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I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:48:39 PM UTC-8, Kenneth Barker wrote:

I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you try putting a quarter in it?
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On 1/21/21 8:48 PM, Kenneth Barker wrote:

I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You might try here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/forum/electro-mechanical
or here:
https://www.funwithpinball.com/learn/EM-pinball-online-repair-clinic

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On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 10:15:09 PM UTC-5, Mark wrote:

On 1/21/21 8:48 PM, Kenneth Barker wrote:

I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You might try here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/forum/electro-mechanical
or here: https://www.funwithpinball.com/learn/EM-pinball-online-repair-clinic

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On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 8:13:19 PM UTC-5, Riles wrote:

On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:48:39 PM UTC-8, Kenneth Barker wrote:

I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you try putting a quarter in it?

It has replay credits, I tried a quarter.
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On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 8:50:51 AM UTC-7, Kenneth Barker wrote:

On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 8:13:19 PM UTC-5, Riles wrote:

On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:48:39 PM UTC-8, Kenneth Barker wrote:

I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you try putting a quarter in it?

It has replay credits, I tried a quarter.

Is the score motor stuck between stops? With the playfield up and the game powered up (be very careful here, there is 110 volts in there) see if you can gently nudge the score motor counterclockwise, to see if it moves on its own.

Of course if this makes a difference you then have the question of why the motor stopped midstream...

Regards,
Dan
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On 2021/01/23 7:50 a.m., Kenneth Barker wrote:

On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 8:13:19 PM UTC-5, Riles wrote:

On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:48:39 PM UTC-8, Kenneth Barker wrote:

I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Did you try putting a quarter in it?

It has replay credits, I tried a quarter.

Lights up means the transformer is working and the light fuse is conducting.

Does anything happen when you press the start button? If nothing
happens, does anything happen when you feed it a coin?

Trying to find out if there is any life at all in the game - does the
timing motor turn when either above tests are done?

Check fuses of course, always the first suspect. Only replace with the
factory value, no nails please!

If the Solenoid fuse blows then first look for playfield coils that are
cooked looking or seized, starting with the flippers, then check the
head for cooked coils and finally the bottom cabinet relays and step up
coils.

John :-#)#

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On Saturday, January 23, 2021 at 9:39:41 AM UTC-8, John Robertson wrote:

On 2021/01/23 7:50 a.m., Kenneth Barker wrote:

On Friday, January 22, 2021 at 8:13:19 PM UTC-5, Riles wrote:

On Thursday, January 21, 2021 at 7:48:39 PM UTC-8, Kenneth Barker wrote: >>> I have a centigrade 37 pinball machine, it will light up but will not go into start up sequence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Did you try putting a quarter in it?

It has replay credits, I tried a quarter.

Lights up means the transformer is working and the light fuse is conducting.

Does anything happen when you press the start button? If nothing
happens, does anything happen when you feed it a coin?

Trying to find out if there is any life at all in the game - does the
timing motor turn when either above tests are done?

Check fuses of course, always the first suspect. Only replace with the factory value, no nails please!

If the Solenoid fuse blows then first look for playfield coils that are cooked looking or seized, starting with the flippers, then check the
head for cooked coils and finally the bottom cabinet relays and step up coils.

John :-#)#

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(Please post followups or tech inquiries to the USENET newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd.
MOVED to #7 - 3979 Marine Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5E3
(604)872-5757 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

Maybe this will be helpful : https://user.xmission.com/~daina/tips/pub/tip0462.html
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