Defender
Williams, 1982You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider Defender.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
I have had a Defender Video since 1992, and got my Defender pin in 2006. They will never leave.
Both are staples at the Michigan Pinball Expo!
I also have a second Defender pin, I will probably have the playfield on that restored.
Quoted from BenTheCartoon:Did all of that, and the switches themselves all seem to be operating properly. The switch test is otherwise silent unless they are actuated, both by finger and with the ball. Wiring seems to be ok as well. Is there anything to look at pertaining to the actual mechanism that releases the ball from the lock? Or is something else perhaps?
Nope, not a switch issue. It is the A/B solenoid relay (fired as solenoid 11) that resides on the underside of the playfield in the back right corner. Note how solenoid 8A and 8B are the lock release and the trough release. See the attached PDF of pages from the manual. Download the whole file - only the first page is shown in preview on Pinside
I had this issue a few years back. I tried cleaning the contacts inside the relay, but the real solution was to just replace it.
If you go into solenoid test, you may find that it is inconsistent in firing the coils on either side of this A/B relay, sometimes firing both coils at once.
Quoted from BenTheCartoon:That did it, thank you so much! We had not yet looked at the relays, and it turned out one of them had a barely noticeable break in the wire just as it crossed over the prong. A bit of solder to reattach the wire, gave the contacts a nice cleaning, and it works great now!
Great to hear! Such a fun game.
Quoted from snyper2099:I think I'm going to get a new backglass from BGResto. Has anyone got a Defender BG from them?
I got my Cosmic Gunfight BG from BGResto. Its beautiful!
Steve is great to work with, and lucky for me is local, so no shipping needed.
You're currently viewing posts by Pinsider Defender.
Click here to go back to viewing the entire thread.
Wanna join the discussion? Please sign in to reply to this topic.
Great to see you're enjoying Pinside! Did you know Pinside is able to run without any 3rd-party banners or ads, thanks to the support from our visitors? Please consider a donation to Pinside and get anext to your username to show for it! Or better yet, subscribe to Pinside+!
This page was printed from https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/defender-club-fans-welcome?tu=Defender and we tried optimising it for printing. Some page elements may have been deliberately hidden.
Scan the QR code on the left to jump to the URL this document was printed from.
Monrovia, MD