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Help with Phantom of the opera !! ball doesn't lock

By fanta

9 years ago



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#1 9 years ago

Hey guys,

I recently acquire a Phantom of the opera and I was able to resolve a few small issues here and there but now I'm having an issue with the multiball part of the game.... After opening the organ and shooting the ball into it the game is supposed to lock the ball.... and release it after the second ball is shot up the shooter lane, instead the game is just kicking the ball out as soon as the organ closes.

I already checked the following switches for functionality: the organ cave, top super vuk, left vuk #1, left vuk #2 as well as the through switches.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated

#2 9 years ago

Anyone?

#4 9 years ago

Thanks for the Reply....

Here is a Video of the problem

As you can see the ball that went into the organ is being kick out instead of being locked. Both of the VUK switches are working as you can see the organ closes and the ready for two ball play message comes up. One thing I noticed was that both coils for the middle vuk and the upper left vuk were missing diodes, so I when ahead and add it the diodes but I still had the issue. Next I checked the driver transistor for both and found that they were dead. I ordered them yesterday so will see what happens.

Even with the bad transistor the coils still fire, is this normal?
I thought they would just stop working completely

#8 9 years ago

To answer your question schusler the ball in the through came out after the first ball went into the organ. I checked all the through switches and the switches from under the organ and the one under and above the vuk. I went into the solenoid test and noticed that left and middle vuk where sticking and emitting a burning smell. I found transistors Q44, Q3, Q4 are bad. Those are the ones associated with the left, middle and right vuks. Waiting on the arrival of the new transistors now.

#9 9 years ago

Problem is solved!!

After replacing the bad transistors for both vuk the ball it's locking again..

Thank you guys for the suggestions.

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