Keeps starting 2 players need help!

crassmage

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I have been struggling with this thing for a couple days now. I have checked the leafs and they are pretty clean and are in no way sticking together. Sometimes it starts a game fine , but you go to play again and it fires up for a 2 player game. Gets annoying after awhile turning it off and on again. It is on a free play and the credit shows 00. I havent found a pattern or a specific time it does this. I have tried pushing the button MANY different ways and nothing works any better than anything else. Would I maybe just need a new leaf switch? Perhaps the little resistor on itisnt good anymore? I am not sure if this is common or not. Game is a williams alien poker BTW. Thanks!!

Also it seems like it always fires the 2nd player sound exactly the same time it kicks the ball out to the shooter(coincidence maybe?)
 
Some of the games of this era are more prone to this namely gorgar and blackout. You can try bending the leaf switch out some so it doesn't make contact right away.
 
I took out the leaf switch cleaned it up real nice bent them correctly and still nothing. I checked again but I did notice a wire that had been cut previously from the knocker coil and it was pushed right into the metal on the tilt bob, kinda that perfect angle to just touch the tiny bit of exposed metal from the cut wire. Got it out of the way and all seems well again. It is an alien poker machine. My gorgar has done it before but it was all in the leaf switch. Thanks I think it is all sorted.
 
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