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Score reel won't stop spinning

By Justmc16

6 years ago

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#1 6 years ago

Justmc16

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Hoping for some advise. Rescued a Bally circus from the trash recently . Got it home and turned it on. Lights didn't come on . Tapped the left flipper and they came on for a second .would stay on if I held them . 3rd player score reel wouldn't reset . When. It finally zeroed out , it would start cycling through again . Sounded like a motor was still running even when the reel was at zeros . Then it would start cycling through numbers again . I took a video of the switches in the back if it's possible to upload . Any ideas where I should start trouble shooting ?

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#2 6 years ago

HowardR

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OP
Quoted from Justmc16:
Lights didn't come on . Tapped the left flipper and they came on for a second .would stay on if I held them .

The schematic would be helpful for this. Do you have one?

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Quoted from Justmc16:
When. It finally zeroed out , it would start cycling through again . Sounded like a motor was still running even when the reel was at zeros . Then it would start cycling through numbers again .

There's a switch on each score reel that opens when the score reel is at zero. Most likely that switch never opens or the connections to it are shorted.

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#3 6 years ago

Justmc16

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No I don't have a schematic. In the process of getting one
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The switch that possibly never opens that you mentioned , would it spark ? I noticed one that would spark

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#4 6 years ago

Justmc16

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Quoted from HowardR:
The schematic would be helpful for this. Do you have one?

There's a switch on each score reel that opens when the score reel is at zero. Most likely that switch never opens or the connections to it are shorted.

The are a where I'm noticing the blue spark is marked 0 reset

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#5 6 years ago

MrBally

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Tighten all switch stack screws on each score reel. Tighten the screw closest to the contact points first. Then tighten the screw closest to the wires last. Repeat for the other 15 reel assemblies.

If you still have the problem, then adjust the switches as noted in the earlier post.

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#6 6 years ago

Justmc16

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Thank you ! I will give it a shot tonight and let you know what I find

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#7 6 years ago

drsfmd

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10y 76,550 3,156 108

I don't know when they stopped using them, but earlier Bally machines had a "kick" switch in the bottom of the playfield the turn the game on and off. Yours maybe in the off position. It will be on the bottom of the cabinet on the left side.

1 year later

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#8 5 years ago

PinballGurus

5y 47,550 732 34

Did this ever get resolved? What was the solution?

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#9 5 years ago

PinballGurus

5y 47,550 732 34

Is that kick switch actually underneath the bottom playfield? Like you have to lift up the playfield to get to it? I am having the same issue on a Bally Nip It machine. Everything seems to work, but the score motor keeps running.

Quoted from drsfmd:
I don't know when they stopped using them, but earlier Bally machines had a "kick" switch in the bottom of the playfield the turn the game on and off. Yours maybe in the off position. It will be on the bottom of the cabinet on the left side.

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#10 5 years ago

drsfmd

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Quoted from PinballGurus:
Is that kick switch actually underneath the bottom playfield? Like you have to lift up the playfield to get to it? I am having the same issue on a Bally Nip It machine. Everything seems to work, but the score motor keeps running.

Yes.

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#11 5 years ago

EMsInKC

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10y 79,550 4,014 22

If the bottom bounce switch has somehow opened nothing will work. This not your issue. You have a zero position switch out of adjustment

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#12 5 years ago

PinballGurus

5y 47,550 732 34

In the score reels in the back box?

Quoted from EMsInKC:
If the bottom bounce switch has somehow opened nothing will work. This not your issue. You have a zero position switch out of adjustment

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#13 5 years ago

EMsInKC

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Quoted from PinballGurus:
In the score reels in the back box?

The bounce switch being discussed here kills power to the entire game.

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#14 5 years ago

PinballGurus

5y 47,550 732 34

You’re saying a zero switch in the back box for the scoring reels?

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#15 5 years ago

EMsInKC

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Quoted from PinballGurus:
You’re saying a zero switch in the back box for the scoring reels?

Advice was given above regarding the bounce switch that makes contact with the bottom of the cabinet. The actual switch is located on the bottom board. If that switch is opened there will be no power to the game at all. I was saying that is not your problem.

The zero position switch is on the score reel in the backbox.

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