Hi,
I found a 77 Stern Rawhide for what I though was a good price in non-working condition...I was told it had not been used in 20 years.
The score reels were filthy and I removed all 16 one at a time, disassembled and cleaned the gunk off with alcohol and reassembled. After a thorough vacuuming and fixing a few broken wires I thought I'd plug it in to see what it would do. The score motor spun while the score reels jerked as it tried to reset. Some reset fine but others would just vibrate unless I gave the score reel a little help. It's almost like the coil didn't have enough juice to move the reel. I did test each reel to make sure it would advance by engaging the coil plunger manually and all would advance freely.
Any tips on score reels? Could the transformer be weak?
Thanks
I found a 77 Stern Rawhide for what I though was a good price in non-working condition...I was told it had not been used in 20 years.
The score reels were filthy and I removed all 16 one at a time, disassembled and cleaned the gunk off with alcohol and reassembled. After a thorough vacuuming and fixing a few broken wires I thought I'd plug it in to see what it would do. The score motor spun while the score reels jerked as it tried to reset. Some reset fine but others would just vibrate unless I gave the score reel a little help. It's almost like the coil didn't have enough juice to move the reel. I did test each reel to make sure it would advance by engaging the coil plunger manually and all would advance freely.
Any tips on score reels? Could the transformer be weak?
Thanks
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