Hankin FJ - Help please

[Romano]

Mate for $100 for any pin is a bargain but for a classic Aussie machine you're bloody laughing!!!

Sorry I don't have an answer to your question but I just want to say welcome aboard anyway :)

Ev

I'll second what Evro said above and would love to hear your story how and when you picked up your pin and such a fantastic price!

I put an Ad in my local paper. Next day this guy rings up and says he has a machine I can pick up for $100.00. I was so excited I didnt even ask what it was. I go around there immediatley with a trailer and there it was. His story was that it was hit and miss as to whether the thing worked or not from one day to the next so he wanted to get rid of it. Worked fine for me for a month or so, then this.

[Romano]

another lucky Drop a Card owner. 

Ooooohhhhh Yeaaaaahhhh! This was the very first machine I played as a kid at my local fish 'n chip shop. Years later, I end up buying that very machine off the family that owned the shop. Sorry to do this to you ddstoys, I dont mean to rub it in, honest; but this too set me back $100.00. The guy was going to throw it away, I actually had to make him take some money for it!!! Saved it just in time and has great sentimental value.

I wont mention that I picked up 'New World' for free; I was in the change room at soccer this one day and a guy came in and said, 'you still collect pinball machines'? ...and the deal was done. Its the honest truth, really.

[ajlaird]

Obviously some people just attract pinball bargains...

[pinballist]

I put an Ad in my local paper. Next day this guy rings up and says he has a machine I can pick up for $100.00. I was so excited I didnt even ask what it was. I go around there immediatley with a trailer and there it was. His story was that it was hit and miss as to whether the thing worked or not from one day to the next so he wanted to get rid of it. Worked fine for me for a month or so, then this.

Wow that's an amazing story, you should be stoked!!

I agree with Andrew, some people just attract bargains, it's an unexplained phenomenon deep within the universe LOL!!
You know when I was younger and right into Harley motor cycles, every enthusiast in my chapter always dreamt that one day they'll stumble across an old neglected vintage WLA Harley sitting in some old man's garage somewhere.  I guess it's no different for us pinheads now :)

Come to think of it if you hadn't put that advert in your local paper that machine may have eventually ended up at the local tip - nice save ;)

[illawarra_steelers]

Good to see you finally found Aussie Pinball Sandro! I often wondered what happened to you!

Was just a bit slow figuring out it was you 

[Strangeways]

  Romano and  to AP !

Just reading your comments on the problem, there could be a number of things we can look at ;

1 - As Marty mentioned - Check the leaf switches under the pop bumpers

2 - Fuses blowing on power up are usually a sign of a shorted BR. Over fusing will start more serious problems.

If you can install the correct fuse, and then it does not blow on start up, then the issue will be either a pop bumper switch, or a shorted coil - depending on how the coils are wired. From memory, Hankins use Gottlieb parts - so the switches sound like the issue - or - the switch matrix.

[Romano]

  Romano and  to AP !

Just reading your comments on the problem, there could be a number of things we can look at ;

1 - As Marty mentioned - Check the leaf switches under the pop bumpers

2 - Fuses blowing on power up are usually a sign of a shorted BR. Over fusing will start more serious problems.

If you can install the correct fuse, and then it does not blow on start up, then the issue will be either a pop bumper switch, or a shorted coil - depending on how the coils are wired. From memory, Hankins use Gottlieb parts - so the switches sound like the issue - or - the switch matrix.

Thanks for the Welcome Strangeways. if you look back on page 1 of this thread, I reply to MartyJ with specifics of the problem with reference to the schematic. Hope this helps.

Thanks again. ~R~

[Strangeways]

sounds to me like a Bridge Rectifier is on the way out. Should be a simple replacement.

Commercial sellers stock 400V 35 Amp BRs. If you like - post a picture of the power board.

[Romano]

Here are a couple of pictures of the board:

[Strangeways]

I would be testing these diodes for shorts - got a multi meter ?

[Romano]

I would be testing these diodes for shorts - got a multi meter ?

Do you mean D9; D10; D11; D12. These are the ones that correspond on the schematic.

[Strangeways]

I would be testing these diodes for shorts - got a multi meter ?

Do you mean D9; D10; D11; D12. These are the ones that correspond on the schematic.

Yes - I'm hoping one will be a dead short

[ktm450]

  Romano, great stories, a couple of great bargains there mate 

[woody13]

hi romano,
         sorry i can not answer your problem, but u might be able to help me.
i have a dennis lillie howzat (hankin) the trouble it is stopping on the 3rd test (buzz). can you please till me what the 6 test (buzz). mean ie; 1 might mean test coils ect,ect,ect. i have book but it does not tell me what the test are.
                                                                         thanks woody13 (sydney)
                                                                         18/7/09

[ktm450]

  Woody13, feel free to start a thread in the 'introduce yourself' section mate