Gorgar Stuck Tilt Switch??

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Hey guys,

I appreciate the advice even though I don't own the machine. A local guy here has a Gorgar which he claims has a stuck tilt switch. Does this ring any bells as far as diagnosing a potential problem? Sound like an expensive fix or just something stupid?

Thanks :) Going to look at it tomorrow.
 
Hey guys,

I appreciate the advice even though I don't own the machine. A local guy here has a Gorgar which he claims has a stuck tilt switch. Does this ring any bells as far as diagnosing a potential problem? Sound like an expensive fix or just something stupid?

Thanks :) Going to look at it tomorrow.

I would guess it probably has some other problem. If it actually has a stuck tilt switch it should be a 30 second fix. Just unstick it :)

Like I said... I doubt it actually has a stuck tilt switch.
 
That was going to be my guess as well. He says it plays but the tilt is stuck right now. Doesn't make too much sense to me so who knows. I'm interested and it's 5 min away so why not take a look and see what's really going on.

I wasn't sure if this signified something else so I just thought I'd ask before I went over there. As always, thanks for the insight.
 
He says it plays but the tilt is stuck right now.

If the game is truely stuck in tilt...it will not start a game...thus, it won't play.

If any of the tilt switches have small capacitors on them....snip a leg off, and see if the tilt goes away. Those caps are known to short, and cause a tilt.

Edward
 
If the game is truely stuck in tilt...it will not start a game...thus, it won't play.

If any of the tilt switches have small capacitors on them....snip a leg off, and see if the tilt goes away. Those caps are known to short, and cause a tilt.

Edward

He says the game plays.
 
Haha well I went to check it out today. It wasn't in good shape at all. Wear near the flippers, backglass flaked a whole lot, and a display completely not working.

It works(starts up goes to attract mode) and you can play a game for maybe 15 seconds before it thinks you drained a ball. He said he checked the switch for the ball drain and didn't find anything wrong but I can't confirm that.

BIGGEST PROBLEM? Game is in a trailer home and would be insanely hard to get out of there. Take it apart, move a mountain(literally piled up) of different crap and somehow wedge it through that small hall and out the door.

I would pay maybe $100 for it but I think I might pass.

Cool game though, gotta love Gorgar and that artwork, but meh maybe I'll see if he still has it in a month when I'm back at school and have a little more time/patience/money. It has potential to be a fun beater machine though that's for sure.
 
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