Hey everyone,

Acquired my first Pinball (Monopoly)! It was in rough shape but I'm having a great time cleaning out pop bumpers, kitting out LEDs, and making this bad boy play like new. I'm thinking a second machine is not far behind. Anyway, the Relight Jackpot w/ Lit lamp on the game is struggling. Brand new comet red LED (led is working) but the light barely turns on and sometimes not at all. So far as I can tell all the wiring is ok. Nothing looks loose or disconnected (and it gets some power some times).

Is it common for these lamp sockets to go bad? How would one go about removing this socket? It's not screwed it but has these button clamp things. Some of these things are new to me (I'm comfortable w voltage testing / soldering). Also, are the wires soldered into the socket or do they have a quick disconnect?

Thanks for any help - some pictures are attached.

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Hi Schudel, I appreciate the reply. I tried to pull up on the leads every which direction but no dice. I still get a barely lit LED - quite odd. This wouldn't have anything to do with ghosting / non-ghosting LEDs would it?

Hey sorry I didn’t see the reply on this. I thought it may be a software glitch too, but I’m on 3.01 (you have the latest firmware).

I ran a voltmeter and the socket does get juice. Do you have LEDs or regular bulbs? I have tried ghosting and non-ghosting by the way.

Anyone else with a Monopoly able to weigh in?