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playfield problems go away when lifted!

By lincsled

3 years ago



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#1 3 years ago

I am slowly getting my Little Chief back to life after sitting for over 20 years,I finally got the score reels to reset and I'm working on replacing lights and rollover buttons on the play field!
But yesterday I started loosing play field components randomly,the kick out hole would stop working,then the bumpers above it would stop working and then the bumpers down by the flippers would stop,but as one died another would come to life,today I realized that when the play field was lift up everything started working,but when it was lowered stuff would die!
I'm assuming there is a bad connection or broken wire,I spent the last hour looking at solder connection and plugs but so far haven't found anything. If you have dealt with this problem I would love to hear from you,it's driving me crazy and it's a short drive! Thanks.

#4 3 years ago

I had the same thought,I started with the plugs on the harness where is connects the play field with the base,hoping maybe it was just dirty,I unplugged them and replugged them several times with no luck,I really don't want to dig into that big harness.
I also followed the harness up and found it was pretty tight in a bracket leading in the back board,and since I have put a couple thousand miles on this machine I thought maybe it had rubbed into a couple of wires,but no luck there either,but it has to be something that is affected my the movement of the play field.
I had hoped someone else had already figured it out!

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