Cleaning up a friends family pinball machine that was just moved out of storage. Didn’t really think much when I took on my first EM project. I’ll skip most of the surprises and jump to my current problem.

When I first received the pin a game never ended. Meaning even after ball 5 the game would keep kicking out the bag. I found a relay that was stuck and the xxx coil burnt up (may have been good replaced anyway).

Now I can’t seem to get the game to start. I guess the coil could still have a issue. In the tight space my solder skills really stunk. Additionally, the braid wire was short so I extended it with a short jump wire.

So here’s the current issue after the cleanup:
When I turn it on everything seems to power up fine, after pushing the start button the score motor resets the score wheels and one of the two drop down targets. The motor does stop but the ball doesn’t kick out. Looking at the lights I can see that the Game Over light doesn’t turn off.
Issue 1. The “Deal” drop target doesn’t reset.
Issue 2. The ball doesn’t kick out to start the game.
Issue 3. Game Over light remains on

As I said this is my first EM project any help on what to look at would be welcomed.

Yes, have both. In testing the relays I found that when pressing on the Player Reset Relay and Ball Index Relay nothing happens. I am pretty sure the contacts are clean and they seemed to be allined correctly. Small Steps. Tomorrow I'll check to see if they are getting power.

Turns out after allot of trial and error the game over relay was messed up. I did a take apart and reassemble to resolve the issue. Thanks for all the help.