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No playfield lights on Gottlieb Top Score

By Redcloud

1 year ago



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#1 1 year ago

Hey folks,
I’ve recently acquired a Gottlieb Top Score and have been working my way through the score reels and steppers, cleaning all Jones plugs as well as tightening all screws on the switches. When I purchased the machine it had an assortment of fuses in the coin box. I’m figuring that’s not a good sign. It doesn’t have a back on the head and the wires are extremely faded. They are also faded under the playfield….so much that it’s hard to decipher the colors. I’ve turned the machine on and it seems to go through the start up sequence, kicks out the ball but NO playfield lights! If I hold down the tilt hold relay the playfield lights come on but the tilt relay buzzes very loudly.

#2 1 year ago

Hey Bill,

I don't have a schematic for Top Score, but I have the one for 300...hopefully it's similar in this area. There is a switch on the H relay that gets power to lots of the bulbs. It's highlighted here on the schematic and should have WH-BL and WH-RED wires:

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Make sure that switch has clean contacts and that they're sliding slightly past each other as the switch closes. If you want to test, you can jumper that switch and see if the lights come on.

#3 1 year ago

@paulace,
As always, thanks for your help. You were all over this one! lol. I cleaned the switch(es) o the H relay several times and was getting nowhere. Finally adjusted the switch to look exactly like the identical switch on my “300” and ….it worked! My H switch was not holding until I gapped them correctly. Thank you very much for the assistance!
Now I need to do some tweaking on my scoring and the special light is not coming on.

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