Hi,
I have been working with solid state machines for a few years now but I have never even opened up an EM machine before. I have a friend who has a Gottlieb Mustang and, when you turn it on, the stepper (i think that's what that motor in the cabinet is called! ) keeps spinning. You can't play or start a game or do anything -- it lights up but nothing happens. I'd love to get it fixed for him but I have literally no idea what I'm doing with EM machines. Anyone able to help a solid state kind of guy get a little bit of background on these EM machines?

As always, thanks for all the help!

Derek

I think it is the score motor that I am having issues with. The "tens" reel on the Player One score display seems to be locked on "7" (in other words, the Player One display says "00070". The Player Two display reads "00000" as I believe it should. Any chance that one reel may be jammed, which would cause the score motor to keep trying to spin? I think that previously the reels had been sticking so maybe it got jammed?

How do I manually actuate the reel? (I understand what you're telling me to do, but it doesn't seem to want to just push and I don't want to break it because it isn't my machine!

I actually did get this fixed last night! Sorry for not replying sooner.
To be honest, I'm not sure what I did. I opened up the backbox area so that I could see the front of the reels and felt around for any obstructions. I didn't feel anything abnormal, but I turned the machine on and it returned the reel to 0 and then worked! So I put everything back together and it worked flawlessly for the rest of the night! So thanks for the help!

I am in the one near Amish land. I didn't know there was one up near Wilkes-Barre! Wilkes-Barre is about 2 & 1/2 hours away from me. Thanks for trying though!