I have the original scoop with broken welds and the previous owner installed this new one years ago with no issues.

There is a dab of hot glue on the switch wireform. I feel like I'm on the right track based on recommendations so far. Greatly appreciate any continued support that can be given. I'm not sure where or how to test that though. There was also mention that the 'coil' might be bad. I might be able to slightly bend the transistor to get the leads on the prongs (there are three prongs, which as I understand are called the base, emitter, and collector). Another showed using the multimeter with one lead grounded and another touching the top of the transistor with the multimeter set to continuity. Do I need to remove the transistor to test it? I reviewed a few videos and one showed how to test the resistor without it being soldered into the board. I have located the Q86 transistor on the backbox board. It returned to the locked state upon power up Was able to manually pull the kicker out with the power offĢ. I performed the procedures bballfan recommended and found the following:ġ. There are no broken wires/solders, so I've ruled that out. I'm back with additional information from tonight's investigation based on guidance provided so far. I spent a few hours on this last night and am ready for guidance.

Any guidance would be immensely appreciated on where to go from here. I used the parts schematic from the manual (#9) to locate the kicker assembly on the playfield (see photo of actual playfield). I can hear a clicking sound coming from inside the area during the test, but am not hearing anything loud like I'd expect if that kicker is being actuated during the test. At one point I had a ball trapped in there, but I managed to extract it after learning how to vertically position the playfield (important newbie achievement there!)Īnyway, I took a video during the 'slot kickout' solenoid test in hopes that someone could listen to it or share video of what it should sound like during this test, but can't seem to upload a video file.

I'm experiencing an issue where the ball no longer shoots out of the slot machine hole, which I believe is called the kick out. My recently purchased Twilight Zone machine decided to plunge me head first into the world of troubleshooting. I'm brand new to the hobby and this is my first posting.

Slot machine withball that gies in hole