Hi Pinsiders!
This is my first post but I have been using this site since I acquired my first pinball, a Star Trek TNG. The site has been a tremendous resource and helped me get her running and gave me a few solid months of solid pinball action. Then randomly one game the ball just kept loading over and over. Poking around on here led me to look at the diverters on the subway and sure enough one of the solenoids was totally fried. I attached an image where you can see how the inside is blocked by the melted part.
So I ordered a new one of those and replaced it and also found a burned out fuse but still that doesn't work. The other solenoid for the top diverter works fine. This led me to look at the board which you can see in the photo has had better days. Looks like the former owner already worked on this and the solder doesn't look so good to me. I found a new board online for about $40 so I figure I will just replace it rather than keep hacking on that one.
Anyways, my question for you all is if you look a the image where the solenoid is attached to the subway, you will see the two purple wires attached to the right side. I was noticing in all the photos I could find on here that those wires are attached the opposite way that they were on mine. Whats up with that? How was it this was working fine for a while? One of my theories on why it went south was that it was really loose and had a lot of play so I am guessing that after a while it just wore out.. I dont understand why it looks so melted. Well thanks for any tips you could give me. Like I said my next step is to replace that circuit board but I dont want this to just happen again if there is something else I should be aware of.
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