I purchased a working Gottlieb Caveman last night. It was only missing the back door. Long story short; I had the guy that I bought it from and his friend help me get it out of the basement and load it into my trailer. I was actually so surprised at how rough they were with the game that I was dumbfounded. They laughingly slammed it into the back trailer wall. Then the strapped it into place before I could inspect it. I know it is my fault for not checking (especially since it was missing the back door) but they didn't tell me that the whole back door board set had folded into the down position. Then they strapped it tight against the back wall of my trailer with all of the electronics facing outward. Again, this is my fault for not checking, I always double check. Anyways; I open the trailer this morning, not knowing that it bounced down the road for 2 hours with all the boards and electronics banging against the trailer wall. There are now capacitors and resistors on the floor around the game in the trailer and this are bent and disconnected.

I was planning on posting on Pinside today to ask someone if they would send me pictures of just their back door so I could either make one or purchase a door (I dont even know if it should be a steel door or wood door)? Now I am asking for someone to open their Caveman up, fold the back door down with the board sets and electronics visible and take a picture of all of the boards for me so I can solder back into place all of the broken off components.

Very embarrassing; Please help me with some Caveman photos.

Thanks guys for your help and the great pictures! I will update everyone with the outcome!!

I got it working blownfuse! Thanks again for your great photos and help!

Now if I could figure out why when it starts sometimes the sound might not work, it might have a ground noise; it might play intro music but sound strange (very low-fi). If I pull off the connector A6-J1, off the sound board and plug it back in, it will then reset itself and work correctly. What does that mean? The guy I purchased the machine from should me that is what he did to get the sound to work when it didn’t start normally. Is this because of bad pins or a dying sound board?
Also I hear that someone was making an updated chip that allowed you to; when dying in arcade mode, you wouldn't lose a ball altogether but go back to playing pinball? Is this upgrade available to the public? Where do you purchase it?

NEW Caveman problems. So everything was working fine. Now when I turn it on, coin it up, hit the start button, I hear a click, click, click, and it doesn't try to shoot a ball out. It will do this over and over every 3 seconds. Also I notice that the 4 targets on the right side of the upper middle playfield will drop down but once they are all down they will not pop back up.

I get the feeling that when I push the on/off button on the bottom of the cabinet, that there may be something wrong with the switch because the game doesn't always start properly and sometimes the sound doesn't come on in the game, you have to go to the back, unplug the sound harness put it back on and then the sound will turn on.

Where do I start?

Is there anyone out there that goes through Caveman pcb's?

Is there any links out there on Caveman restorations or maintenance?

Please any help will be appreciated!

Thanks,

Steve