Pinbot newbie question

Gorf69

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I picked up a non-working Pinbot the other day and I need pointers on where to start diagnosing it.

It powers up and kicks the ball out for the first player. When you launch the ball no bumbers or anything react to the ball even the flippers don't work. THe ball drains back to the ball return and the machine does not react at all.

I was not able to get any errors on the test mode. Flippers and kick outs work in test mode. on the CPU the middle red light flashes non-stop. Is that normal.

Appreciate any pointers you can give me.
 
lucky you ! how much did you talk him down because of the lobotomy ?

I purchased it for $50. There are some other issues that need to be addressed.

1. replace one the displays
2. The cpu has some burning around the solenoid area left of the batteries but still works.
3. Clean clean and clean some more.


Overall I feel like a got a great deal. Its not mint or anything like it but it should be a good player.
 
That is a steal.... mine works great except for the upper displays need to be replaced, and a shit ton of cleaning and I got it for $500. I still think mine was a good deal figuring the last 2 or 3 I have seen on Craigslist around here all went for the $900-$1000 range.
 
$50 for a pinbot that took very little to get working? Outstanding deal, to the point that a lesser man would brag up and down about it.

-Hans
 
$50?!? Holy crappers. I paid $800 for mine (from a KLOVer) and had no problems with that price. I now have about another $300 into it (including a new plastics set) but when I get the playfield put back together it's going to look fantastic. So if anybody needs any nice, but not perfect, plastics I have most of them available. :)

OH... if anybody has a $50 High Speed Pinball for sale let me know because I'm in the market for one.
 
$50 is a steal for a mostly working pinbot. Heck it could not be working at all and as long as the plastics and playfield are in decent shape it would still be a steal. Very nice score.
 
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