I just shit myself, so I will clean up, go to bed and sleep this off.
If no one guesssssses the correct answer by noon (12 pm EST) tomorrow, I will reveal the true reason this son of a bitch was f**ked up.
Not like anyone cares... this is just pinball after all.
Hey, it's only pinball
Quoted from Beechwood:Getting closer, but no.
C'mon... who wants those bitchin Solo cups?? That is like a $0.49 value.
Gawd....
I predict the secondary market will be insane for these.
You were eating a fried bologna and cheese sammy while working on ur game and accidentally dripped pork n beef grease into the wrong place causing Pinball drama from within?!
BTW you should be a game show host since you know every quip in the book 
Quoted from Nihonmasa:You had a flasher lug touching a wire going to a coil => activating coils when flashers should have
SO so close but no.
Honorable mention #1
Thanks for playing!
Quoted from dozer1:Game has the flashers installed that they left out on the production games? Found out why they left them out?
Honorable mention #2
Correct, but not specific enough.
Thanks for playing!
Quoted from 1iblind:Flex LED shorting against a switch.
Honorable mention #3
Again, correct but not specific enough.
You guys were on fire after I passed out HA.
Quoted from mbwalker:Bent leaf switch touching a bulb base (or touching something else it shouldn't).
WINNER!!
All correct except the "bent" part.
An LED was not seated well (by previous owner) in between the stand up "C A T" targets.
After I raised the PF a few times, the base of the bulb was just barely touching the leaf switch.
Could hardly even see it.
Congrats! I hope you are local because the prize is pick up only, unless you live somewhere warm and I can get there for under the amount in my vacation fund ($14.27)
Thanks everyone for playing!! Peace out
Joel
H.I.O.P.
Quoted from Beechwood:I hope you are local because the prize is pick up only,
Not cool. Never mentioned that in any other post. 
Quoted from Beechwood:I will ship to the winner when he PM's me his location.
I mean a man of his word. 
Also who ever tried must really need;
Grand prize is: 2 BRAND NEW Solo Cups (red in color), 4 gently used 555 bulbs, and a piece of string (manufacture and length unknown)
Quoted from Beechwood:I will ship to the winner when he PM's me his location.
And please be sure to pack it carefully...don't want that piece of string to be damaged in transit.
Quoted from bssbllr:I mean a man of his word. Also who ever tried must really need;
Grand prize is: 2 BRAND NEW Solo Cups (red in color), 4 gently used 555 bulbs, and a piece of string (manufacture and length unknown)
It seems he lives in Indiana, so I think I can cover shipping with my vacation fund.
But I will be sleeping with the chickens tonight when my wife finds out it is depleted.
Quoted from Beechwood:WINNER!!
All correct except the "bent" part.
An LED was not seated well (by previous owner) in between the stand up "C A T" targets.
After I raised the PF a few times, the base of the bulb was just barely touching the leaf switch.
Could hardly even see it.
Congrats! I hope you are local because the prize is pick up only, unless you live somewhere warm and I can get there for under the amount in my vacation fund ($14.27)
Thanks everyone for playing!! Peace out
Joel
H.I.O.P.
LOL. Of course I had a similar problem...with a Freedom EM. Turn on the pin, *something* would happen at some point (I think when I hit the start button). Poof would go the 8A fuse. I'm an EE, but now I was faced with what seemed to be countless relays...I figured one of them HAD to be turning on when it shouldn't. Out came the old schematic and a road trip to find 8A fuses. Countless hours with numerous 'aha!' moments, all that ended in dead ends. Grrrr...
Not sure how I stumbled upon it, but it was plain as day when I saw it. The shorter side of the leaf switch must have gotten nailed pretty good. Bent 90 degrees, right up against the base of a bulb. I have a 3d printer so I printed a collar. Problem solved.
No need to send a short distance to Indiana...fun was guessing (almost) right!
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Quoted from mbwalker:LOL. Of course I had a similar problem...with a Freedom EM. Turn on the pin, *something* would happen at some point (I think when I hit the start button). Poof would go the 8A fuse. I'm an EE, but now I was faced with what seemed to be countless relays...I figured one of them HAD to be turning on when it shouldn't. Out came the old schematic and a road trip to find 8A fuses. Countless hours with numerous 'aha!' moments, all that ended in dead ends. Grrrr...
Not sure how I stumbled upon it, but it was plain as day when I saw it. The shorter side of the leaf switch must have gotten nailed pretty good. Bent 90 degrees, right up against the base of a bulb. I have a 3d printer so I printed a collar. Problem solved.
No need to send a short distance to Indiana...fun was guessing (almost) right!
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Just goes to show how crazy repairs can be. Needle in a haystack.
Glad you enjoyed the thread.
Quoted from Beechwood:the amount in my vacation fund ($14.27)
Is that a Roger Miller "Dang Me" reference?
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