I would not be anywhere near where I am now without help from Pinside. I feel confident that if I need help on a new problem, I will get it.

I spent a lot of time learning about my few 70s vintage Bally EMs. In return for all the help I received, I am willing to help anyone who has similar machines so that my meager knowledge will apply. I also have been pretty busy lately so time is always tight, but still, I will find the time to help someone with their stuck EM. I don't need money or a reward or anything, I do it just for the satisfaction period. Plus I get a perverse thrill from looking through schematics and trying to deduce what is causing a problem. Someone has a problem, I looked through it it, put together some info, they took that and got the problem fixed!.... DAY MADE

All that said, to reiterate what was posted several times above...if someone has a problem, especially when they are new and starting out, they need to slow down, be concise and clear in their communications, and be willing to go in and try things as instructed then report back so the next step can be decided. Sometimes things are not just simple and clear cut, you need to go carefully and logically go through a series of steps to get to the root of a problem. It does seem that often the OP disappears in the middle of the process so you never know what happened. Could be that they just gave up which is a shame. But I am willing to fight as long as it takes to get it working if they will work alongside, like others did for me.