Tks for the shop details - will check them out!.
Test Update 2
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I resoldered all the pin on to the solenoid board - and found a few more joints that looked questionable so resoldered them as well to make sure.
Put the board back - powered up, played one ball and back to the same problem again. No ball kick and continuous resetting of the 5 drop targets.
I suppose on the positive side it seems that the solenoid board itself is OK (likely) ... now need to look somewhere else .. BUT WHERE
Some good pinball parts shops that between them should have everything you need........
RTBB - Vic based and a member here on AP. www.rtbb.com.au
Pinball Life - US based and their shipping is starting to get expensive. www.pinballlife.com
Marco Specialties - their shipping has actually come down in price and is much more reasonable than it used to be. http://www.marcospecialties.com/
Pinball Resource - excellent shop but ordering takes a bit to get your head around. http://www.pbresource.com/
If you have loose header pins they can be re-soldered but preferred option if possible would be just to replace the header pins and connectors and fix the problem for good. Putting the connector on and then pushing the pins back through the board gently from the back could be a good way to solder them back in. If things need to be scraped though i.e. pins, it really is best to replace them.
At least you have seen some good signs of life and if you only have to replace some header pins and connectors you are laughing.
