Hello all,

I just picked up one of these last weekend and have already cleaned and waxed the playfield and am looking at installing some LED's into it. Still need to re-rubber it and get some new pinballs, but in going over the game and playing it a bit, I have a question about something that does not seem to be working.

It's the Admiral Ackbar plastic that stands up about center of the playfield. There are two LED's in that piece already but I have yet to see it light up. Is there something special to get him to light up, or should it be lit up all the time?

TIA for any info.
Tom

Thanks for the info Chad! Well, they're not so I guess I'll dig into it a bit to see what's up.

Thx
Tom

I've dug into this problem further and found that 'ol Admiral Akbar's lights were only a symptom of a larger problem. All of the upper GI lighting is out too. The #89 flashers are working but very weak so you can't see them.

Diving into the backbox and tracing out wires for the GI, I found 2 connectors on the power supply board with burnt connectors, and one on the PPB board that was not obvious until I pulled - I think it was J5 -the connector. A pin on the end was melted pretty well.

I've ordered a Rottendog power supply replacement just to cut down some heat in the back box, and will be replacing the 3 burnt connectors with new ones and hope that's the problem. Won't know until next weekend when I can work on it again - Labor day weekend. Finally ordered pin crimpers with the ps order, tired of soldering pins!

Thx for the replies.
Tom

Hi Paul, thx for the reply. I plan on switching to LED's here shortly. I worked on the pin last weekend. Installed the PS and replaced the connectors. The upper playfield GI lights are working now, Admiral FishHead too, Woot! Flashers are still really dim so I have some more work to do there. I will check out your owners thread, thanks!

Tom