Spring break help please

firepowerplayer

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Back when I first got into pinball and was more trusting, I bought a spring break from a local guy. It was a pretty thing. I had never played the game, and was not aware it had 2 game modes. One is one ball at a time, with more possible. The other is 2 balls 2 times, then 3, last ball 4. When I got it home and really started playing it, I noticed that sometimes when one of the balls drained it advanced to the next player. I have not sure if it is when 3 balls or just 2 are out. When I got it open I found coils duct taped in, and a host of sins I will not list. Corrected eveything but this problem. The switches in premier have no diode (at the switch). Through switch not and outhole gapped ok. I have tried a cpu from a haunted house, no help. I noticed several switches had been replaced. With no diode will it matter which side of the switch a wire is on? I am so disgusted and ready to quit! Please help
 
Spring Break is a system 80B so a Haunted House cpu won't work correct..

No it doesn't matter where the wires connect to the switch when there's no diode on them.
Measure the switch closes with your dmm (on continuity setting) to make sure it closes (with game off). Then you know the switch is physically ok.
Then turn game on, and go into self-test and start switch test. Press the switches and see if they register - their number should come on the screen, check with the switch list in the manual.
If they don't show up correct the problem is either in the wiring , connectors on the cpu board or on the cpuboard itself (battery damage ??)
 
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