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-== Documents ==
+==Documents==
 Manual is available as a PDF online and on paper inside the machine.
-== To do ==
+https://www.ipdb.org/files/1970/Williams_1986_Road_Kings_Manual.pdf
-=== Functional ===
+==Troubleshooting==
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Diagnose fuse blowing problem
-** Likely culprit: bad solenoid on jet bumper (already disassembled - discoloured)
-* <i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i> Replace left flipper solenoid
-** This is the cause of the left flipper sticking on the down-stroke, and the repeated blowing of at least one fuse.
-** <i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i> Order new solenoid
-* <i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i> Replace all rubber bumpers
-** <i class="fa fa-check-square-o"></i> Order new bumpers
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Realign flippers
-** They keep getting out of alignment no matter how much they are tightened. Maybe threadlocker would help?
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Descale copper contacts
-** Better current flow = better power from flippers
-** Ian did one in Feb 2016.
-** Consider replacing with a different type of switches
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> [Optional] Replace lights with LED equivalents/rewire motherboard to work with LEDs
-** Rutger wants to do this pretty much immediately (as of Feb 2016).
-** Frollard is not so optimistic, because the existing matrix depends on the incandescent bulbs' resistance, making LED replacement complicated and likely not at all power-saving.
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Resolder top front speaker wires
-** Only internal speaker works; top disconnected
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Find replacement coin rejector
-** Player 2 quarter slot rejector missing
-=== Formal ===
+*If pressing start button results in soft sound repeated three times "dugga dugga dugga" the machine can not find both balls. One may be stuck/hiding in the playing area or the limit switches that detect the balls near the launcher may be dirty or damaged. It could also be one of the fuses.
-* <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Redo exterior paint job; replace decals on side
+*Powers on but won't feed balls? Check fuses in top cabinet. Front 'glass' lifts up and out, panel swings to the left exposing electrics.
-** Repaint?
+*Sound volume control pot/knob is on the inside, left wall, about 12" in from the front door.
-** Vinyl decal?
+*TILT: The tilt switch is a metal rod hanging inside a round hole in a piece of sheetmetal on the left side wall just inside the door. It may be jammed to one side by the manuals or other contents of the machine.
-** <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Image original artwork
-** <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Vectorize artwork
+*Please add more problems and solutions as time goes on!
-** <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Sand down to wood
-** <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Prime and seal
+==To do==
-** <i class="fa fa-square-o"></i> Reapply artwork
+===Functional===
+*Diagnose fuse blowing problem
+**Likely culprit: bad solenoid on jet bumper (already disassembled - discoloured)
+*Replace left flipper solenoid
+**This is the cause of the left flipper sticking on the down-stroke, and the repeated blowing of at least one fuse.
+**Order new solenoid
+*Replace all rubber bumpers
+**Order new bumpers
+*Realign flippers
+**They keep getting out of alignment no matter how much they are tightened. Maybe threadlocker would help?
+*Descale copper contacts
+**Better current flow = better power from flippers
+**Ian did one in Feb 2016.
+**Consider replacing with a different type of switches
+*[Optional] Replace lights with LED equivalents/rewire motherboard to work with LEDs
+**Rutger wants to do this pretty much immediately (as of Feb 2016).
+**Frollard is not so optimistic, because the existing matrix depends on the incandescent bulbs' resistance, making LED replacement complicated and likely not at all power-saving.
+*Resolder top front speaker wires
+**Only internal speaker works; top disconnected
+*Find replacement coin rejector
+**Player 2 quarter slot rejector missing
+===Formal===
+*Redo exterior paint job; replace decals on side
+**Repaint?
+**Vinyl decal?
+**Image original artwork
+**Vectorize artwork
+**Sand down to wood
+**Prime and seal
+**Reapply artwork
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