This is a carryover from a thread I started almost 2 years ago.

I have a Chicago Coin Golden Gloves that came to me as a non-working machine after nearly 60 years in one home. I got it up and running pretty quickly, and after some tinkering, it plays great. HOWEVER, I still haven't figured out how to get the score to zero out. When you start a new game (see video for two resets) it counts down, then counts back up again.

I have put slips of paper between all of the scoring switches, thinking something was stuck, but it didn't make a difference.

Also attached is a schematic for "Tahiti" which is a virtually identical machine of the same vintage. Near as I can tell, the schematic is identical for my machine.

Any thoughts anyone has on how I might rectify this would be appreciated!

Tahiti Schematic (resized).jpg

Every now and then it gets it right, but I think it's just coincidence.

I was afraid someone would suggest it was the score motor. When I bought the machine, there was a waxed paper capacitor attached to the score motor-- not sure what function it served. It was crumbling, so I replaced it with a modern cap of the same value.

I actually tried that a couple of years ago (and tried all of the folks at pinballowners too). Nobody has a schematic for it. I'm confident that the schematics are the same-- just look at the photos of the playfields. Even the wire colors are correct.

There’s nothing labeled that way. Could that be the coil on the reset stepper?

Thank you, of course. Yes, that’s the stepper I was referring to.

The coil you’re pointing to pulls in, the clock spring turns the gear back to the zero point, and then the coil on the side (black) activates several times and adds points back on.

Regarding the labels, nothing in the back box is tagged. The relay banks under the playfield are, and are identical to the Tahiti schematic.

Here's a video of the stepper during a reset:

Correct. You probably can't see that level of detail in the video, but there's an arm that sticks out on the bottom of the gear. That activates a switch when it comes to the zero position. It's also marked as the zero position on the back side of the stepper. When it does this reset, it always adds 20,000 points to the score. It adds scores the 100,000's as well. Usually it's 500,000-- but it's occasionally less, and on rare occasion more.

I've blocked all of the switches on the playfield that would generate score... not sure where else to look.

Now there's a thought... In looking at the schematic, look at the 100M Step Up Unit (far right, just above the "multiple switch" notation on the right border). There are paths there that go through M1, M6, and M4. I could block those off one at a time and see if any of them make a difference... looks like my agenda for tonight it coming together

Ah! I hadn't thought about it being used in that way. I think then, that we can probably rule that out, no? Aside from not resetting to zero, the scoring is correct. I haven't had any other score motor related issues.

When I block M3, the score motor continues to run. Blocking any of the other switches seems to have no effect.

Bump.

Another bump. Surely someone out there can help...