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Early 70's Gottlieb score reels question

By Agent_Hero

5 years ago



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#1 5 years ago

Gottlieb Outer Space the thousands reel gets to the 8 and 9 digits and doesn't move beyond that for several "clacks". I see how to remove the assembly to inspect it and clean a few bits of it that I can reach, but how do I get to the plunger and take that apart to clean it? The plunger clicks fine on every other digit but it gets spongy/lazy at the 8 and 9 digits and only plunges about 80% of the way into the coil unless I apply extra pressure to finish its full range of travel. The pinrepair site is fine for an overview, but those old 640 x 480 pictures are hard to see much detail.

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#4 4 years ago
Quoted from EMsInKC:

This issue is almost always the 9 position switch putting too much pressure on the wireform, and seldom has anything to do with the plunger.

I went away from this for a while since it was in storage. How do I decrease pressure on the 9 position switch? I've compared the reels on the non-working side to the reels on the working side and I don't see how that switch is incorrect between the two sides.

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