Good afternoon,

My Williams Liberty Bell has a problem where the outholes will not kick out the pinball when it falls into them, seems to happen randomly. If a Tilt is caused, it will spit them out. When the pinball sticks in the holes, and after powering off the machine, a click is heard after being off for about 5 seconds. I assume that is the Pause relay disengaging. After turning the machine back on after this audible click, the problem stops until it decides to start doing it again. Which is about every 10-20 games or so. I assume the culprit is the pause relay staying engaged longer than what it's intended to. I am not sure of the cause.

Thanks for your help in advance.

Yes, correct. Sorry for using the incorrect term for term for these. All three of them do this, where it says Lites bonus when lit, and at the top.

I'll check on that. I've tried manipulating the score motor to turn when this happens, it makes a full rotation without ejecting the ball. If that is an indication of anything. I've noticed it tends to do it after the spinner targets are hit.

Score motor does not move when this issue occurs. When in that condition and a ball falls in one of the cups, nothing happens. When the score motor is manipulated to do a cycle with a ball in the cup, it does not result in the ball being ejected. I'll have to look for the relay you are referring to. I am guessing not since there is no audible 'click' when the switches for the cups are pressed.

Other than making sure they are not touching when neutral, is there something else I should check for with the spinner switches?

Thank you both for your responses. I will check to see if it either of these issues.

To get a better look at the pause relay operating, what normally should activate it? Just the spinner targets? I suspect that you might have hit it on the nail there. Another thing I see this machine do is that the ball will sit in the cups for a few seconds before the score motor starts to move and then they get spit out. The capacitor could be getting charged for longer than it should, or there is power charging it when it shouldn't be getting it.