Quoted from JethroP:Going back to square one for a minute....Did the chime ever work for you? What changed? Did you do some wiring "repairs" or anything before it quit working?
Another question: When you say something under the playfield "clicked" and blew a fuse, was it the chime clicking, or was there another solenoid under the playfield that was energizing?
The fact that the lights dim when you attempt to energize the chime coil (and the fact that you have blown a fuse) indicates a heavy draw on the power supply. You may have a short somewhere, or a bad coil.
Jethro, Thanks for the reply!
The machine has been stored in an old army barracks for over 25 years! When I got it all three chime plungers were stuck to the old beer seal and had to be pried away. The tens chime coil was fried and the plunger was melted. Ive since rebuilt the chime unit with new tens coil, three new plungers, new coil sleeves etc. I’ve thoroughly cleaned all score reels and steppers. I suspect some kind of short, somewhere because of the fried tens coil, the fat dimming of the playfield lights whenever I manually activate the tens relay chime switch. Currently, if you put a ball in play, everything works, chimes and scores as it should except for the four places on the playfield that score ten points, which score, but do not chime. Numerous and consecutive activation of the tens relay switch is what makes the 15amp fuse, blow. Not sure what “clicks” and can’t seem to spot anything else energizing while activating it.
Rockport, TX
