Question because I am curious........if nothing else is wrong, can the machine play/function/ score fine on the good reels, with one burnt score reel coil?
Theoretically - Yes. Just the 100's score reel would never advance and it would have to be set to "zero" or the score motor would continue to run forever !
cool, EMs are like living beasts they will allways try and work. SS machines just die for seemingly silly little reasons.