Hi guys, I'm in the middle of restoring a Gottlieb Top Score and have ordered new door hardware from Steve. In anticipation of its arrival, I'd like to figure out what to do to get this fixed: The previous owner had it configured so that to start a game, rather than pressing the start button (which does nothing), you press in the left coin-return button. Hadn't seen that before.

I can post pictures later today, but am curious what I need to do to get the start button to activate the game, not the coin-return button. The wiring looks like it's still intact going to the start button. How was this bypassed and what would I do to revert?

Thanks as always!

Ok will do — might be a week or so until I can, but I’ll report back.

Here's a video I sent to my friend Mike seeking his input. I believe the coin switch is in the right place -- just not sure yet why IT (and not the replay button) is what's starting a free game. I am going to try to diagnose the circuit per Howard's instructions once I get the game back together (it's taken apart right now, per my post in the "Show us Your EM Pinball Machines" thread).