Where’s the best place to get the “grippy” spinning disk decals?
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Hey all, having a partial GI issue on the back box. It seems pretty contained as it’s all the lights connected through the green and white-green wires. I hand a burned connector on J6 that I replaced both the head and pins. However, both before and after, I couldn’t tel if the issue was there or up on the relay board on the back glass lamp board (second picture below).
Before changing out the burned connector, wiggling J6 did make them flash on for a moment, but so did wiggling the connector on the relay board. So I replaced J6, still nothing unless I wiggled the relay board, so I then replaced the connector on the relay board. Now I get nothing even if I wiggle the connector on the relay. It does seem I have continuity from J6 all the way to the lamp sockets on the row, do the relay boards go bad very often? Do I just go buy one of those next?
3AABAF06-CC31-4ABC-8049-9F7428C6B005 (resized).jpegA610DDBF-D5DE-4546-9B12-553369275D39 (resized).jpegBD4E7797-8A1A-4820-8704-1435C4B35F4A (resized).jpegQuoted from Papa_J:I am pretty sure it is the same relay as the one under the playfield so you could swap it for testing before buying one.
Oh nice! That’s a good idea, I’ll try that
Quoted from Papa_J:I am pretty sure it is the same relay as the one under the playfield so you could swap it for testing before buying one.
That worked! The board from under the playfield worked like a charm. So issue must be with the green wire, I might try to jump it from the other solder point.
Next question, I have a GI bulb in the back (bottom) right corner with a wire that goes to nowhere. Where should this connect to?
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Quoted from Caper:Here's a better pic of just the tornados.
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Ooh, I like those! I gotta make that happen?
3 months later
Quoted from eman4277:Anybody here ever have this problem with the top right flipper hitting the metal railing? It's causing an indent in the rubber. What do you recommend? Thanks for your help
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When I saw this on a different game, it was because the angle the flipper was set at was wrong. Was set too far forward, so drew it back a bit.
1 week later
Quoted from mark532011:As mentioned previously. The single drop target on my Whirlwind is gone, replaced by a standard leaf switch. It works correctly so it is wired properly.
I am trying to figure out how to wire up the replacement unit. Currently the switch has a green/yellow and white/red (black circle) which is the proper wires as per the matrix. The machine also has a grey/yellow and white/yellow (red circle) that are currently taped off.
My question is around the wires in the connector, when I plug in the opto board it has a 5-connector plug (which I need to purchase) and I am trying to find where the wires go. I found the schematic reference to the the 1-bank drop target opto board but it does not say which wires go where and I am unable to locate the proper place in the schematic which would tell me.
I am guessing pins 4-5 are the switch logic (green/yellow and white/red) but I am not sure. Can anyone help?[quoted image][quoted image]
I need to check this out on the Whirlwind I got. Drop target goes down, but doesn’t pop back up!
Quoted from mbaumle:Either a bad opto like Jmckune mentioned, or when the same thing happened to me, it was a flaky solder connection on the opto board. Lots of vibration there. Reflow solder and double check the connector while you’re under the hood.
Ah cool, I’ll check both
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