Evel Knievel
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While playing Evel Knievel this evening, one of the pop bumpers started firing without the ball hitting it. Next thing I know, smoke is rolling. Lifted the playfield and the coil was extremely hot. I started searching for rebuild kits, but I don't know how to tell which coils I need.
Also, any ideas where I should start looking for the cause?
Quoted from BigAl56:If the bumper was popping it's probably a cap or switch issue, if the coil is stuck energized the transistor is most likely the culprit.
It started randomly popping. Did that for about 2 minutes and then the smoke started to roll. I just turned it off and unplugged it,
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