Williams Solved Black Knight (Williams, 1980) only one flipper working

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Black Knight 1980
I'm trying to get my Black Knight running again after about 10 years in my basement.
It was flaky when I put it away while we remodeled, so when I decided to bring it back, I swapped out the MPU and driver boards for a new combo unit from Rotten Dog.
After wiggling a few connections, I got it to boot up and everything seems to work, apart from a few bulbs and dirty contacts, except only the upper right flipper works. The lower right flipper is trying (slightly) and both left flippers are dead.
I've tried re-seating wires in the connectors. I haven't checked to see if there is current at the coils yet because I'm not exactly sure where I should check and how much I should be seeing.
Anyone got some tips or suggestions to try?
 
Solution
The problem ended up being the end of stroke contacts.
Now I have a different problem. all the playfield lights except the general illumination are out. Everything else works and I checked all the fuses, are there any other usual issues that might cause that?
Check every fuse you can find. It's possible that the flippers can be on multiple fuses.
 
Unfortunately didn't find any extra fuses.
I found a Jungle Lord schematic which is supposed to be very similar and it looks like I should have 28v to the flippers. I haven't cot a chance to check it yet, and I still not 100% sure how either.
 
The problem ended up being the end of stroke contacts.
Now I have a different problem. all the playfield lights except the general illumination are out. Everything else works and I checked all the fuses, are there any other usual issues that might cause that?
 
Solution
Play field lights ended up being a bad rectifier, easy fix.
Just got some flipper rebuild kits today. hope I don't screw anything else up in the process.
 
congrats on finding the problem. i was thinking it might be a rectifier or its connections. your lucky the rectifier went open instead of shorted. a shorted primary on the rectifier is a direct short on the secondary of the transformer. check out my bridge rectifier fusing post on page 2.
 
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