Ultra Shuffle Alley II

Well, I've been working on this for several days now.  I was able to clean it up a bit.  I shop vac'd it out and wiped it down.  I use tea tree oil to be sure to kill any mold from sitting in the previous owner's basement. The selector switches down in the coin box were frozen up.  I took it all apart to clean it up:

I was able to get the buttons unstuck.  It turns out that the pockets where the switches are mounted were packed full of the table "wax" and the aluminum switch parts had oxidized to the point of seizing in the down position.  I had read somewhere that if these buttons are stuck, the machine will never reset and there fore never actually start.

I had a friend over today and somehow we managed to get the top section on after a bit of a struggle.  It was time to try it out.  First thing I noticed was a blown fuse.  It was the main 115v fuse.  We swapped it out and gave it a shot.  Unfortunately, the fuse blew right away.  Okay, there's obviously something else wrong here.  Turns out it was this bugger right here:

This is the reset solenoid.  It pushes a lever that resets a whole bank of relays.  It's clearly burned and is showing that it is shorted when testing with a meter.  At the time, I didn't have another fuse to try.

After dinner tonight, I had a chance to go back out and tinker.  I replaced the power cord and cleaned few other parts.  I managed to find another fuse as well.  I ended up cutting the wires to the reset solenoid and giving it another try.  Holy smokes! it fired up!

 

 

 

How cool is that!  I tried a few pucks but not everything is working.  I have to admit, it's further than I thought I'd get by now.  I'm getting really excited to get this thing up and running in the basement.  It should be a blast!

I think at this point, I'll take the legs off and the cover plate for the switches (coin box) and see if my buddy can sand blast them.  At that point, I can get them painted and get the whole thing down in to the basement.  I'll be able to do a better job of replacing the burned out solenoid and adjusting the relay contacts and switches when it's down there.

More to come...