Finally got back to working on this game over the past week and now have it up and running
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This is my first time fault finding a Gottlieb EM (have mostly worked on Williams and one Bally) so now I feel a lot more confident with them than before (my main problems were the schemetic layout and the score motor).
I only got it going yesterday but have already found it to be a VERY addictive game .
The play meter still works and is showing a tad under 105,000 plays .
Some of the faults when I initially powered it up were
Drop target lights not working .. cause :- out of adjustment score motor switch
Both 100 and 10's reels scoring when making 10 points .. cause :- 9th position switch always closed on 10's reel
Drop target banks conintually resetting .. cause :- hold switch on 'G' relay always closed
10 and 1000 point chimes not working .. cause :- out of adjustment switch on 10's relay .. haven't fixed 1000's chime yet
Score reels not resetting .. cause :- out of adjustment switch on score motor (always open)
Weak flippers .. cause :- flipper return spring too tight and EOS gap too large .. still have some fine tuning to do on a couple of these
New parts that have gone in include
New flipper kits all round
New Pop Bumpers including rod/rings
New playfield plastic set .. splurged because PBR had it available
New coil sleeves throughout
New playfield posts
New metal acorn nuts
I have stripped cleaned and rebuilt the drop target banks and all steppers
Outstanding faults to still track down are ..
10,000's score reel not working
Score reels not resetting to 0 every time a new game is started
Not lighting bonus when all targets are down
Not awarding 5000 points when it should
1000's chime not working
A couple of flippers still a bit weak
Overhaul the credit unit
Outstanding cosmetic work still to be done
Cab repaint .. someone has painted over the original artwork in the wrong colours
Back glass touchups
Repaint apron and shooter gauge and apply new decals
Here's a couple of current pics of the playfield and back glass
