First Pin "Shopped" - a Little Frustrated
Well I just got done with my cleanup of my Earthshaker. I have about 20 hours in cleaning the playfield, pulling the mylar, rebuilding the flippers, rubber rings, lamps, and all the other little things needed to make this look and play great. Got it all back together and of course it doesn't all work like it should. I have a few bulbs not working which I expected. Found one loose wire on one of them so no biggie. The biggest issue is that my flippers don't work. I rebuilt them just like they were installed, piece at a time. I know my switches are adjusted properly and pretty sure the wiring is on the right posts. When I press the flipper buttons there are a couple lights in the playfield that flash. Weird. My Jet Bumpers also do not work, but register points when hit with the ball. They just don't pop. All the other coils work fine. Finally, the game seems to detect the ball out of play after a little while, with the ball still in play.
I know I've probably just got a wiring short or something crossed somewhere. Considering I did minimal soldering I wasn't really expecting this. Now step two of going through the entire wiring to make sure everything is hooked up right. Not looking forward to it! Of course I need to check fuses first, but when I got done last night I honestly didn't want to start digging into it yet. ARGH!!!
This is my first experience doing this, but I've restored vids for years. I knew it would be time consuming and I expected to have a few little issues to work out. Is this pretty normal for you guys too? I just had to vent for a minute!
Jeff
Well I just got done with my cleanup of my Earthshaker. I have about 20 hours in cleaning the playfield, pulling the mylar, rebuilding the flippers, rubber rings, lamps, and all the other little things needed to make this look and play great. Got it all back together and of course it doesn't all work like it should. I have a few bulbs not working which I expected. Found one loose wire on one of them so no biggie. The biggest issue is that my flippers don't work. I rebuilt them just like they were installed, piece at a time. I know my switches are adjusted properly and pretty sure the wiring is on the right posts. When I press the flipper buttons there are a couple lights in the playfield that flash. Weird. My Jet Bumpers also do not work, but register points when hit with the ball. They just don't pop. All the other coils work fine. Finally, the game seems to detect the ball out of play after a little while, with the ball still in play.
I know I've probably just got a wiring short or something crossed somewhere. Considering I did minimal soldering I wasn't really expecting this. Now step two of going through the entire wiring to make sure everything is hooked up right. Not looking forward to it! Of course I need to check fuses first, but when I got done last night I honestly didn't want to start digging into it yet. ARGH!!!
This is my first experience doing this, but I've restored vids for years. I knew it would be time consuming and I expected to have a few little issues to work out. Is this pretty normal for you guys too? I just had to vent for a minute!
Jeff


