Troubleshooting a Bally Pinball No Start in Real Time

Grab your magnifying glass, notebook and thinking cap as we figure out who or what killed my Old Chicago Pinball machine. Be a apprentice detective and gain skills to be able to start thinking like a tech and be able to fix your own games as we go through a practical approach to troubleshooting while learning some basic skills involving a multimeter, schematics etc. All while being shot in real time. Thanks for watching.

[@robevans8364]

For someone who has no problem fixing mechanical problems, these tutorials are absolutely brilliant for some one like me who struggles with electrical fault finding on my pin!........... cheers

[@pin-monkeypinball3548]

Thanks for the kind words. I try and make it fun and break it down to a level anyone can hopefully understand. I'm always learning as well. Thanks for watching!

[@pin-monkeypinball3548]

Sorry for the nasaly voice. Had a cold at the time.

[@chuckufarley5884]

Thanks, a great way of learning. I hope you do more of these kind of videos as they really help me as a relative newbie a lot.

[@pin-monkeypinball3548]

Thanks for the love. I know they tend to be long winded sometimes but I'm trying to break them down so that anybody can learn. Working on my new series of videos for newbies such as yourself. Thanks for watching!

[@chuckufarley5884]

@@pin-monkeypinball3548 I look forward to them and again many thanks for doing what you do.

[@marklacey3246]

Hi. I have a Chicago coin champion shuffle bowler that Iam restoring. My problem is machine goes through reset but that’s is far as it will go just sits there it doesn’t score on first shot it will pull pins up set relays but doesn’t score and can not throw the second shot it does nothing.

[@pin-monkeypinball3548]

@marklacey3246 it sounds like it's not full reset. When is the last time the game has been gone through and steppers and score reels cleaned? If you can find a copy of the schematic, I can try and help you better. Thanks for watching!

[@marklacey3246]

Hi. Iam not with the shuffle bowler but I will be tomorrow. Any ideas I can try

[@pin-monkeypinball3548]

I sent an email. We'll have to figure out when we both have time to look into it. When is the last time it has been shopped/gone through? Sticky steppers and dirty switches play 90% roll in causing issues in electromechanical games.