I just got a TAles from the crypt this week it has plenty of issues to iron out to get it up and running unfortunately. The tombstone motor is not working it gets power but runs intermittently. The main ball trough has the 6 balls missing issue and let's more than one ball into the vuk at a time the balls don't sit directly above each microswitch as I believe the should. I'm not sure if this is the ball stop solinoid mech adjustment or what here. The laser kicker is not working at all as well as the knocker. The indicator light for the laser kick is also not working. The entire flasher system is not working and I have turned it on in the diagnostic settings as well. I'm just looking for a little help to point me in the right direction. When I hit an eyeball target I hear the ball stop solenoid fire under the apron is that suppose to happen? I checked all of the fuses throughout the machine and they are all good full continuity in all. I can't wait to have this thing working correct. Thanks in advance.

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I have done all the fuse pulling and continuity checks already all is good there. It has a new rottendog power board and all is well there. I had the backboard off for transport and all of the connectors and pins looked to be in good order before I plugged them all back in before I remove every board and check all of the components I would like to troubleshoot the machine or am looking for more specific direction for search of the listed issues

I can play the game in free play the balls just keep firing into the playfield sometimes one at a time or 2 at a time. it's quite annoying. The DMD and sound work perfectly fine. The switch test and lamp test all show to be good as well. However solenoids fire off during the flasher test and I have no flashers working at all and they are all brand new LEDs.

Each ball trough switch tests out fine. The balls do not sit directly on top of the switches as I have stated above. The solenoid that blocks the balls from entering the vuk may be the culprit of this as I I stated when the eyeball targets are hit it fires off allowing the ball trogh to move again shooting 2 balls at a time etc. also the activating switch for the vuk in the main shooter is loopy but checks out just fine in the switch diagnostics. I don't know how or where to begin with the ball trough since the micro switches each check out fine individually. The trough seems to always allow one ball to be sitting in the vuk almost all of the time as well and is not always shooting it up right away as it should I have adjusted the switch here as well and the switch diagnostics do not detect any issues

Yes correct.but the balls are not directly above the switches when at rest they are slightly forward enough to where some do not register. Is there a way to adjust the mechanism that blocks the balls from going into the vuk kicker so they rest in proper position?

Thank you for the pics I did take the apron off and mine is the same it must be something not visible from the top. I can hear it firing off every time I hit any of the eyeball targets. I'm guessing this is not suppose to happen?

Q4 on the PPB is the only bad component on the PPB so I will order a tip36c tomorrow. Is it possible that the relay is bad as well since I don't have any flashers working at all? I reflowed every connector and the relay points on the board for good connections. I did find a few switches now that are bad on the playfield as well I'm guessing they are going to be the drivers I will be replacing on the CPU when I take it out this week and check all of its components as well and yes I will replace the 122s and the transistor in front of each one needed connected to the previous bad tip36c in line.

Does anyone have any pics of their left and right flipper assembly under the playfield. Someone twisted both wires together in my eos switch and I would like to correct that

Previous owner twisted them together and soldered them to one point of contact on the eos rendering the separation useless. I'm grasping at straws here this project is overly frustrating I think too many people have tried to fix this before I got it and it is haunted with issues I fear a complete rebuild from the ground up!

It's amazing what just replacing most of the connectors with new moles on the CPU can do. I've got most of the issues resolved. I'm only left with a non working knocker that shows voltage on the correct side and continuity from the wire from the solenoid back to the PPB board. The trough switches are a while other animal. I replaced all 7 of the switches. The sux rollers I got at radio shack and the 7th at the trough vuk I got at Marco. All of the switches require too much pressure to work properly. How frustrating. Feels like they need worked in a bit but I don't know if that is possible on a new microswitch! The balls don't seem heavy enough to depress them.

Mine also had a rottendog that came with it when I acquired the machine and it works well so far no issues!

No resistors need to be added to any new boards as you mention. It sounds like somebody did a number on customizing your machine I would grab the schematics from your manual and reverse engineeer any wiring coming to and from your supply board before plugging anything in again.