Hi there. I'm not sure if i'm posting on the right sub-forum, it's my first time here and please pardon my english, i'm not a native speaker.

With a friend, we decided to restore an old Funhouse which was sitting in a garage since 2009, so yeah..not very kind storage conditions and it apparently got repaired at some point by some drunk guy with a hammer, due to the condition of some parts..

So, my first question is related with the power driver board, I noticed that in attract mode the LED3 (Low/high voltage sensor) is flickering and 2 mins after being turned on, the machine resets.
When I went to the Lamps + Flashers Test I noticed that the LED was coming up everytime the lamps flashed.

My guess is that something is wrong with the lamp circuit? The lights seems to dim like there's a massive voltage drop and it resets only when the playfield lights are on.

Second question is related to Rudy...

Yeah, you guessed it, his eyes don't close! Apparently there's a white plastic tab that is pulled by a coil in the back of Rudy's head, but that coil doesn't seem to work, I haven't taken Rudy appart for now, but is it really the coil that's bad?

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Here's the infamous LED.

I'm gonna tear Rudy appart, to see if every part of it is still good.

Tested again the lamps circuit and still got problems with it. Gah. I'm banging my head to search what's happening, because the game wouldn't do this after we repaired the PDB.

Hi, Pinwiz_pa and terryb, I'm gonna check tomorrow voltages on the +18v circuit. But I have a question about this, to measure voltages on the test points, can you use the ground strap going around the backbox and touch the TP with the multimeter? I saw that it was an easy solution, as you don't have to use the ground point on the board itself.

I looked at the caps closely and they don't seem bulged..What is the fuse for the lamps?

Actually, retested today after a good cleanup, game restarted as usual after two minutes (Exactly two minutes!) but didn't restarted after and played fine. I'm guessing the outlet is kinda...weird too.

EDIT: When LED2 is turned on but LED3 is off, that means that I don't have enough voltage from the grid, right?

Okay just a quick update while i'm in front of the machine:

Yep, LED3 flashes in rythm with the lamps. I noticed that the flashers of the backglass makes other lights dim when they blink (Well, when it blinks, because I only have one flasher replaced)

The line voltage was 232v, so i'm guessing that's not the problem, it's been turned on and running the attract mode for about half an hour now, and still no resets, i'm thinking about voltages drop from the grid at some hours.

Alright guess what! Another one of these beauties is saved!

The wire that connects to Rudy's eye-closing-coil-mechanism-thingy was just...not soldered properly. Ah.
Did the first post-repair play yesterday and everything is working just fine (Went over 41 million, the poor Rudy screamed a lot!). The resets came from EDF that had current drops. That game is almost shining like it just been unboxed..

I'd like to thank all of you for helping with the repairs, we would be still testing every component of the machine otherwise

Yes! I will take some photos of the "after" and find the "before" shots that are somewhere in my phone and upload them as soon as I get back home!

Here they are, all of the Before/After shots of my Funhouse I could find on my phone! (Couldn't edit the last post, the edit window expired)

It is not really visible on the before shots, but the playfield was veeeery dirty, rudy's face on it was not white anymore, it was dark-grey. Almost all of the bulbs blew, the three flasher domes behind Rudy's head were all cracked, every rubber was dry as a bone and snapped if you pulled them. As for Rudy... the eyes were always closed and his jaw was always closed too, in short, you couldn't just step to it and press start, it was unplayable.

BEFORE:

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Quick shot of the playfield before the first repairs, almost every bulb you see lit there blew due to old age. Rudy had his eyes and mouth stuck closed.

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The display had a nasty burn.

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Before cleaning the playfield with Novus cleaner, most of the crud you see here was actually stuck on the playfield, we had to scrub it quite hard (But also gently to not damage it )

AFTER:

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During the gameplay, that clock ticks again with those new lamps! (And they are quite bright too, it brings a nice contrast to it)

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Rudy is looking at you..

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New flasher domes and flashers, those flashers are really really bright, almost blinding!

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New rubber bands everywhere.

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Shh..he's asleep.

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Another gameplay shot in the dark, it looks gorgeous when lit like a christmas tree!

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Backglass is now lit nicely and has a new display! It may not appear here, but we put extra-bright bulbs under the 'Funhouse' logo

Oh it's gonna be enjoyable for sure! Very nice machine! It must render nicely with LEDs!