Hi, when I first start a new game the hundreds unit is stuck in the energized postilion ( Plunger Up ). I can hear a loud hum coming from the backbox and the coil is getting hot. When a play the first ball, as soon as the ball hits a 1000 rollover at the top of the playfield, the game scores 1000 and also 100 points on the hundreds unit and releases or deenergizes the plunger on the hundreds coil. then from there the game plays pretty normally, ( this also happens while playing but you dont notice it as much because the ball is always releasing the hundreds when it gets stuck.

I can simulate this by starting a new game, then if I push the M relay nothing happens except the chime until I push the L relay which then denergizes the plunger on the hundreds coil, which the allows the M relay to operate the reel as normal when pushed.

I hope this makes sense.. .

Thanks for any help..

will do that tonight wen i get home.. will report back

It completes start resets to zero then locks on.

Hi Howard, I did some more troubleshooting.. the EOS switch is correct .. it opens when the plunger is completely pulled in. I also wanted to say that the hundreds reel resets to the 0 position when a game is started, so the game actually starts fine... but then the plunger is in the energized position until the 1K reel scores and moves off of the 0 position.

Upon further investigation it seems that the 1K reel causes the hundreds reel to lock every time the 1K wheel goes to 0 and stays there. so as long as the 1K reel is at 0 then the hundreds reel plunger is energized in the up position. once the 1K reel moves off of 0 the hundreds reel operates normally. hope that makes sense.

thanks for the info. I dont think there is any closed 100 point switches but i will look more closely and double check. unfortunately I had to head out of town for work.. wont be back till Sunday,.. at which time i will start troubleshooting and report back.