I've got power, and went over the wiring.
Rebuilt rectifier board.
Everything cycles and tests as it should, but I am overlooking something.
Anyone have any ideas?

It blows the moment I hit the flipper button. Coil doesn't even energize; or rather, draw the plunger into the coil.

When I tap the button, quickly, nothing happens, and the fuse does not blow. Looks like it gets hot, but doesn't blow. If I hold the button in for almost a second, the fuse goes.
I looked down the threads of Pinside, and did find wiring examples for the flippers posted. A little hard to see, but mine wiring looks correct. EOS looks good as well.

Thanks, Scott.
I believe something else is at issue.
I need to test the diodes, they could be goofy.
I've got decent movement of everything--I actually rebuilt all the flippers, replacing one coil. Even polished the mounting brackets.
Just can't think of the the issue.

Latest:
The left flipper button now re-starts the machine.
Flipper solenoids, wiring, diodes, all correct.
decent movement on the plungers by hand.
Multi-meter tested.

Any ideas on the short?
why this is happening?

Thank you Scott and Brenna.

Z.

Alright;
I did something a little fancy.
I Added a plug section on to the rectifier board I rebuilt.
I think this was smart.
Soldering the transformer to the rectifier sucks.
This will make repairs easier.

If any of you regulars know this is dumb; please let me know.

I even swapped the S driver with a new S driver; same issue.
Game re-boots, when I hold the left flipper button in for half a second.
Tapping it, all the lights dim drastically.

Guh.

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Now I've goofed it up even more somehow.
No solenoid action, save the right flipper on game start-up.

Morning bump

Here is something.
The only wire discrepancy I can see. Recrimped the wires as they were, but it looks like something extra on the machine, compared to the schematics.

Anyone willing to take a photo of their Big Game Power Rectifier plugs for comparison?

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Pics, anyone?
Please?

Here is J1.
This looks good, I believe.

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