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I posted this here because more people are veiwing this section.I just picked up a REd and teds roadshow and it keeps telling me to check switches 47 and 53. I followed that to a board with an LED on it and a adjustable pot.I adjusted it as I read in a post and still nothing .Could that baord be bad? The led lights up .Does anyone have any sugesstions? IT is the switches that control the points for the bulldozer and the kick out ramp on the left side? What am I missing ? THanks guys adn sorry its not posted in the pinball section.PEACE!!
 
more people are reading here... but ironically, all the pinball people who would know, are reading the pinball board. So they're probably never going to see your question!
 
I would check the Switches for the BullDozer.

Put the game in test Mode. Find those Switches in question lightly push the switch down with your Finger.
It would tell you if the switch did anything or not.
I posted this here because more people are veiwing this section.I just picked up a REd and teds roadshow and it keeps telling me to check switches 47 and 53. I followed that to a board with an LED on it and a adjustable pot.I adjusted it as I read in a post and still nothing .Could that baord be bad? The led lights up .Does anyone have any sugesstions? IT is the switches that control the points for the bulldozer and the kick out ramp on the left side? What am I missing ? THanks guys adn sorry its not posted in the pinball section.PEACE!!
 
it keeps telling me to check switches 47 and 53. I followed that to a board with an LED on it and a adjustable pot.

clean the opto sensors with q-tips and alcohol.
they get carbon dust build-up over time and
this gradually degrades the signal.
 
cleaned sensors ,still nothing ,put everything in test mode and now everything says its OK.Adjusted the pots on both the abby boards and they both register.WTF?
 
It works in test, but doesn't in play?

On a lot of games, if the ball hits the target, the signal isn't strong enough or long enough to trigger that it hit it. If you do it in test and use your finger, you're holding it longer than a ball does.

The way they work around this is they put a capacitor across the switch. If the capacitor is broken, it won't work.
 
I posted this here because more people are veiwing this section.I just picked up a REd and teds roadshow and it keeps telling me to check switches 47 and 53. I followed that to a board with an LED on it and a adjustable pot.I adjusted it as I read in a post and still nothing .Could that baord be bad? The led lights up .Does anyone have any sugesstions? IT is the switches that control the points for the bulldozer and the kick out ramp on the left side? What am I missing ? THanks guys adn sorry its not posted in the pinball section.PEACE!!

To adjust them, turn the pot until the LED goes on, then back off just until it goes out.

Lower playfield, go into switch edge test, and roll a ball on the playfield over the eddy sensor area, it should register on the DMD.
LTG :)
 
To adjust them, turn the pot until the LED goes on, then back off just until it goes out.

Lower playfield, go into switch edge test, and roll a ball on the playfield over the eddy sensor area, it should register on the DMD.
LTG :)

Lloyd got this right (of course!). Switch 47 is an eddy switch. It triggers when a ball rolls over it, i.e. when the ball is just in front of the bulldozer. It is not a contact or pressure or opto switch. You might want to turn the pot back and forth a few times to clean it (if it's flaky), and then adjust as per the above.

Switch 53 is a microswitch. You can take a continuity tester to it to make sure the switch itself is working properly. If the switch doesn't close, replace it. (But first check the wiring to it to make sure it is solid--sometimes a broken connector is hard to see, or a wire could be broken inside the insulation--rare, but it happens.

All of these switches can be tested in switch test mode. (The eddy sensor by rolling a ball over it, the microswitch by pushing down on the wire trigger until the switch clicks). If they register in test mode, they should register during gameplay!

Also, you can download the Roadshow manual at the internet pinball database, ipdb.org.
 
THanks guys i fixed the problem!! I turned the pots all the way up then down to clear the dead spots then i took out the optic sensors and waved a pinball in front of it until it registered then i replaced the optic sensor upside down and it didnt work.Turn the sensor the right way and all is good .Got it back all the way .This game is great !!! I had no idea i bought it because the price was insane $800 !!!! Ill take some pics later . Thanks guys for all your help.PEACE!!!!
 
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