Just got a Roadshow into my shop for repairs. Straight out of a crate from France. Yay.

I changed the power jumpers to USA style, swapped out the crusted battery board for a new one, looked over all the coils and fuses, and gave it a good shop vac. To my surprise, the machine boots. French. Haha. Changed the dip switches to USA and powered up again. Everything seems fine. Missing a mini post next to the Dozer, and Ted isnt registering dozer hits so I'll take a look at the eddy boards today.

Biggest annoyance Im having right now is the coin door buttons. The left black (escape) button isnt working. So I can get into tests but I can't back out without power cycling. Anyone have any tips to help get this button working again?

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From what I can tell here everything is wired as it should be.

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I will try shorting the wires together and see if this is actually the switch malfunctioning.

Potentially a cracked header pin at the connector as well?

Shorting the switch lugs worked. So I decided to drip some rubbing alcohol down inside the switch where the spring is and actuate the button over and over. This method cleaned something down inside without having to tear it apart. It isnt perfect but its working about 9/10 presses now.

Thanks for the pictures of the red/ ted breakdown. I'm experiencing the same problem with both faces. Eyes closed all the time.

Also, I have already adjusted the eddy sensor boards in front of both faces and red's is already out of adjustment. Is this a constant battle to keep them in adjustment??

After completely pulling Red's head out and cleaning the sleeves, plungers and linkages they will close their eyes but still wont open. For now I have opened their eyes manually and disabled the rest of the eye movement. Boy are these faces finicky. I GIVE UP

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When the vertical coil fires to close the eyelids the linkage gets stuck at the very bottom of the stroke. The horizontal coil fires correctly but the linkage is already stuck.

When manually pressing the assembly with my fingers gently it works properly. But if I simulate the coil pulling it down to the bottom it catches on something. It is not snagged on the wood or the horizontal linkage. Im not sure where its hanging up.

Maybe a stronger spring would do the trick?

Same problem.

Maybe I ought to order new springs and coil sleeves. Then ill know I have everything fresh. This game came out of a crate, so no idea when it last worked properly. Anyone have the part numbers handy?

I can dig out the manual if need be.

Thanks. All my springs are there. I think maybe they have weakened over time. Everything seems to work the same as in the video with one exception. When the lower coil fires to open the eyes it gets stuck on something. I'll try to get a video later.

If anyone has a spare flying rocks plastic, please message me. Mine is missing and someone just tossed a broken left sling plastic in there to cover the bulb.

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My extra ball light in the spinner lane flashes very dim when it shouldn't be lit.

When I actually light it, it's very bright. Tried changing the LED bulb with no change.

Ideas?

No, I'm not. But all of the inserts have regular LEDs and they're not having issues. Just that one.

Good to know, my experience lies in a lot of older SS games which are either fine with LEDs or they all have flicker problems.

Thanks for the insight.