Great news guys!!!! Pro football is working!!!!.
Big thanks to Derek (dj10555) for coming over today and helping me out as i would never have worked this out on my own. Together, we spent around 6 hours going over it and working it out. Thanks again mate.
So the first victory was when we could start a game by pressing the button at the front. We worked out that motor switch 1c (which i had adjusted and found fault with before) wasnt adjusted enough. Adjusted the switch a little more and low and behold, the game starts up. After that we still had the flipper (right one) staying in the fire position after starting the game. After some testing with the multimeter we stopped at the Q relay... what a bastard relay that turned out to be. Please forgive my lack of proper pinnie terms but the plastic that pulls the switches back and forward wasnt going through the entire gap. In other words it didnt move enough so the switches werent making and breaking contact.
A number of reasons why it didnt work properly.. 1. the spring on top of the relay seemed to lack tension. For now we looped the spring tighter. 2. Also it seemed that the switch blades had been badly mutilated in an attempt by the previous owner to fix the issue.. adjusted them. Cooli!!
Did a small clean of a sticky vari-target and we are nearly there.
I've had a few games and my kids had quite a few more. Seeing my 2 pins side by side getting smacked around by my kids was a treat!!
Left to do:
1. fix my score reel (another day)
2. Rebuild my flippers (have already bought the flipper rebuild kits) a little scary of that thought.. Derek has told me how to do it but a little worried about how to take out the pins that hold the arms on...
3. Making it free play (will permanently close the switch as per clays guide).
4. Cosmetics like replacing posts, rubbers etc
Thanks again Derek for coming over today and thanks to everyone else (Nino and Gav especially) for advice and parts. Maybe now i can turn this into a restore thread soon, but i think Gulfstream will come first.
