(Topic ID: 235052)

Captain Fantastic wont kick ball out

By Ethomas

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

1976 Capt Fantastic - was working well but sat idle for a few weeks and now it powers on fine, push to add a credit and it cycles through the normal process of resetting the scores, adds a ball on the back glass but doesn't kick the ball out - can manually add to the score - all methods of scoring work and flippers work but ball never gets put into play. Last bit of work done on it was with the Game Over Interlock Relay. Everything still "looks" great - good contacts and all of that with the GOIR. Any suggestions on what to do to diagnose/fix?

#2 5 years ago

Since the game appears to be working otherwise I would start with the easiest thing. Check the outhole kicker. Is the coil OK or did a wire break loose?
Then you have to break out the schematic and go through the schematic for the outhole kicker checking each connection point.

#3 5 years ago
Quoted from Ethomas:

but doesn't kick the ball out

Does the Out Hole relay fire? If so there are just two switches to check:
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If not we'll have to figure out why the Out Hole relay doesn't fire.

/Mark

#4 5 years ago

Check for contact failure on the outhole relay that energizes the outhole kicker solenoid

#5 5 years ago

Thanks for the help! The outhole relay does NOT fire with the credit button. I triggered it manually and the ball kicked out as expected. What should tell the outhole relay to fire?

#6 5 years ago

FIXED!!!! Dirty contacts on the reset-relay. What an amazingly finicky machine. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!

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