Hey everyone,

I'm restoring my WH20 and I'm currently troubleshooting the G.I. lighting. Since this is my first time ever trying this, I'm pretty confused. So, here's what I've done:

-Replaced a blown fuse, which brought back the backbox G.I. and one of the two coin slot lights, too.
-Checked connectors J120 and J121, both have pins intact and no burning.
-Checked J115, which seems toasty on pin 2 (second most from the right). Not sure if this is contributing to it.
-All fuses have been tested and are good now.
-Connectors have been reseated. No dice.
-Playfield still has no G.I. at all.

Where do I go now? Do I just crimp that connector? Anything else I should be looking at? Also if any of you guys have part numbers for the connectors/heads/crimping tools, I would be super appreciative. Gotta say, restoring these games has quite a steep learning curve but holy crap is it exciting when you fix it!

I'm honestly not sure. Haven't had the board taken out yet. Where would I find the headers?

Pardon my ignorance, I'm super new to everything.

Update: had a more experienced friend come over and look the machine over. He said the boards were super clean, the connectors all looked good (except for the one with the one burnt pin), all the board components were fine, etc. He figured there was a short somewhere in the machine which caused that pin to fry and it could have been anywhere in the machine...

....until I noticed that a bulb was missing in one of the holes in the left slingshot. There was a SHATTERED bulb in there and the little orb holding the conductors together was just lying out in front of it. He yanked it out and there was a short burst of flame as he pulled the base of the bulb out. Clearly a dead short, right? Unfortunately, that didn't fix the issue. Upon putting in a new bulb, however, it lit right up. He now seems to think I just have a bunch of burnt out bulbs, but that I should also re-pin that connector with the one toasty pin (J115) just in case to be safe.

Thoughts? I mean, if that base flared up, clearly there's power getting to the G.I., right? Connector J121 (playfield G.I.) is perfectly fine as are the triacs on the board (at least physically). I feel like I should be reassured, but I'm still wary.

Update 2: I have started taking the machine apart for refurbishment and so far every single G.I. bulb I have replaced has lit up. I'm starting to think I really do just have a bunch of blown bulbs. I will re-pin that connector just to be safe.

Thanks for your help, everyone! Can't wait to get WhiteWater playing again!