I recently bought a 1975 Bally HiDeal. My grandparents had it in their home, then moved it to the top of their pool house where it stayed until probably the early 1990s. My aunt acquired it and then put it in a garage where it has sat covered since the early 2000s. Honestly, the last time I remembered playing it was in the late 1980s. It was tipped upside down to get it out of the barn, so the ball was stuck, and I was told everything worked last time it was played and I just had to get the ball out.
I got the game, hauled it home, and turned it on. After watching a million YouTube videos, apparently I wasn't supposed to do that. The game lights up (except the burned out bulbs) but it does nothing else. I remember back in the day it would make noise, like the score reel would reset, and I remember everything clicking and stuff before it would stop and shoot the ball over to where you launch the ball. It doesn't do that anymore. It makes like a humming noise, which made me immediately turn it off, and that's all.
I don't even know where to start. I'm almost certain it wasn't ever worked on mechanically. Just moved around and stored. I've taken thr glass out, replaced the rubbers, and tried to vacuum the dust. There isn't any electrical tape holding anything together that I can see. It looks complete, but I'm not sure where to start. I downloaded schematics but I think I need to spring for the actual paper copy because I can't read them very well.
Any common first steps in this situation?
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New York, NY
