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OK, i rebuilt the flippers with new parts, finally got them all aligned; now they're good 'n strong but an old intermittent problem has again reared its head. One of the flippers gets stuck up after playing a while (not immediately). I can make it drop sometimes by frenzied flipper button pressing, and power off means it always drops, so i'm confident that it's electrical rather than mechanical.
It's a DE 1996 Goldeneye so i wasn't sure if pinrepair's info is still good, as that says its only to '95: it says
"check/replace the flipper coil diode. If the flipper coil diode is broken or shorted on, the flipper coil will stay energized after first using the flipper(s). Replace this diode with a new 1N4004 or 1N4007 diode."........ "If the solidstate flipper(s) are still stuck in the Up position, then check the solidstate flipper board's TIP36 and TIP32 transistors. "
so where are these things and what do they look like? if the parts are cheap and if this is an easy fix, i'll have a go myself. otherwise, well..... i'll probably only make it worse and injure myself at the same time. i'm a bit like Ralph Wiggum
OK, i rebuilt the flippers with new parts, finally got them all aligned; now they're good 'n strong but an old intermittent problem has again reared its head. One of the flippers gets stuck up after playing a while (not immediately). I can make it drop sometimes by frenzied flipper button pressing, and power off means it always drops, so i'm confident that it's electrical rather than mechanical.
It's a DE 1996 Goldeneye so i wasn't sure if pinrepair's info is still good, as that says its only to '95: it says
"check/replace the flipper coil diode. If the flipper coil diode is broken or shorted on, the flipper coil will stay energized after first using the flipper(s). Replace this diode with a new 1N4004 or 1N4007 diode."........ "If the solidstate flipper(s) are still stuck in the Up position, then check the solidstate flipper board's TIP36 and TIP32 transistors. "
so where are these things and what do they look like? if the parts are cheap and if this is an easy fix, i'll have a go myself. otherwise, well..... i'll probably only make it worse and injure myself at the same time. i'm a bit like Ralph Wiggum