Hey everyone...
This is my first post and new to the forum. Awhile back I purchased a TOPCARD pinball machine. It's a great playing game. I had it shopped out when I bought years ago, but now it seems it needs some more work. I don't know much about repairing and troubleshooting pinball machines and I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction as far as reference books or links or maybe offer some feed back.
The issue I'm having with the game is that it will not score any 1000 point items. What mean by that is the lanes will not score a 1000, nor will the bumpers when lit. The bumpers work fine and are functional and score 100 points when not lit, but when they are lit no points are scored. Also the star roll overs will not score a 1000 when the light on the play field advances to the 1000 point.
I'm only guessing here, but I think maybe whatever is out controls these devices? Would it be safe to say that it could be a "COIL" maybe? I don't know all the terminology and I hoping you guys can help me with this. I apologize in advance for not knowing how to explain the issue, but I'm willing to do the leg work and make the repairs or replace the parts I need to get the machine working correctly. I just don't know where to start,