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Star Wars is a Battle

Letter received on Sunday November 30th 2014.

Sunday November 30th 2014

hi just joined club ..... got a star wars pinball had it a few years now..... had the odd none working bit but thought i would give it a big once over.... got a man in that does pinball.... he did a lot of litttle repais ie score display not working various bulbs etc did a repair on the power suply apparently giving out 3 amps not 4 ????...generally a good going over......... he left and i played it everything fine for 10 miins then i got the 3 ball up after shooting death star and 2 of them got jammed under r2d2... so i released them but now the 4 red bumpers dont work and the death star doesnt open..... hes been back done a load of othe repairs to small bits but the coils keep locking on ????? hes taken the main board away to replace a chip that had blown but he suggests theres an uderlying problem as to why these coils keep locking on ....also i think it was f2 fuse i couldnt get a 4 amp slo blo so used a 3.5 which was ok but that blew later then got a 4 amp but a soon as i switched on a transitor blew... HELP PLEASE ,,,regards

Dear Regards


Your game needs to be gone over by a person who can take it to his shop and spend some time on it.


I have no idea of the skill level of your current tech, is it possible he has caused more harm then good ?


There could be multiple issues, and unless you narrow them down you'll keep chasing them back and forth until you go nuts.


I'm sorry I don't have a better answer for you.


LTG : )




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