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   From: tony.miklos@gmail.com   
      
   Corvette Bob wrote:   
   > Hi Tony,   
   >    I did remove the trip coil to clean and check it out.  It sure   
   > isn't like the coils in most of my pinball games.  A brass tube wasn't   
   > what I had expected to see.  But, it looked good and seems strong.  I   
   > did install a one amp fast blow fuse in series with it as suggested to   
   > protect it.  So far, not blown.   
      
   Good idea, and yes if it hasn't blown the fuse you should be OK.  The   
   steel plunger and the brass sleeve work great together, not as good as   
   nylon like in a pinball, but one hell of a lot better than a steel   
   plunger with an aluminum sleeve, they are about the worst combo.   
      
      
     I do like your first statement to   
   > rebuild first.  Makes a lot of sense.  I'll start putting together a   
   > list of the caps, etc for the rebuild.  Is there a method you follow   
   > rebuilding these that you've learned over the years?  I'm more used to   
   > circuit boards and not working with what I call "flying" connections.   
   > I'll take a lot of "as found" pictures to use with the rebuild and   
   > hope that helps as well.  Thanks again and I'll keep the group up to   
   > date as I proceed.   
   > Bob   
      
   Pictures are a great idea, take lots of them!  Besides that, when   
   replacing a cap, cut or remove one lead then solder on the one new lead.   
     It looks so simple to cut out both ends of the cap and solder the new   
   one in, but it's amazing how quickly that second connection can *hide*.   
     You will find quite a few connections were there may be 2 caps and 3   
   resistors and all need replacing.  Go easy one at a time, again it's so   
   easy for those easy connections to hide.  Oh, when testing a resistor,   
   be sure there is no cap or anything else paralleled with it to throw off   
   the real reading.   
      
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