Hello, all. So I'm new to the club as I recently acquired a gorgar and finally gotten the time to tinker with it. One of the coils for the drop targets was shot(seized up and wasn't raising the stop targets, got smoking hot), so i replaced both target coils with new ones, new drop targets, cleaned the dt boards, and lubricated them. Now all targets drop and raise like new. So I boot it up and blow my 2.5 amp solenoid fuse, F2, on the power board. I look at the coils and realize they didn't come with diodes on them, so I solder the diodes from the old coils and I'm still blowing the fuse upon start up. I'm getting lights, sounds, flipper, but no game, as it stops obviously once it blows the fuse. I'm open to any help, and can someone tell me if the diodes go a certain direction on the dt coils, and what size diode they are? The manual doesn't g get into that much detail. Thank you for any help you can give.

The grease is contract disk grease and i applied it sparingly to the contact sides of the green boards that the deep targets slide against.

One thing I forgot to mention, my red LED lights only come on for a second then go out on the mpu... Are they supposed to stay on entire time? This is my first Williams machine so its a bit foreign to me.

Past that, I have the lower drop target not blowing the fuse, only the upper drop target set. I'm going to turn the diode around and see if that works. Past that, I cannot seem to get it out of test mode....ugh. Thanks for the input so far. Which board were you referring to for a blown transistor? Would it be noticeable or do I have to test them? Thank you, again.

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I'm hoping someone with a Gorgar could post 2-3 close up pics of the under side of the entire playfield for me to look at where a few wires are supposed to be going? Especially the upper drop target wires and the bottom(top) side..where the red wire leaves the upper drop target and continues.....i need to see where that loop ends. I know it meets up with another coil and then moved on but I'm not sure where that wire finishes (solders into).

That would be great. Thank you for your help.

Awesome, thank you. Here are the two sections needed.

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Great!! Thank you for the pics, both of you. I appreciate it.

I'm torn between upgrading my mpu to either the rottendog or the swemmer boards..... Anyone have any pros or cons on either board to help me in my decision...?

Can someone tell me what size diode is used on both coils that pop up the drop down targets? Mine are barely readable and I want to replace them. Thank you for your help.

Thank you for your help.

Yeah, I'm thinking about picking up a pair of those myself.

Anyone with a Rottendog MPU experience two player start sometimes when you press the start button, once? I'm curious why this is and if there is a solution to the "issue"?

I have the one from Planetary and its pretty good. The colors aren't as bright (red gorgar is little darker than the original) but it is nice have a new glass in there.

I think I'm going to have mine restored before that playfield gets produced. Lol. Patience is a virtue when it comes to reproductions, especially in the pinball world.

Looks great. My playfield fortunately had no marks on it but I have to update the inserts, reset them, clean the heck out of it, and then clear coat it. My winter project!!

Where did you get your flipper mod from? Been thinking about doing that to a few of my machines.

Thank you for that info.