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Title: Tapper control issue
Post by: randywhatson on July 29, 2015, 03:09:49 pm
OK...

So my Tapper is starting to give me problems.

The other day, I couldn't move the bartender up.

Left, right, and down worked.

I drilled the lock on the coin door (in 2 years, this is the first issue I've had)

I expected to find a broken leaf switch or something. However, I found no simple fix.

So I closed it up and VIOALA... it started working again.

However, yesterday I was playing along and all of a sudden, the bartender won't go anywhere. No up, no down, no left or right.

Does anyone know what the heck is happening here?


Title: Re: Tapper control issue
Post by: arcadefan1985 on July 29, 2015, 08:40:34 pm
Might clean the contacts and check for broken wires where they are soldered to the leaf switches. I had some broke on my tapper.


Title: Re: Tapper control issue
Post by: jtslade on July 31, 2015, 08:06:12 pm
Cold solder on a leaf is what your thinking


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Title: Re: Tapper control issue
Post by: jtslade on July 31, 2015, 08:06:28 pm
Cold solder on a leaf is what your thinking right


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Title: Re: Tapper control issue
Post by: arcadefan1985 on August 01, 2015, 03:01:54 pm
Cold solder on a leaf is what your thinking right


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No actually wires broke loose from pulling the cp. Also check the cp to harness plug. Sometimes they are corroded.


Title: Re: Tapper control issue
Post by: randywhatson on August 03, 2015, 04:23:49 pm
fixed it. The little red ball fell off the end of the joystick. So now I'm perplexed. Because, the first time things went "wonky" it was just the UP direction that was having issues. Weird.