Pinballorama #23 - Troubleshooting Startup Issues on EM Pinball Machines - Part 3

[@fishon8406]

Watch that you don't drip solder drips onto your electronics below. Verrrry good information presented. This is the kind of thing us newbees need from learned owners. Good video and good explaination of game operations theory. That A relay you manually reset at the 17:00 mark is essentially the AX relay on Gottliebs from around 1976 (mine is Royal Flush). My machine was intermittently cycling like your problem in this video, and when I saw you reset the A relay, I went to my AX and manually fiddled with the big plastic square and boom! It worked. So. that mechanism in mine is dirty and needs cleaning.

[@shaneisbell1990]

Thank you so much for the info. Just bought a gotlieb fire queen and I'm having a few issues with it that are similar to some of what you describe here. Was playing fine..... Then stopped starting games. Now the score reels are snapping and the credit counter is running all the way up to 15 off of one quarter. Hopefully I can get it fixed up. Thanks for the tips!!!!

[@Pepsi-hm1hs]

I hope to see more pinball stuff, I missed your content!

[@SevensPinballorama]

Thank you. I've got my workshop setup for filming, so making videos will be easier (still kind of fussing with lighting though). Like I mentioned in this video, I have a few ideas on what to make videos about. They should be fun to make.

[@Bunny_hunter_D]

Ty buddy!

[@markjackson1444]

On em games, score-reels are critical to getting the game to start, and then play as it should. ….clean, clean clean.

[@ThePizzaManTV]

It would be super helpful if you made a reel/score cleaning video. I just bought a high hand and that is one of the things I need to do. Your video was informative, and helped me better understand the problem solving process of pinball machine repairs.

[@SevensPinballorama]

I will. I've got it on my list of videos I want to make.

[@lascheque]

I love the backglass, it's kind of unsuspectedly sci-fi-y for a card themed game IMO. And so many balls, too :D

[@SevensPinballorama]

It's weird, right? The Twilight Zone blackhole is robbing the world of our spheres but never fear, superhero Cardman is here. Cardman will save us all by tossing playing cards at the blackhole - or something. I remember looking at this backglass when I was a kid and thinking "The hell is going on there?"

[@lascheque]

@@SevensPinballorama The good old 70s :D

[@trotptkabasnbi6655]

I remember as a teen seeing the schematics of the pinball machines at the bowling alley. The manager of the place had pinball machines in a storage area with the diagrams of the circuitry.. Before the pl

[@SevensPinballorama]

I've been thinking of framing one of my schematics and putting it on the wall of the arcade. They're useful when working on machines but they look cool as well.

[@rarellanbrasil]

Score reel cleaning would be great! Of course no balls 😂

[@carlosfields9937]

Do a video of the new work shop.Thanks for sharing.

[@SevensPinballorama]

Sure. I can make a quick video on it.

[@carlosfields9937]

@@SevensPinballorama that would cool, it's always interesting to see how someone's work shop is laid out. I'm about to do a work area/shop, this winter. Thanks

[@SevensPinballorama]

@@carlosfields9937 Here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH3MgHyogpuGg6M

[@krulos9664]

Jackbot video would be great 😀

[@KentDiego]

I found dubbing in new audio makes the videos a lot better. You have time to think and make better commentary and it always sounds better.

[@patrickalford7986]

Reset banks

[@Bunny_hunter_D]

love your Christ icon :)

[@SevensPinballorama]

It's Mr Bean

[@waynegram8907]

SEVEN'S PINBALLORAMA, Can you go more in detail about the theory of operation of the ball counter unit, credit stepper unit, player stepper unit, reset coils, what turns on the Chute relays, the game over relay has two modes of when the game is on and when the game is over, when you first turn on the EM game the sequence of relays that get turned on because the lock coil gets turned on last before the reset coils turn on first and the delay relay turns on then the lock coil relay turns on.

[@SevensPinballorama]

I've avoided going into too much detail because each manufacturer has their own startup routine. My idea for these videos was to focus more on chunks of the machine rather than a broad confusing overview. Having said that, what I can do when I make these videos, and I'm working on a particular piece, I can explain where it sits in the routine and maybe go into a little more detail about that. This way it's explained in little digestible tidbits. I'm going to do one on the ball count stepper, so maybe I can explain the path from game start to ball count.

[@waynegram8907]

@@SevensPinballorama Yes I'm very confused on the Startup Routine because each manufacturer has a different sequence of events it goes through before the Lock relay closes. The Startup Routine has different sequence of events. You can make theory of operation videos also with paper and a pencil to explain the theory behind it would help.

[@SevensPinballorama]

I'll give this some thought and see if I can come up with an interesting way to go through it.

[@waynegram8907]

@@SevensPinballorama thanks will help out a lot

[@sarahkeith4162]

🤪 P-R-O-M-O-S-M!!!