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Geeks Wanted: Dr. Dude Club!

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#422 3 years ago

Hey fellow Doctors!

i just got my first dr. dude and im restoring some parts. the main issues i have are lights and the pop bumper.

specificly the right pop bumper doesnt pop, it makes a noise and score, but no coil action. also all the lights are out on these guys... any replacment sockets around?

also my heart of rock n roll and the gift of gab triple light that uses the 55 wedge lights are out.

how should i go about repairing ths?

#424 3 years ago
Quoted from branlon8:

Check continuity at the coil and at the lights. You probably have a broken connection somewhere. Trace the connections back to the connectors in the backbox.
“also my heart of rock n roll and the gift of gab triple light that uses the 55 wedge lights are out.”
Same thing. Search for the broken connection. Check the solder on the pins on the board which hook up to the connector (on the board under the playfield with lights in question). It sometimes helps to reflow that solder (heat it up to liquid, then let it cool).

I will check this out soon! If i resolder the connections are there any considerations for a specific solder type?

FYI I repainted the miniplayfield (molecular mix master) and will upload some pics of that soon! Here's my Dr.Dude

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#426 3 years ago
Quoted from branlon8:

I always use lead solder on my games, but they're all pre 2000 like Dr. Dude. I suppose you could reflow without adding solder, but I always add a tiny bit.
Just an additional comment to insert lighting issues - check out the lamp matrix in the handbook - if you have lights not working in a row or a column it will help you localize the issue.

i think this is the right wire. all the general playfield lights on the right side are out and connected to this wire leading into this plug. it looks burnt up. Any suggestions?

Ill have to trace the wires from my rock/roll and gift of gab soon.

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#429 3 years ago

Thanks so much guys, i'll be sure to check that out when i get a moment soon. I did find that some of the wires had melted previously and there appears to be some sort of repair to it here.

In the mean time, Check out some of the progress so far. I have corrected the paint on two plastics and refinished the miniplayfield.20201004_205050 (resized).jpg20201004_205050 (resized).jpg20201005_095923 (resized).jpg20201005_095923 (resized).jpg20201005_095916 (resized).jpg20201005_095916 (resized).jpg20201005_095756 (resized).jpg20201005_095756 (resized).jpg20201005_095715 (resized).jpg20201005_095715 (resized).jpg20201005_095713 (resized).jpg20201005_095713 (resized).jpg

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#501 3 years ago

Hey Docs!

Last night i was playing my dr. dude and hit the ball into the ray. Once the ball ejected the GI lights on the players left all went out including the lowest pop bumpers lights. everything else appears to be normal. Can someone help me where to look? all the fuses seemed normal and if i removed the GI light plug from the interconnect board all the lights went out, so it must be down stream of that?

Side note: I have been trying to chase down a few other issues including intermident activation of the two vertical ejectors (may be a switch issue) and the top right pop bumper scores and sounds but doesnt pop.

#528 3 years ago

supermoot

I'll check out the interconnect board when i finish with work. i did give it a quick one over after it happened, is there anything inparticular i should look for? take off the whole board?

killerrobots if the GI fuse was blown, wouldnt both sides of the GI lights go out?

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