I just bought this Williams Spanish Eyes and it works well except for this annoying buzz coming from the lock-relay on the bottom board. It looks like the the coil is very burnt and the plastic part holding the coil is cracked and broken. I've read that this relay is only necessary if you want the left flipper button switch to work but other than that, you can cut one wire and disable the relay. Is this correct? I've only ever worked on Gottlieb games so this is new to me. Any advice/suggestions would be most appreciated. I'll see if I can get a decent picture of the relay in question.

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Here's a pick of said relay (nice and crispy). As you can hopefully see, the plastic bit is cracked and only being held in place by the wires from the coil. If I cut the black wire, is that all I need to do or will that stop power from getting to the PF?

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Is that broken plastic piece the armature plate?

Well, I decided that my game probably didn't need that lock relay so I a)snipped one of the power wires to the coil and b)bent the switches so they would be in the same position that they would be in if the coil was energized. Seems to have done the trick. Hum is gone (obviously since the coil is no longer in the circuit) and the games plays fine......powers up, everything works. Thanks for all the info and suggestions!