Trying to start up for the first time. The pin was sitting for many years. All switches gapped and cleaned during tear down.

When I first brought it home and before tear down, it had Game Over and Tilt energized, would not reset at all.

I have the playfield out at this time to resolve the Game Over and U relay issues.

When you power on the pin, Tilt and Game Over are energized as expected but so is U First Ball relay.

The pencil marks on the schematic were there from previous owner.

Currently, credit unit works properly as does credits from coin door.

Pressing the start button removes a credit, score motor starts, score reels all reset to zero and the score motor stops.

During the reset sequence the Game Over relay is deactivated momentarily, but re-energizes before the score reels have completely zeroed.

AX does energize and reset during the sequence.

Manually pulling in the O relay does reset the Tilt.

U is always on.

This machine was dropped hard. Broke the playfield glass, 2 cabinet corners and score reel clips damaged.

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Thanks MarkG. I did go through all the wiring last night and made sure no tabs or strands were touching.

I’ll try the paper trick when I get the chance later this evening.

Without the playfield plugged in the Ball Shooter should not be the issue I would assume.

The FB ad had a few terrible pictures in the listing. But the BG appeared good and is. But they had a pic looking in the lower cabinet through the coin door. You could just see the vibrant color of the cloth wiring.

I think this pin was severely dropped early in its life. Someone tried to get it working at some point and pitted the play field paint a bit, shame.

All I did to the bottom board was use a lint tape roller for your clothing to remove the dirt. Light dry tooth brush on the wire harness.

I have more pics in the “It’s been 10 Years Thread” to see all the work it’s taken. But it’s looking pretty nice so far.

What’s odd is this is the first pin I’ve seen without a play or credit meter. Doesn’t have either.

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The TX NO switch is where the power is coming from. The wire is Red-WH on opposite side of green wire on TX NO

The schematic of this switch is stated in the Tilt active or Tilt Reset condition?

Tilted condition is NC, Tilt reset is NO

If reset position then I would assume the First Ball Relay should be activated at the end of the start up sequence?

With a piece of paper in the TX NO contact that is activating U;

Power on the pin
Hit start
Nothing happens

Without paper in TX NO contact
Power on the pin
Hit Start
Reels reset score motor stops AX reset but Game Over still on.

Lookin at the player unit to, was going to clean the sleeve and found metric Allen heads securing the coil bracket. Need to look further while I’m here.

Thanks DaMoib

During reset, AX does reset the Tilt. After reset completed and AX deactivates, the Tilt and Game Over are still active.

Re-installed the playfield, same result.

Verified Tilt switches are ok.

Will keep chasing that back to the Motor switches next.

Yup, replaced them already.

Just found a broken solder joint on the score Motor 3B

No, looking at it now. The open switches are just that. Disconnected wiring at plumb tilt and reading continuity across Red-Yel and OR-WH-Red. Looking into why.

The Tilt issue was the contact gap R Hold Relay during reset.

And working on a few more issues along the way.

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Update on where it's at, game will reset but not fully. Doesn't get through Step 6 fully.

Looks like it could be an issue in the jones plug as no power to the playfield after reset. After AX and BX reset R activates as it should but U does not. I can lightly push on the switch stack for U then it will lock on. Don't have power to the playfield or flippers. Checked AX and TX extensively as that's the power path to the playfield after reset.

Using alligator clips, jumped from Red-White at Ax to the other side of Q Red-White after the game reset, still no power to the flippers or playfield. The jones plug is clean and no issues with the solder joint on the male or female side.

Gapping of contacts looks proper on the associated wiring through AX, TX and Q.

Step 6 in the manual states that activation of the U relay competes the start up sequence. The U relay does activate momentarily during the start up as the score motor rotates, but does not hold.

Step 7 CX works properly and selects player 2.

Step 8a and 8b works as stated in the manual. Will verify the rest of Step 8 sequence at the next opportunity.

The power is still perplexing. I did jump the AX, TX and Q power circuit to the playfield individually as well. I would think the fuse would blow if there was a short on the playfield somewhere for the 25VAC.

I will. AX and BX reset normally and contact gaps look appropriate. Will check them again.

Also have a meter and will try to chase the power issue. Thanks DaMoib.

Bingo! This type of issue can happen with a full overhaul, broken wire at the solder joint. Running great so far.

Missing voltage can causes odd issues.

Going through the scoring and manually checking playfield and ball count now. Nice to hear a bell again.
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