Hello friends,
I just got my first pinball machine a beautiful Bally Knockout. It was working fine at the sellers house but in transport to my house, has developed a problem. I'm not mega sad because have been collecting/restoring videogame cabs for a while and already learnt that old things don't like being moved sometimes etc. Plus I will learn more about my new super awesome machine trying to fix it - woo
When I turn on the table it clicks like a crazy thing and does not stop. I can see the 'score reset' switches/relays (sorry am still learning so no idea if I'm using the correct names), in the backbox moving the switch things by the 'scores reset' label open and close, I can see little blue dot sparks, which I believe to be normal.
The only other thing I can see/hear moving a horizontal metal bar on the inside of the coin door. I have no idea what it's attempting to do with this. I can trigger this behaviour every time by inserting a coin into either mech.
There is a ball in the 'v' at the bottom of the table (playfield?). When turned off, I can lift it out no problem, it is not trapped. When I turn the machine on, I notice that it does not try to move the ball at all. i.e. it does not fire it into the ball launcher lane/column where the plunger is.
Again, I'm a mega mega newbie, so please forgive me using the wrong words and giving a proper dumbass description of my problem!
I think it's trying to reset the score reels (which are all on zero) and does not know that they are reset. or maybe there's a problem with the coin mech stuff as that goes crazy too.
Since this used to work before I bought it, I'm thinking/hoping it is something simple. But as a newbie, I don't want to wade in and possibly break things as I learn.
I've tried to find a manual for it but cannot - is there a shop you know of where I can buy a manual for this lovely machine?
I've taken a video of it, as pictures are better than words:
I have found a good looking guide - PINBALL Repair EM Electro Mechanical Arcade Games (pinball, pitch and bat, bowlers), part one which I'm starting to read, but I can tell it will take me a while to take that all in - I wont give up though!
Just thought I'd ask and see if it was a known problem, or something stupid I had done that could be fixed easily.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
Cheers,
Johnny
I just got my first pinball machine a beautiful Bally Knockout. It was working fine at the sellers house but in transport to my house, has developed a problem. I'm not mega sad because have been collecting/restoring videogame cabs for a while and already learnt that old things don't like being moved sometimes etc. Plus I will learn more about my new super awesome machine trying to fix it - woo
When I turn on the table it clicks like a crazy thing and does not stop. I can see the 'score reset' switches/relays (sorry am still learning so no idea if I'm using the correct names), in the backbox moving the switch things by the 'scores reset' label open and close, I can see little blue dot sparks, which I believe to be normal.
The only other thing I can see/hear moving a horizontal metal bar on the inside of the coin door. I have no idea what it's attempting to do with this. I can trigger this behaviour every time by inserting a coin into either mech.
There is a ball in the 'v' at the bottom of the table (playfield?). When turned off, I can lift it out no problem, it is not trapped. When I turn the machine on, I notice that it does not try to move the ball at all. i.e. it does not fire it into the ball launcher lane/column where the plunger is.
Again, I'm a mega mega newbie, so please forgive me using the wrong words and giving a proper dumbass description of my problem!
I think it's trying to reset the score reels (which are all on zero) and does not know that they are reset. or maybe there's a problem with the coin mech stuff as that goes crazy too.
Since this used to work before I bought it, I'm thinking/hoping it is something simple. But as a newbie, I don't want to wade in and possibly break things as I learn.
I've tried to find a manual for it but cannot - is there a shop you know of where I can buy a manual for this lovely machine?
I've taken a video of it, as pictures are better than words:
I have found a good looking guide - PINBALL Repair EM Electro Mechanical Arcade Games (pinball, pitch and bat, bowlers), part one which I'm starting to read, but I can tell it will take me a while to take that all in - I wont give up though!
Just thought I'd ask and see if it was a known problem, or something stupid I had done that could be fixed easily.
Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
Cheers,
Johnny