Dave I could not have more empathy...I recently decided to finally fix a three issues my WORKING original Black Knight 1. the jet popper (only has one) wasnt working 2. the knights voice was deep in the background but clearly wasnt hitting the amplifier circuit...I dug into the popper problem, the coil tested good ...the diode bad...replaced and with the first pop...the displays went out...like I had unleashed a curse ...its been issue after issue...a kicker coil came on staying on...diodes I'd replaced in the power supply were dead...fuses are burning at power up uuuugh...but it just made me more obsessed. Ive done plenty of electronic work in my day so schematics are not a problem...the deep dive into the pinball circuitry has been nothing short of fascinating ...I'm in a very rural area so if I need a 330K resister its a 2hr drive or 3-5 day wait...Ive got a bag of parts on order and now I wait!
I did eventually fix all the Vector's issues! It's been great since. I usually find the bigger the problem, the smaller the cause. I had things shorting out all over my Star Trek a couple years back, and finally tracked it down to a bit of solder that dripped from a repair I had been working on, to short a switch to a solenoid! I hope your new parts do the trick!
Dave I could not have more empathy...I recently decided to finally fix a three issues my WORKING original Black Knight 1. the jet popper (only has one) wasnt working 2. the knights voice was deep in the background but clearly wasnt hitting the amplifier circuit...I dug into the popper problem, the coil tested good ...the diode bad...replaced and with the first pop...the displays went out...like I had unleashed a curse ...its been issue after issue...a kicker coil came on staying on...diodes I'd replaced in the power supply were dead...fuses are burning at power up uuuugh...but it just made me more obsessed. Ive done plenty of electronic work in my day so schematics are not a problem...the deep dive into the pinball circuitry has been nothing short of fascinating ...I'm in a very rural area so if I need a 330K resister its a 2hr drive or 3-5 day wait...Ive got a bag of parts on order and now I wait!
I did eventually fix all the Vector's issues! It's been great since. I usually find the bigger the problem, the smaller the cause. I had things shorting out all over my Star Trek a couple years back, and finally tracked it down to a bit of solder that dripped from a repair I had been working on, to short a switch to a solenoid! I hope your new parts do the trick!