Ok...update....first I really appreciate any help, I have an electronics background but new to Pinballs, the electronics side doesnt faze me too much, but the mechanics/specifics are a whole new deal.
I just gave the playfield another clean and put a little silicon spray on a rag and wiped the main bits of the playfield over, Im in the middle of knowhere and have just emailed an order of parts but dead keen to get it going for the kids (and the big kids too)...anyway, there was a huge improvement, It played very well but after the young bloke giving it a 20 min hiding it started to smell and the left hand flipper has siezed up, the solenoid is red hot and Ive just pulled it out, the shaft is jammed inside...I guess I need new coils and the sleeve things. Also on that coil the diode is missing (the other coils has one and the picture of new one's on MarkC's website clearly show the diode attached).......being impatient I'll try tommorow to un jam the thing and maybe see if I can bodge up a repair until I can get the parts.....
I fixed the car crash thing....when I got the machine there was no ball inside the unit, it cant fall out so its been removed at some stage, the wires to the optocouplers were broken off but luckily when reconnected and some new springs that bit is working a-ok again.
Is there any source of a manual for this unit? Cannot find one on-line
Thanks again
