I am so damn close after a year of tinkering. My Williams Jive Time is working....kind of. When I start a game, it plays normally, except the motor continues to run. The game plays fine, cycles ball, spinners and kickouts work. After about the 3rd or 4th ball, the motor will randomly stop running. At that point, the spinner, kickout holes, and ball kicker also stop. However, flippers and switches still function normally.
Which brings me to ask many questions:
Why does the motor continue to run on startup?
Why does the motor stop randomly?
What specifically should I be looking for?
I should add that I am a complete EM idiot (surprise). I have done minor and major repairs on SS games, but EM repair is just not clicking in my tiny little brain. This game was in storage for 30 years when I brought it, so it has come a long way from when I started (thanks clay). I am fearful of tearing back into at the risk of destroying all my progress. It was 99% luck to get even this far.