I picked up a f14 pinball machine that worked 100% after I moved it home and got it set up I blow the 2.5 slow blow fuse
That handles the coils for the kick outs

I’ve looked for a short and can’t seam to find any

When I turn the machine on and before I start a game the fuse blows about 15-30 seconds

Any ideas on what to test ?

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I re seated all the connectors I’ll double check and make sure they are on correctly. (The machine didn’t like the move)
No loose wires and I followed the purple and yellow wire around the cab

I’ll double check those haven’t noticed anything that looks out of place

I’m going to pull the boards and check the back side and make sure I don’t have a short or any thing strange going on

I did have a coil that wasn’t able to move freely, the kick was hitting the rail

No I replaced the fuse and same problem
So i either damaged the coil or have another issue

Everything seams to be ok I’ll have to test all the coils and see if one went bad and is causing the short

Thinking I shook something out of place during the move

I’ll give those a double check and test the coils

Ok so tested all the coils they all Seam to test the same

Double checked all the connections

When I turn the machine on I hear one big click and the fuse pops

If I unplug power to the board no fuse pop.....

If I unplug the flipper side no fuse pop

Not sure what else to try

Still new to pinball repair

I do have a digital multi meter
I did notice I had to transistors touching
One was Bent over

I’ll give them a test when i get home
And thanks for the help so far

Here is the testing I did hopefully I did it right ?

Also when I unplug the plug that comes from the flipper board to the play field (one under the pf) the fuse doesn’t pop

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I had a coil plunger get stuck on the drop rail from the diverter lane and it feels sluggish and I’ll have to go test all the diodes

When I have the 3 sets of wires disconnected I get ol on every test

I disconnected the diverter coil wires and the fuse still blew

Yes fuse still blows

I’ll give that a try and triple check everything

Thanks for the help