gottlieb jet spin

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i picked up a 1977 gottlieb jet spin today. the back story on this pin,the guy i got it from got it from his dad who got it in 1980. in 1995 he moved to a new home and it has sat in his garage until today when i picked it up. cabinet is in good shape. inside cab looks clean.
back glass has some flaking but not bad. play field is good,2 small spots of wear,1 near kick out hole and 1 near left flipper. it was left in garage disassembled and rats got into the back box. there is some rat droppings in the scoring reels. it lights up and tries to start up
but something is sticking and it wont release the ball something under the play field just keeps turning and wont disengage. oh, i traded a non working jukebox i got free for this pin. any thoughts?any help is greatly appreciated
 
the thing running under the playing field is the score motor my guess.because the home contacts on it arnt clean. thats why it keeps running or a closed switch that should be open or relay.
 
i picked up a 1977 gottlieb jet spin today. the back story on this pin,the guy i got it from got it from his dad who got it in 1980. in 1995 he moved to a new home and it has sat in his garage until today when i picked it up. cabinet is in good shape. inside cab looks clean.
back glass has some flaking but not bad. play field is good,2 small spots of wear,1 near kick out hole and 1 near left flipper. it was left in garage disassembled and rats got into the back box. there is some rat droppings in the scoring reels. it lights up and tries to start up
but something is sticking and it wont release the ball something under the play field just keeps turning and wont disengage. oh, i traded a non working jukebox i got free for this pin. any thoughts?any help is greatly appreciated
If it's the score motor that is running it may be a score reel not resetting. Are all the score reels at zero?

Glennon
 
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no, player 1 score reel is not resetting.
Tt is more than likely your problem. Just set it to zero and see if the score motor stops running. If it stops running then you know where your problem is. Your going to need to clean and adjust the switches on the score reels.

Glennon
 
thank you for the tip. got family over today so it will be a few days before i can get some time to work on it. i will post pics soon.
 
thank you for the tip. got family over today so it will be a few days before i can get some time to work on it. i will post pics soon.
You need to get your priorities straight. LOL Let us know how it turns out.
Glennon
 
LMAO! great reply man. grand parents on their way here now. daughters 18th birthday today. my mom has called me 2 times already,she wants to play jet spin bad.
 
followed the em pin repair guide by resetting the player 1 score reel manually.
turned on the machine and the score reel reset wheel is still turning nonstop.
now what. forgive me for being a complete noob.
 
worked on it some more tonight. got pin to reset,played 2 balls everything but pop bumpers working then went to game over and started back to not resetting. well im making progress.
thanks to all for your help. ill get back to it this weekend and i should be able to get running properly.
 
worked on it some more tonight. got pin to reset,played 2 balls everything but pop bumpers working then went to game over and started back to not resetting. well im making progress.
thanks to all for your help. ill get back to it this weekend and i should be able to get running properly.
Does Jet spin have a bonus unit? If so check and make sure that's reseting to zero position. Also check your score motor switches and make sure the switch That runs the motor is adjusted properly. I had one that ran nonstop and that was the problem.
Glennon
 
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