This original post was my cry for help in getting my first ever pinball machine working. And hour later it is!

I finally found the problem! It was the starter relay coil I believe. I got to looking further into the rear of the unit and found the reset relay and right behind it was an unlabeled one. Pressed it manually and reset kicked in, balls drop and playfield was active!! Plus wrapper on coil is missing parts of it and wires are black. Going to test with meter tomorrow.

I am sooo excited tonight!!

Now the process of restoration and repair begins. Replay unit and match unit was cleaned this week. So much more to work on though!

Right flipper was working then not. Needs all new rubbers. Playfield needs help. Flippers also didn't have enough power. Ball release was sticking some and here is a weird one... when I press flipper buttons it gives me points everytime?

Any idea on that? Lol.

Now that I know it works, let the addiction begin!!

I don't have the foil on the fuse at the moment. That is a picture from when I purchased it. I replaced all the fuses on day one.

I was just showing the ignorance of the previous owner! Plus this topic was originally asking for help to get it running and that picture was more relevant to that post (if you look it before edited). And I couldn't find how this delete a topic so I just edited it to update the status of the machine.

But I did just remove the picture since it wasn't related to the new topic change

Sorry for the confusion guys!

And you guys are dead on with the points going off. Just closing the playfield down sets off points. Breathing hard sets off points lol.

So I am guessing I still have a lot of cleaning and adjusting left. But now I am actually enjoying the process more since I now confirmed that the machine actually operates. At first I had no clue if I was just wasting my time.

If only that were true! That is one I want SOOOO badly!

Instead I ended up with a poor man 1963 model. But I am just happy to own a pin. Later on I will get something from the 90's!

I personally don't mind the older pins but I personally seem to enjoy the gameplay of the more modern pins. I love ramps and animations and various objectives. This skill pool is just a bell ringer basically but it looks enjoyable. Ordered new rubbers and other goodies to continue my repair this weekend. Hope to be playing it with it running smoothly soon!

The only thing I will have to get used to is since this one has no outer-lane it instead has those kickback slots beside the flippers, so it looks as if holding the ball to aim is not going to be an option. So losing that method of ball control is going to bring a whole new challenge!