OP

Quoted from BurtronRaoolala:

The armature is not stuck and is operating correctly.
I’m confused about your comment regarding the score reels. When the reel is zero, all the switches are open. My documentation shows that all switches are supposed to be open when reels are on zero. Is this incorrect? Do different years operate differently? Btw, all the score reel switches are clean. I guess I could close all the zero switches and see if the motor stops. If this is the fix I’m going to feel pretty dumb. But happy!
Thanks for your suggestions.

OP

Quoted from BurtronRaoolala:

Ok, cool. I think the zero switches on the score reels do close on a multi player game but not the single players. I also have a Williams Touchdown (about same era as Magic City) and it opens all zero switches on zero as well.
Yes, per the schematic, I believe it only shows 4 possible circuits that power the motor. I have located each switch and did the cardboard thing and the motor still runs. I MUST be missing something and/ or the schematic is not showing me everything. I also checked each switch on each relay involved in the circuit to see if any wire or wire stubs were touching but everything looks very good. I don’t know, I might be chasing my tail here….again!