Marksgotparts
Pinball Player
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- Time Zone
I've got a recently acquired 1973 Bally Time Zone Pin Ball Machine. Overall, it's in excellent shape.
While playing the game in 2 player mode, the 2nd player never gets to play their 5th ball.
Some observations:
Although the continuous stepper in the bottom of the unit seems to spin more then I think it normally would (it usually stops after there's some play with the 1st ball, but I do hear it throughout the game).
Digging a little deeper, I inspected the Ball Count Stepper. When I manually push in the step-up (advance) relay, it seems to advance/step the Stepper Cog as expected. I manually did this a number of times without issue. Just about when the 2nd player would get their 5th ball, it reverts back to the 1st player. I noticed right where the gears are being advanced, their seems to be a plastic tooth missing in the Stepper Cog. So it doesn't seem to grab the tooth that might help advance it as needed. I also noticed that when I manually push the Reset relay in the Ball Count Stepper, it doesn't seem like the tension in the spring is sufficient to reset the stepper cog. I'm not sure if a missing tooth is by design, or THE PROBLEM, or a spring without enough tension. Also wondering if both this issue and the continuous Stepper in the bottom unit might be part of the same issue. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark
While playing the game in 2 player mode, the 2nd player never gets to play their 5th ball.
Some observations:
Although the continuous stepper in the bottom of the unit seems to spin more then I think it normally would (it usually stops after there's some play with the 1st ball, but I do hear it throughout the game).
Digging a little deeper, I inspected the Ball Count Stepper. When I manually push in the step-up (advance) relay, it seems to advance/step the Stepper Cog as expected. I manually did this a number of times without issue. Just about when the 2nd player would get their 5th ball, it reverts back to the 1st player. I noticed right where the gears are being advanced, their seems to be a plastic tooth missing in the Stepper Cog. So it doesn't seem to grab the tooth that might help advance it as needed. I also noticed that when I manually push the Reset relay in the Ball Count Stepper, it doesn't seem like the tension in the spring is sufficient to reset the stepper cog. I'm not sure if a missing tooth is by design, or THE PROBLEM, or a spring without enough tension. Also wondering if both this issue and the continuous Stepper in the bottom unit might be part of the same issue. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark