shardian
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The guy who bought my Lethal Weapon has commisioned me to repair/shop his Comet pinball. This thread will chronicle the process, and serve as a journal for my own use (and your entertainment). Owner says that many of the GI lights don't work. He also said the million shot kickout doesn't work.
It is in overall decent condition cosmetically. The playfield is of course yellowed/stress cracked wherever there is no mylar. It appears to function with the exception of all the solenoids (fuse).
I found a few issues right off the bat - a burnt connector and a fried looking driver. I pulled the board and found this crap. Ladies and gents - that is SINGLE strand wire to repair a solenoid driver. Not solid core wire - I mean literally a single strand of wire you that yout would pull off a normal stranded power wire.One of the leads wasn't even connected, and it appears the sheathing had fused on two of the wires - probably shorting.
I haven't downloaded schematics yet, but I can assume that the J7 connector is GI. The connector was apparently replaced, but not the header. That is a big no-no on Williams games, as you can see.
On the power board, there is a hack repair in the lower right. It looks like a connector was bypassed. I'll know more after reviewing schematics. This repair may be okay. We'll see.
I was hoping for a simple issue, but instead I get some hack work to fix up. Dang...
This is why we don't quote flat rates before seeing the damage folks...hourly or nothing.
It is in overall decent condition cosmetically. The playfield is of course yellowed/stress cracked wherever there is no mylar. It appears to function with the exception of all the solenoids (fuse).
I found a few issues right off the bat - a burnt connector and a fried looking driver. I pulled the board and found this crap. Ladies and gents - that is SINGLE strand wire to repair a solenoid driver. Not solid core wire - I mean literally a single strand of wire you that yout would pull off a normal stranded power wire.One of the leads wasn't even connected, and it appears the sheathing had fused on two of the wires - probably shorting.
I haven't downloaded schematics yet, but I can assume that the J7 connector is GI. The connector was apparently replaced, but not the header. That is a big no-no on Williams games, as you can see.
On the power board, there is a hack repair in the lower right. It looks like a connector was bypassed. I'll know more after reviewing schematics. This repair may be okay. We'll see.
I was hoping for a simple issue, but instead I get some hack work to fix up. Dang...
This is why we don't quote flat rates before seeing the damage folks...hourly or nothing.
