Getaway: High Speed II, The
Williams, 1992this day won't end.
i was just popping in some new wingnut bolts in my backbox. the right bolt wasn't cooperating, so i was in there screwing around too much i suppose. knocked a wire out of one of my connectors. i think it's going to j135. currently there's only a red/purple in pin 9. i have a loose yellow/green wire that's the only other wire bundled to the red/purple one.
any ideas where this thing goes?
Sorry I don't know, just want to suggest being patient u til someone chimes in or you get ahold of a manual. I have hastily "tried out" what looked right and screwed up 
Edit...I done got beat!
Quoted from balboarules:It does look like it goes to J-137-5, see if there is a wire missing there on the connector.
hey, man.
j137-5 has it's yellow/green.
Stop guessing.
Is that red/gray or red/violet.
That single wire connector is for the cabinet controlled lamps. It's a single wire because the cabinet doesn't have many controlled lamps; perhaps only the credit button.
If it's red/gray, stuff it into position 9, the left most position.
If it's red/purple, stuff it into position 8.
The wire colors will be consistent with the wire colors in the connector at J133.
J133, J134, and J135 are all electrically and functionally identical. It doesn't matter which female connector is placed on which male header.
Carry on solder.
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Wait. Sorry. You're talking about the yellow/green wire.
Yes, that goes into J138. It will be in the same relative position as the yellow green wire in the connector above it.
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Quoted from ChrisHibler:It doesn't matter which female connector is placed on which male header.
Don't you wish real life was like that?
He meant carry on SOLDIER. Typo.
If you don't have an IDC crimper on hand you can use a very small flatblade screwdriver and carefully press the wire down in there - just be sure not to bend/misform the two spades that cut and hold the wire.
Quoted from weaverj:how do you get a good fit of wire into connector? seriously solder? i'd think you crimp it somehow.
Have you crimped wire before? Do you have a crimper and connector pins? If not I would suggest finding a tech in your area to help out. There's a thousand different ways to screw this up.
Ya. That was supposed to be "soldier". Dang autocorrect.
There is a special tool to restuff that wire, but as noted, a screwdriver can be used carefully since you have only one pin to do. You could also get the right sized female housing, a crimp pin and crimper and take care of it effectively forever. Those are good tools and supplies to have around anyway.
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Sometimes when inserting a wire into an IDC you can use the corner of a credit card instead of a screw driver as to not damage the IDC. If you do use a screw driver please make sure it is a very thin one.
do you insert the wire and bend the insulation down, then push into the back on the insulation to get it in there? or are you pushing down on the metal contacts on the connector to get a hold of the wire?
yes you have the connector pushed into the board , this wire goes into the 4th slot from the left on that empty connector , you should be able to push it into the slot with a small flat screw driver , look closely at my pictures
Good news newbie!
Fact is you can probably half-ass this without crimping. At least for now.
Strip some insulation off, and just shove the wire in there real good, like you are flossing teeth with it.
Then slap some electrical tape over the whole mess to hold it in.
It won't be pretty but it will work.
If you want to do it right, you need to buy connectors, pins, and a crimper. And it a different kind of connector as well. We don't use these shitty factory connectors when doing aftermarket work.
You want one of these to put wires back into those types of connectors.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Good news newbie!
Fact is you can probably half-ass this without crimping. At least for now.
Strip some insulation off, and just shove the wire in there real good, like you are flossing teeth with it.
Then slap some electrical tape over the whole mess to hold it in.
It won't be pretty but it will work.
If you want to do it right, you need to buy connectors, pins, and a crimper. And it a different kind of connector as well. We don't use these shitty factory connectors when doing aftermarket work.
yeah, i am reading up about the connectors now. the idc's from the factory are just "crimped" together i guess and you can "upgrade" to a molex connector with crimped pins.
pinball machine maintenance is deep. i feel like there's less stuff that could break on a car.
well, they're in there. not pretty. my little flathead did a job on the wires. powered on okay. anybody know what this would have been powering? the j135 and j138.
also, i think this wire is yellow/blue. i used a flash light in addition to the natural and overhead lighting. makes me feel more confident in the hack job.
i tested the diverter in test mode: seems fine. is diverter high suppose to hold position? it just flaps up then back down.
Those connectors are for the lamp matrix.
WMS never implemented a feature to detect lamp failures.
Wires in or not, connectors on or not...the MPU doesn't care.
There is only one lamp that the single yellow/whatever and red/whatever wire drive in the cabinet. That's all two wires in the lamp matrix will power.
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Quoted from LTG:No, I was trying to help you learn.
LTG : )
i see what you did there. just took a sec.
just finished popping some led's in. fired her up and played two quick ones: seems okay. diverter/divertor worked...
the error "check switch 74 top lock" still comes up. is that the switch in the right lane that pops the ramp up?
Quoted from weaverj:"check switch 74 top lock" still comes up.
There are 3 switches in the "hideout" wireform on the right. aka "donut heaven". The top one is being flagged.
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no its the last switch for the ball lock for multiball there are 3 switched , first switch is closest to the rod that is up to hold the ball then ball 2 is the next switch and finally the 3rd switch is for the 3 ball , check that , also if a switch is not activated after a while it will show up as an error , sometimes you just have to trigger the switch during game play to re-establish it
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