I recently bought a beautiful Gottlieb Target Alpha pinball machine. The wires between the top portion and the main playfield section had been cut by the people who found it. (ughhh...) I reconnected every wire and double checked it several times.
I fired it up and all seemed well. It played a little bit odd in that it seemed to give me points for hitting flipper buttons and what not. It also seemed to start a four person game and stay on ball 1/player 1 no matter what.
After playing it for a few minutes, the ball went through the flippers and never came out again. Something in the machine seems to be 'cycling' nonstop. I looked inside and saw a circular metal mechanism rotating which is causing the noise I hear.
This is all very new for me. I don't know much about pinball machines, but I am excited to dive in and start learning. This game was too amazing to pass up.
I hope that somebody can help me to start problem solving what the issue is. Thanks for your help!
I fired it up and all seemed well. It played a little bit odd in that it seemed to give me points for hitting flipper buttons and what not. It also seemed to start a four person game and stay on ball 1/player 1 no matter what.
After playing it for a few minutes, the ball went through the flippers and never came out again. Something in the machine seems to be 'cycling' nonstop. I looked inside and saw a circular metal mechanism rotating which is causing the noise I hear.
This is all very new for me. I don't know much about pinball machines, but I am excited to dive in and start learning. This game was too amazing to pass up.
I hope that somebody can help me to start problem solving what the issue is. Thanks for your help!