wxforecaster
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Sigh. My TAF has been one of my most stable machines in the 11 years I've had it -- until today. In preparation for our Super Bowl party next week, I decided to do some pinball maintenance -- clean the glass, check through the test for any bad switches, bulbs, etc...
After replacing a couple pf burnt 44s in Addams, I decided to play a couple games. On the second game I registered a Thing multiball, except when the ball landed in the saucer nothing happened. Namely because the eject was already in the "kickout" position.
I turned off the game and it immediately retracted. Turned on the game and it immediately fired. However, I also heard a loud hum coming from the center of the playfield, and after about 15 seconds of searching and noticing that old familiar burnig smell, noticed the left magnet was now also locked on.
Am I just having a REALLY bad day? This seems far more than coincidence that the thing eject outhole and the left magnet would both lock on, but I suppose just the act of firing on a machine of this age can zap some TIP102s or TIP36Cs.
As far as I can tell there are no links at all between the outhole and magnet, but I just can't believe that two transistors would blow almost simultaneously.
Outhole/Sol 5 - Vio-Grn - J130-6 - Q64
Left Magnet Brn-Gry - J127-9 - Q44
Figured I'd get a second pair of eyes on this before I begin taking the boards off.
Evan
After replacing a couple pf burnt 44s in Addams, I decided to play a couple games. On the second game I registered a Thing multiball, except when the ball landed in the saucer nothing happened. Namely because the eject was already in the "kickout" position.
I turned off the game and it immediately retracted. Turned on the game and it immediately fired. However, I also heard a loud hum coming from the center of the playfield, and after about 15 seconds of searching and noticing that old familiar burnig smell, noticed the left magnet was now also locked on.
Am I just having a REALLY bad day? This seems far more than coincidence that the thing eject outhole and the left magnet would both lock on, but I suppose just the act of firing on a machine of this age can zap some TIP102s or TIP36Cs.
As far as I can tell there are no links at all between the outhole and magnet, but I just can't believe that two transistors would blow almost simultaneously.
Outhole/Sol 5 - Vio-Grn - J130-6 - Q64
Left Magnet Brn-Gry - J127-9 - Q44
Figured I'd get a second pair of eyes on this before I begin taking the boards off.
Evan
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