking all of the plugs off the boards, cleaning them, and reseating them...I know it is hard to tell visually, but everything seemed solid. When I replace the F3 fuse (4A) and turn the game on, everything starts up as normal - 7 green light flashes, lights on, displays on, solenoids fire - then, not too long after the F3 will blow again.

I'd welcome any suggestions with where to start.

#699 6 years ago
Quoted from vec-tor:

AudioHaven If you on plug the mini aux lamp board and the game does not blow fuse...
check the two 15 pin connectors that interconnect inside the head.
One is marked 18 the other is marked 15. they both get confused.
They are both pinned alike but the wire colors are different, but ever
so slightly. I had the same problem. Movers were trying to take the head off
and got confused and switched those two connectors and ended up with
the same problems that you described.

Interesting - I checked the big square connectors inside the head and they seemed correct. I unplugged the 15 & 18 connectors from the boards themselves, put a new fuse in F3, fired it up and it worked (without sound, of course). Played for 45 minutes without an issue. The only goofy thing is the general illumination was off and on randomly, it seemed - I'm not super familiar with when it is actually supposed to be on, though. Regardless I was super pumped to actually be playing - I love the game!

Thanks for the tip! Now what do I do to troubleshoot the issue with 15/18?

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