Shaky99

Hi, on my second machine after a break, eventually managed to talk the kebab shop into selling me their Lord of the rings, fellowship of the ring machine. Its been switched off for months due to being faulty. Snapped it up for £25, and found £10 inside when i got it home. So heres the low down.

 

Its a  bell fruit running a scorpion 4 board, when i plugged it in, it powered up ok, loads of bulbs blown, but played ok, until after about 10 mins the machine powers down, and wont reboot unless completely unplugged for about 10 mins, then we go through the routine again.

 

I ordered new bulbs, and a battery which i will flywire.

 

Trying to change the bulbs is a nightmare, the holders are in so tight i fear i might break either the holder or the plastic it pushes into, any tips on how i could possible loosen things would be appreciated

 

Also, when i have replaced bulbs, quite a few light up when inserting the bulb, but then when pushed fully home, they go out, so i have to wiggle the bulb back out a bit, any ideas why this happens?

 

Any help and tips would be much appreciated.

 

regards Andy

Hi everyone,

Im new to this site, as i just bought my first fruity, was sold as faulty, but in a drunken moment on ebay, i bid and won!!

So hears a run down,

Its an epoch system, with the link system.

On boot up, the machine seems to "Hum" quite loudly, the lights on the psu are all lit up, on the mainboard, from top to bottom are on,off,on,on,on,flashing. The game lights light up, but in a random sequence, sometimes the lower panel lights light up, sometimes they dont, the reel lights rarely light up, The display board (credit win display) that has never shown any signs of life. The main panel lights flash randomly, but certainly not in an attract mode fashion.

Each board, ie stakes & prizes , hopper driver etc should all have a status led, which i believe if the system is working correctly should flash, none of the boards light up, BUT if i disconnect the link from the mpu, and very gently touch it back into its socket, the lights on link boards might illuminate, but as soon as i push the plug home they extingwish.

I get no sounds/alarms at all. I would really appreciate some pointer on this problem.

regards Andy