Satin Doll
Williams, 1975I'm trying to help a friend out with his satin doll pinball machine from Williams.
At startup, the score wheels will go to zero, but it will not put the ball into the shooter Lane.
If I manually play the ball, when the ball drains it does not count the bonus points and of course it does not move to ball 2 and put the ball in play again.
Any advice and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Quoted from 2manypins:I'm trying to help a friend out with his satin doll pinball machine from Williams.
At startup, the score wheels will go to zero, but it will not put the ball into the shooter Lane.
If I manually play the ball, when the ball drains it does not count the bonus points and of course it does not move to ball 2 and put the ball in play again.
Any advice and suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Could be a ton of different things. If he has paperwork it could help.
I'd check all the score reels
outhole relay
bonus unit
ball index relay
and of course the entire score motor (detach it from bottom panel and carefully inspect/clean/adjust all the switch stacks).
I know that's not much help and it's about 4 hours of work but that's how it goes with these EM games.
If the Outhole relay doesn't activate,
Inspect and diagnose this circuit with Alligator clip jumper wires
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gottlieb-big-shot-repair#post-6305153
http://www.planetimming.com/Pinball/troubleshooting/EM%20Troubleshooting.pdf
http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index3.htm#features
Example of a pinsider actually doing this https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/red-baron-tech-question#post-5858156
Note: Schematic and Manual at:
https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2057
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from jrpinball:Could be just that the outhole switch isn't closing when the ball is resting on it.
Pretty sure activating the outhole relay is part of the Williams start sequence, whether or not there's a ball in there.
Quoted from jrpinball:Could be just that the outhole switch isn't closing when the ball is resting on it.
Switch is fine and activating. Thanks
Quoted from HowardR:If the Outhole relay doesn't activate,
Inspect and diagnose this circuit with Alligator clip jumper wires
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/gottlieb-big-shot-repair#post-6305153
http://www.planetimming.com/Pinball/troubleshooting/EM%20Troubleshooting.pdf
http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index3.htm#features
Example of a pinsider actually doing this https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/red-baron-tech-question#post-5858156
Note: Schematic and Manual at:
https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2057
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Will do
Quoted from 2manypins:Got the outhole working. Machine now plays about 7;8 balls before game over and I can not add 2nd player.
What resolved the outhole issue?
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