Capt. Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Bally, 1976
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
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Quoted from BubbaK:The credit relay does not release after each add, which in turn fires the add player and subtract credit continuously. Not sure what breaks that cycle.
Check that these switches on the score motor are opening when they should.
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from BubbaK:other times it doesn't kick out the ball after ball 1.
Does it count the bonus when this happens?
Quoted from BubbaK:There is no bonus at the end of the ball. Almost as if the switch doesn't even know a ball is there. It did work until I messed with the score motor.
If the Outhole switch doesn't activate the Bonus Score relay, starting with the 1D score motor switch,
Inspect and diagnose this circuit with Alligator clip jumper wires
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gottlieb-big-shot-repair#post-6305153
http://www.planetimming.com/Pinball/troubleshooting/EM%20Troubleshooting.pdf
http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index3.htm#features
Example of a pinsider actually doing this https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/red-baron-tech-question#post-5858156
For a switch to work 3 things are necessary:
1) When open, there should be a small space between the contact points (duh)
2) When closing, the long blade's contact point should push the short blade's contact point enough to move the short blade
3) The contact points should be clean, which they usually will be if #2 is happening
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