Bought an Addams Family machine finally and it has this issue where the top right flipper will activate and go up, but it just stays up. It stays up when the power is off. If I push it down, it will work and go up when the right flipper button is pressed, but not return. I looked underneath and the blue thingy with a piston and spring is hot to touch compared to others. I can push the part which has the spring attached and manually bring the flipper down. Anybody have experience with this? I am debating replacing the blue piston thing (very technical here), but it looks like I'd have to cut wire and solder the wires.
I am new to all this having just bought TAF and Terminator 2 in the last year, so I apologize for a total lack of knowledge on what the "thingy" is!

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Wow, thanks everyone! I've learned a whole bunch just from this and it is super nice that you all chipped in for some guy you don't even know! I ordered the rebuild kit and a new bushing and an rnd if stroke normally open switch (what TAF uses) and will see if that's all I need.

On a side note I also have a complete LED kit ordered which should be here any day and I am really looking forward to switching all the bulbs. I've got at least 15 dead bulbs.

My TAF was delivered and fell over in the truck as they backed up my drive. I heard it for sure and it was on it's side. I don't know if that has caused the machine to play wonky, but it has been erratic with opening the GREED spinning door, balls fall off the metal ramp returning the pinball from the ramp from the left to right side, the plastic ramp is broken off it's support posts in a couple places which results in it flexing some, and there's this metal spring thing on the launch ramp which is not forcing the ball into the swamp if you don't shoot hard enough to actually get the ball onto the playfield and out of the launch area. It also smelled horrific inside and I spent hours cleaning out this black filth and working to clean iff what looks like 30+ years of filth on the legs if the machine. The front door has had the lock removed so its just a hole you stick your finger in to open the door and the coin slots don't light up. The decal/side graphics have wear around where the legs attach.

Anyone have thoughts as to whether it's worth redoing the decal, replacing the door/rebuilding it, replacing the legs, or any other suggestions to bring the machine up to a "high" level of restoration? Or suggestions on what I should do, like just rebuilding all the flippers, replacing more "thingies" which are probably shot?

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Thanks again everyone! I learn best by just taking stuff apart and having to figure it out.

I just did a LED kit but somehow blew perhaps a fuse when I tried clipping the flood light onto a bulb post as directions said to. Photo shows the bulb base I hooked onto. I can only guess I reversed polarity and it blew a fuse. I looked all around but couldn't figure what was blown. I am hoping somebody can point me he right way. Anyone ever blown a series of lights by hooking a flood light on?

I realized all three magnets were unclipped and the circuit board for the magnets had the plugs pulled as well, so I hooked it all up. When I turned it on one magnet started to seriously cook and the transistor made a buzzing sound. I turned it off and undid it all, then hooked it all back up again and it didn't do it again. Ordered some magnet line fuses for that, and the circuit board looks new/ replaced, so I ordered a new magnet for the offending magnet to replace that if theres some burr in the line or something.

One bulb socket seems dead. Tried several bulbs which worked elsewhere. Picture posted. It's the yellow multiball one.

One picture of the work in progress!

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