(Topic ID: 206688)

TZ 3 opto's not working

By GameVault

6 years ago



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#1 6 years ago

Twilight Zone Gumball Entry not working.
Also both opto on horse shoe loop not working. They are right next to magnet on loop.
Led lite on opto board. BUT as I am in test mode, I press on the opto board and it says Gumball Entry opto activated...
I am pulling the board and looking for cold soder?

Also oddly as I turn on game the slot coil fires a few times then stops. So does another coil I can't locate but I think it is the coil involved with the ball lock, top right. Not sure if related or not.

#2 6 years ago

Could be a cold solder joint, or bad crimped wire on a plug.

The coil firing at turn-on is because the game is seeing the opto 'blocked' and is trying to clear it.

#3 6 years ago

FIXED!
Opto pcb had 2 bad LM339 chips.
Funny that if I touched it with my finger super lightly on the back legs of the chips, in test mode it said I activated the gumball opto, (which is one of the three opto's not working btw)

Also the phantom coil firing at game power turn on went away.

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