Bally Harlem Globetrotters pinball machine part 4

The pop bumpers were cleaned and reassembled in the game.

The coin door were very hard to open/close, somebody seems to have kicked on it at some point.
After correction the coin door works fine again.

There were no lock either, so i put a new one in.
Looks a bit better than that hole… 🙂

I tested the game a bit, and had to replace the left flipper button.
It felt like there were some bubbly tape on it, but it turned out that the button has been burned with a lighter..?

I also took the shooter rod out and cleaned it.

I playtested a couple of games every morning for two days, and then there were a problem with the top right display.. 🙂
The lower digit was suddenly missing.
I changed the IC on that display board and repinned the connector and the problem were solved.

Now all that is left is to play the game a couple of times every morning for a couple of days to see if any other problems show up.

After that it can be returned to its owner.

Bally Harlem Globetrotters pinball machine part 3

The power supply board were next.
Most connectors were soldered directly to the pins on the board.
One of the three rectifiers were previously moved to the backbox with wires.
And one of the rectifiers on the board were broken, so i decided to replace them all.

All fuses were replaced with correct values.
(As always several fuses were way to big…)

All the connectors has now been replaced, and the wires are repinned.
(The rectifiers and heatsink are not yet replaced in the picture.)

A few before and after pictures is also in this post.

MPU-board had acid damage as they usually have.
A bit of cleaning together with vinegar hopefully prolongs the boards life.
There were many chips on the board that was bad and had to be replaced before it booted again. (CPU/PIA/5101/6810)
A new battery holder were placed in the backbox.
Reflowed the connectors.

All plastics were cleaned. (And the playfield.)

All bulbs are replaced with #47s, and all of the rubbers are now replaced.

The fuse holder under the playfield was broken and replaced together with a new fuse.

Capacitors were replaced on the sound board, and U11 were socketed and replaced with a new 86L93.
Reflowed the connectors.
(The sound board was making no sound at all before, but now it is up and running again.)

A few switches on the playfield were showing as stuck in the self test, and required new diodes and capacitors to get them going again.

The solenoid board required another chip to be replaced before all coils were functioning again.

The lamp driver board also required a new chip and a new transistor before all lamps worked as they should.

Two displays were dead.
Reflowing all of the displays pins and replacing the usual resistors that often goes bad made all the displays working fine again.

Getting close now… 🙂

Next are the pop bumpers..

Bally Harlem Globetrotters pinball machine part 2

Solenoid board ready for testing.
IC in U4 (CA3081) were dead, and had to be replaced.
(I took a used one from one of my spare solenoid boards and mounted it in a socket.)

Capacitor replacement : Done
Transistor checks : Done
Reflowing connectors : Done
Voltage checks including HV-section : Done
Future proofing grounds : Done

Bally Harlem Globetrotters pinball machine part 1

I got this Bally Harlem Globetrotters pinball machine in for repair.

The owner had it for at least 10 years, and it was not working when he got it.
(Only G.I. worked when powering up.)

Before first start up, i will need to do a couple of things as usual :

1, Power supply (Check fuse ratings, connectors, reflowing connectors, voltages.)

2, Solenoid board. (Capacitor replacement, transistor checks, reflowing connectors, voltage checks including HV-section, and future proofing the grounds.)

3, MPU board. (Acid damage repair, reflowing connectors, testing on the workbench.

4, Visual check of the underside of the playfield. (Coils mostly, including checking for shorted ones, but also if there are something missing or things that seems broken.)

Williams Jungle Lord pinball machine returns part 1

It has returned! 🙂

New faults has appeared :

-The left magnet stays on when a game is started.
-The miniball sticks in a lane sometimes.
-One drop target does not drop correctly anymore.

Left magnet stayed on was a shorted 74LS08.
Removed, socketed and replaced.
Left magnet ok again.

Drop target that did not drop properly seems to be that half the sticker has come loose and sticks half way down.
(Bottom half loose.)

EDIT : It is now repaired, and it waits for its owner to come and collect it. 🙂

Williams Indiana Jones pinball machine 2nd repair part 2

The left jet bumper and the right slingshot are now repaired and working.

I removed the power driver board and replaced all the components for the right slingshot.
Testing showed that it now works as it should.

Another problem is that the game sometimes ejects extra balls when playing.
It seems not to happen when shooting the balls “normally”, when just hitting random targets without locking a ball.
Switch matrix seems to be working and are registering all balls correctly in the ball trough.
I removed the two opto boards in the ball trough and looked for bad solder joints, but it looks ok visually.
Testing of the ball trough showed no issues, even when fiddling with the wires.

Further troubleshooting revealed that it only happens when locking ball #2.
When ball #2 enters the idol, the previously locked ball were released to the playfield because the idol rotates to make room for ball #2.
It turned out to be the yellow plastic idol rotor lock that had broken off, which should prevent the ball from going back to the playfield at this time.

I placed an order from the guys at free-play.se so it should arrive within a week.
Thanks Simon! 🙂

This should be the solution for the several ball issue.
But i can only be sure when it is replaced and tested of course… 🙂

Williams Indiana Jones pinball machine 2nd repair part 1

This machine i repaired for about 1.5 years ago came back with some new faults that had appeared.

This time the left jet bumper and the right slingshot had stopped working.

The left jet bumper coil had a wire that were no longer connected due to vibrations.
Soldering it back on solved that issue.

The right slingshot coil was fried and were replaced with a new one.
Further troubleshooting showed that the TIP102 transistor controlling this coil on the driver board had burned.

I have now started replacing all the components in that circuit. (Total of 7 components)

Williams Jungle Lord pinball machine part 7 – Finished

Finished. 🙂

A broken diode on a roll over switch made it not responsive.
Replaced that with a 1N4004 and it is back in business.
(The remains of the old one seems to have been a 1N4148.)

Funny thing when i troubleshooted the right magnet that did not work, i discovered that it did not seem to ever have been working from factory.
The playfield had absolutely no wear over the magnet compared to the left one that had wear over it.
And one end of one wire from the magnet looked brand new, and could not ever have been soldered in, it just hung there. 🙂
Soldered it in, and now it works as it should.

All that remains now is a final wipe of the playfield and putting the glass back in, and polish it, then it is ready to be picked up.