So i finally managed to grab my first real pin, a gottlieb Melody Lane in amazingly good condition, besides the backglass, which has been "restored". Still, only 8833 plays on it, which is cool.

ANYWAYS, whoever owned it before me took good care of it, but they installed a power switch inside the coin door with what im assuming is some suspect wiring. Now, i know little to nothing in this field, and i was hoping someone could give me some pointers? Here's what it looks like.

pin4.JPGpin3.JPG This is where the new plug has been installed and connected to an older power cord, which leads to the switch near the front coin door.

pin1.JPGpin2.JPG This is the power switch and the cord leading to it. Can anyone spot anything that might be wrong? I'm also assuming that fuses could be a problem as well, correct?

Haha, oh wow, did I forget to mention that part? Yes, it won't power on.

So I tested some things and it doesn't seem to be that. Like I said before, I'm fairly clueless about this stuff, but I get this funny feeling its this guys fault:

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So the problem has been resolved. It was apparently a stuck relay. However I'm still having problems (of course). Here's my current issues now that it's powering on.

1. Scoring

The scoring is doing this weird thing where the 1s will occasionally score fine, and occasionally the one point relay will lock on and stay locked on, buzzing loudly. Not every time though.

The tens, however, will only score on player 2s reel, even if the game is on player 1. 100s will still score on player ones reel though. However, scoring works fine for player two. I've checked both relays for the player 1/2 control and everything seeeeeeems fine but I might be wrong.

2. Reset

On a similar note, player 2s ones reel won't move when the game resets and the whole thing gets stuck and its a huge pain in the ass.

[EDIT: I fixed it also I'm stewpid]

3. Slingshots

One or two of the slingshots seem to "stutter" when triggered and I'm not entirely sure they're scoring or not.

So these are my current problems. Any advice?