nice wish I could find a deal like that ..

Hello folks sure glad to hear hardtop is going to put together the Eight Ball deluxe hard topper I'm definitely getting one of those. I've been stumped on this one now I have an issue with ball trought coil game comes on everything works but the ball trough coil does not kick hard enough to make the ball all the way over to Shooter Lane I've replaced the coil replaced of mechanism it just twitches whenever it should be firing I went to test mode and I noticed during test mode it does the same twitch but I see that one of the drop targets may be more are also twitching If eneyone else delt with this issue I could use some help .

Thanks James

This is a new issue, it seem to be the right coil , I have to look into the SEB . I'll post my progress thanks

Looking good I am working on one myself hopefully I can clear coat mine this week.

I'm getting ready to install my first hard topper wish me luck . I'm debating on whether to clear coat the playfield or not . Install instructions say to clear inserts has anyone done one without clear coat?

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Hey thanks for all the advise ill be sure to keep you updated on how it turns out .

Always look for the simple things first.

What more quick question do you think I should be concerned about the chipping around these inserts if so how should I repair it?
Thanks in advance.......

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10 -4
This whole project has been a pain in the butt had to pull all these inserts out because they were loose jiggling around polished then reglue
Broke a couple along the way

It's like a crazy amount of time I have in restoring the jewelry on this table what pain.

I'm sure it will be appreciated in the end ....

so my project EBD hard topper is almost complete . I got it back together boots up looks great . first thing im stumped on is the controlled lighting is not working at all ? Then the coil in ball trough does not kick ball hard enough to get in shooter lane ? any Ideas on what might cause this ?
Thanks in advance

I did put new MPU and driver boards in
I checked TP on lamp driver board had 5 volts not sure if this is correct .

I put a new power rectifier board in the cab the old one someone had relocated some parts and it was not booting up all the way .
There was some wire hacks there maybe that could be something .

all the coils fire in test mode

ill check the ground and report back

Here's a photo had to show her off. Hats off to hard topper What a great product

Looks like 3.6 voltage at lamp socket either side.
lamb driver board T2 and T3 show 5 voltage

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Thanks KSUWildcatFan those are the real deal white pop caps i was surprised they were in this grate of shape well not broken . i tried to clean them and black paint started coming off so one has fade

i was thinking blue from jump on this one it seems to work . i liked the looks of both red and blue post ..

I appreciate the help thanks for the write-up im going out to check it right now

This is the hack I mentioned see were tape is that's were it had remote rectifier spliced in. I think I'll put these back together hopefully that will be the solution.

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That was it there was a break on the line she's up and running in full glory. Thanks Lovef2k

Warning if you don't know already, there is 230V present on rectifier board when powered on, be extremely careful here!!!
Start checking voltage on rectifier board TP1 should be around 6.5V DC. You should see good voltage since the board is new as you mentioned. You mentioned some hacks, can you explain? It was common practice to mount a rectifier to the transformer mounting plate and run jumper wires from the board to the rectifier. See pic.

My solenoid expander wont click at all I swapped it out with a working one and nothing change .This was a project game I brought back to life so after getting the switch lamps up and working I thought this would fix my issue with coil expander still not working . at first the game tried to stat up but wouldn't kick ball over to shooter lane . Now it doesn't even do that . would the dip switch settings cause any wired ness ?

Thanks

checked all 3 boxes . In lamb test that like doesn't flash .

ill check volts at the light socket under play field when I get a back . looks like it should be min ^ 6 volts

Just found the four bank drop coil was incorrect .only had two lugs I had one fixed that .
The saucer kicker has three lugs but I'm not sure if this wired correctly I will post photos of that one .

Now the out hole kicker only has two lugs looking for one of those.

My expander J 9 was 45.6 volts

I'll work on getting the coil test going now.

Thanks for helping

Imagine of saucers coil....

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Well I went ahead and fired it up and the four bank reset properly and 7 bank reset as well .Then went into test coils and the saucer and out hole kick did not fire .
Sad thing is i have a parts EBD game and both these coils are incorrect in that one as well . The out hole kick and saucer were 2 lugs you can tell they were new and not right
So i remember seeing one of the wires right to one leg of diode thought this was odd . Now i no why someone modified the solenoid . to make it work like a three lug.....
Finally figuring things out i think i understand this logic

thank you all for the correction I notice this was incorrect and made changes . working on getting the proper ones on order .
I stop in at a friends after work today to look at the wires on his EBD LE Wow shocker he doesn't have the correct one either so going to order extra and fix his game while im at it . so his saucer and out hole kick , are two lug with one diode but it works

ill keep plugin away at it now that I know how this game operates just gonna have to fix them all of them .. Got a package in the mail today must be my new Pinscore displays awwwwsome better get busy .. My Goal is to have this game complete up and running this week
Big thanks to everyone keep it real this is the best hobby ...