Hi.

I have a #Fast Draw that has been working great until recently. Now, after the first four balls, the stepper counts down the bonus points real slow (once a second maybe) and then after the final ball, when the double bonus is lit, the stepper doesn't click down but the score increases 1000 after 1000, and never stops. Have to start a new game to stop it.

I've checked the stepper rig and everything looks ok, the coils fire ok, though slow.

Any clues what this could be and how to fix it?

Thanks in advance.

Gee thanks @Paulace. I've been reading your post from 2 years ago and trying to absorb all that was said there too. That was quite an odyssey! Glad you worked it all out in the end. I do appreciate your summarizing everything you learnt from that experience and your really comprehensive diagram. I'll do my best to go through it all and see what I find, though I'm a complete noobie in that department and don't know anyone who can help me out locally (this machine is in my holiday house in France). I live in Spain, but have long since sold my EM's in favor of newer solid states, though I have to admit there is a real fascination in these old beauties from the 70s and all their sparks and coils. Game play is simple but challenging.

One thing I've noticed while poking about inside this game is that various people have been in and replaced things over the years and the soldering is really awful!! I'll check first and foremost that there isn't just some random loose wire or a massive blob of solder where there shouldn't be one before I get to the switches. I'll let you know how I get on.

Thanks again for all your insights.

Gracias amigo!

Well, as it turned out it was a loose wire issue. One of the 3 solder-blob monsters attached to the bonus stepper had come unstuck. Feel a bit of an idiot calling on the forum for something so obvious, but along the way I've learned a lot more about the machine and the wonderful world of bonus scoring, so it's all good, right?

Happy Sunday

Mike

>I love that 3X bonus on the last ball, so anyone has a chance to catch up.<

Really! The other night, player four was still on less than 10k by ball 5 and ended up with 64k at the end. Long live the triple x scoring!

Thanks again