Does this happen to all players?

Either the 1000 Point relay isn't fully activating or the 1000 Point relay isn't fully activating the score reels. Which?

Hi Herman
here http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1460&picno=14819&zoom=1 on top of the playfield --- on the left I believe to see the mentioned targets --- maybe the "Self-Hold-Circuitry on the 1000-Point-Relay" is not functioning --- I am curious - when You close the target manually for lets say a full second - then let go on the target --- question: Do You ALWAYS get the 1000 points ?
(((I had a busy day - it is time to go to sleep, till tomorrow) Greetings Rolf

When you close the target and 1000 points doesn't happen, does the 1000 point relay activate?

Hi Herman
great - You could fix the fault.

"rubber suspension used when mounting an relay" --- I do not know - I could do some guessing but guessing does not bring up truth / clarity.

Self-Hold-Circuitry - many features in an pin have the Self-Hold-Circuitry --- an relay gets Initial-Current - pulls-in - therefore the switches are moved - one of the switches moved is an closing switch - closing and so feeding the coil on the relay forever*** with Self-Hold-Current.
No, not forever*** --- another switch in the Self-Hold-Circuitry opens at a time (later) - the relay looses Self-Hold-Current and let go and so the "Switch on the relay opens" --- the other switch can close - relay stays inactive.
The standard example of an "Relay with Self-Hold-Switch" is the "Gate" --- here http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1460&picno=45805 in the lower right corner --- we player enjoy the functionality of the Gate opening - raise the Playfield - look at the goodie - see the switch on the goodie (relay) - the Self-Hold-Switch on the Gate-Relay.

Think of time needed - the plunger on a Score-Drum needs (just lets say) 0.6 second to travel all the way so tooth behind tooth then makes possible "the mechanical movement to step the Score-Drum a step". When the coil on the Score-Drum (lets say) only is pulling for 0.4 seconds: The travelling plunger does not travel long (in distance) enough to reach position for "Tooth hooks-on behind tooth" --- NO POINTS given.
So the manufacturers made an nice invention: The 100-Point-Relay gets (Initial) Current - relay pulls, closes its Self-Hold-Switch, also closes a switch to feed current to the 100-Point-Score-Drum - the Score-Drum pulls-in its plunger - when the plunger reaches "end position for Tooth behind tooth": The moved plunger OPENS a switch to cut current to the coil on 100-Point-RELAY - the relay let go and so cuts current feeding the coil on the Score-DRUM - DRUM stops / ends pulling the plunger - the retaining spring pulls back the plunger - mechanically (tooth behind tooth) the points are given.

When writing my post-6: I thought "Maybe the Self-Hold-stuff on the RELAY does not work" - but when the Playfield-Switch is manually closed looooong in time: The looooongtime flowing Initial-Current to the RELAY enables the Score-Drum-action". Greetings Rolf

Hi Herman
please do me a favor --- on top - in the beginning of the topic there is a box You can click on to make the topic visible as "problem solved" - do it - I happen to like to see these marks when looking at the EM-Tech-Submenue in pinside ...

A long time ago I made on an Williams Pin (Aztec) an JPG "making 100 points" --- Williams and Gottlieb and Bally have the same logic - see the JPG - A, B, C is resetting when a new game has been started --- can You follow the "D - closing an Playfield switch" then E F G H "then C" then I opening ends the feature.
(((J is missing))) The "K L" is the start to make 100 points when 10 points are made - the 10-Point-Score-Drum happens to be in position 90 - the 100-PointScore-Drum also must step. Greetings Rolf

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Hi Herman
You have found, fixed the problem (post-9) and You have marked "topic as solved" --- I should not write posts. I suspected "problem 'Self-Hold-Circuitry' " - in post-12 I showed (Self-Hold-Switch, -Circuitry) feature "making 100 points using Self-Hold-Switch on 100-Point-Relay". Your pin has the feature "making 500 points" - the making 500 points is a feature calling five times the (now it is a sub-feature) the "making of 100 points".
In the feature "making 500 points": The 500-Point-Relay has its Self-Hold-Switch (green-3, green-13) - also the Score-Motor has its Self-Hold-Switch (green-8, green-16). Initial-Current for the 500-Point-Relay (to pull-in) runs through "closing green-1" - Initial-Current for the motor (to start running) runs through "closing green-6".

Can You follow the (green) 1,2,3, "4 (motor is not yet running)", 5,6,7,8, "9 and 10 do five times the subfeature making 100 points", "11 cuts the Self-Hold-Circuitry 500-Point-Relay (12)" so 13 opens, 14, 15, "16 cuts the Self-Hold-Circuitry on the (17) motor" - motor stops - end of feature "making 500 points".

Your pin has the feature "making 3000 points" --- see "similarity" and "difference" (?). Greetings Rolf

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