Big Deal
Williams, 1977When ball drains the incorrect bonus is awarded.
For example, say the bonus is 20,000 at exit.
The machine may give you 50,000, 120,000, 300,000, all over the place.
The bonus advances on the playfield as it should, the problem is upon drain.
Thoughts and repair tips please!
Thanks, Ron
Big Deal 3 (resized).JPGBig Deal 4 (resized).JPGQuoted from e3thomas:say the bonus is 20,000 at exit.
The machine may give you 50,000, 120,000, 300,000,
Does the Playfield Bonus count down too slowly, or does the score advance too quickly?
Howard, the playfield bonus steps down at a smooth even rate, the scores appear to ring up at normal speed.
Looks OK to me.
Curriedog, I will look at the bonus stepper, I have serviced those in the past.
Not sure what to do with the "0" pos. M/B sw. or where it is.
Quoted from HowardR:Does the Playfield Bonus count down too slowly, or does the score advance too quickly?
Quoted from e3thomas:the playfield bonus steps down at a smooth even rate, the scores appear to ring up at normal speed.
Does it keep awarding the excess bonus after the the Playfield bonus reaches zero?
Quoted from e3thomas:Not sure what to do with the "0" pos. M/B sw. or where it is.
It will be something like, right on the unit.
Capture (resized).PNGHi guys, here's the latest.
Howard, When the machine gives me too much bonus, it does look like the score advances pretty quickly.
The bonus stops when it reaches zero.
Curriedog, I checked the bonus stepper it looks good, seems to click as it should.
I cleaned all the switches on the M/B unit.
Attached is a pic of the switches when the bonus is at zero, then 10,000 and higher.
IMG_0280 (resized).JPGIMG_0281 (resized).JPGQuoted from e3thomas:Howard, When the machine gives me too much bonus, it does look like the score advances pretty quickly.
The bonus stops when it reaches zero.
Single bonus score should count up in groups of 50,000
Double bonus score should count up in groups of 20,000
Is this what's happening or what?
Yes, single bonus counts in groups of 50,000, double bonus groups of 20,000.
Say I have 100,000 in single bonus showing, that would give me (2) 50,000 counts at drain.
The last ball I just tried gave me (19) 50,000 point groups at drain, as best I could count.
960,000 in bonus when I should have got 100,000!
Quoted from HowardR:Does the Playfield Bonus count down too slowly, or does the score advance too quickly?
Problem solved!
It was the bonus reset relay, located next to the bonus stepper, 2 contacts needed adjusting.
The problem was it was not labeled, fumbled through the schematic and located it.
Still learning!
Thank you fellow pinsiders!
Ron
Quoted from e3thomas:Still learning!
Here is a must-read and bookmark site for ya: http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index1
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