Ice Cold Beer (I.C.E.) - need help troubleshooting startup problem

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Ice Cold Beer (I.C.E.) - need help troubleshooting startup problem

I'm totally new to this forum and appreciate any help at all. I'm a pinhead in Colorado and this is my first non-pinball game. Thanks for any ideas. Gary

I've posted a home video which shows the issue I need help with. Basically, when a credit is registered (no coin mech on the machine so I short the coin switch), the bar raises to a starting level then drops down, the ball number decreases, the bar raises again, then drops, etc. until the last ball is finished.

Link to video (may have to copy and paste):

http://gallery.me.com/hallgary/100000
 
I removed the back board from the playfield and cleaned all the opto switches with windex and Q-tips. It appears that there is definitely one opto that is bad (it acts as if the beam is broken all of the time). I disconnected the opto but the start-up problem is unchanged. I'm wondering if a bad or missing (disconnected) opto brings down the whole string of playfield optos and prevents a correct game start. My next step is to find a source for these optos. Any suggestions? Tks. Gary
 
Page 14 in the Owner's and Service manual states "when the game is first powered on, all of the hole sensors are tested. If any of them fail, the L.E.D. located over the hole will flash red and the game will not work."

Looks like all of the sensors must work properly, and then the game may play correctly. Anybody know of a likely source for these types of sensors? Tks.
 
I've attached front and back views of the hole sensor.
 

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Update: Apparently all 12 optical hole sensors on the playfield are verified by
the game at start-up. If any sensor fails (LED will flash red), the game won't
start (according to the service manual) until the sensor is replaced or
repaired. Since these sensors relate to the 12 sequential holes in which the
ball must go in, each sensor is wired slightly different and they are not
interchangeable unless you want to mix up the locations of the sequential holes
which wouldn't make sense for game play. Next step to find a source for the
sensor or determine how to repair the existing malfunctioning sensor.
 
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