You got a pinball machine! Now What? Why Won't It Work?

This video addresses a common scenario that I often hear about - mostly from people who aren't very familiar with these games. Someone gets a pinball machine and it doesn't work. Now what? Let's walk through this situation with a game I just picked up and explain the process of what to do when you have a new pinball that you don't really know what condition it's in or what's wrong? What do you do? Are there things you should not do? How do you tell what's wrong? Let's get into it.
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[@MRNBricks]

Excellent info. Gonna start referring people to this that ask, “why don’t my machine work?”

[@JustinMBailey]

This video is very helpful thank you, this feels like a good base to start. I’ve read a basic book on pinball maintenance and repair and yet it really doesn’t scratch the surface.....plus any books on the subject seem rare.

[@Mo_Ketchups]

2:27 - *”NO!”* 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@dylanpatch3116]

This was super helpful, I have a much better basis to safely troubleshoot my issues

[@carlosfields9937]

Thanks for the video, audio sounds good

[@metoo7]

Hi, my name is Tim. Do you ever come across any shuffle puck bowling games with scoring reels?

[@MrBlake-cz4km]

My 1976 fireball home edition when I turn it on everything goes haywire, display goes crazy and so do the lights and coils go mad, I’ve found that the problem is with the power supply or the board itself, any ideas?

[@wanghotangho5803]

Just got a well used Black Knight. Was missing 3 batteries, so I put them in and started getting sounds and coin-ups working, held one of the flippers for a few seconds, heard something detach and now both flippers don’t work? Any idea?

[@PinballHelp]

Check your fuses. I also have a video on what to do before you turn on a new game.

[@wanghotangho5803]

@@PinballHelp hey that did it! That noise I heard was from the top left flipper and it doesn’t work now and the bottom flippers are pretty weak, but I’ll figure it out unless you have some more quick tips I’m all ears

[@OilBaron100]

@@wanghotangho5803end of stroke (EOS) switches might be the fault?