Re: Help with buying a TZ please

On Mar 7, 5:14 am, dhal...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Hello, this is my first post. Please be easy on me. I tried
searching and didn't really find my answer.

I'm buying a TZ locally tomorrow. I'm a bit worried. The pin has the
flipper reset problem. If you flip both at the same time, the game
resets. The seller told me this upfront and said the thinks it's the
wiring in his house, since the main power to his house was cut a few
years ago. After the wire was cut, it was spliced back together by
the power company and decrease his power just enough to make the game
reset.

My question is, should I buy this game? $3,500, seems to be in good
shape otherwise. Will this game work in my house or once it has the
problems, does it always exist? My house is 3 months old, so I should
have good wiring, in theory.

I don't want to drop the cash on a game I can't play. If I can't play
it, I probably will have a hard time selling it to someone else with
the problem. I'm new to owning pins, so I know nothing about repair
of them. I was hoping to start learing by cleaning, switch cleaning,
bulb changing, etc, not by major board problems.

I read about the jumper fix, but does that always work, and how hard
is it to do that fix being new to pins?

Thanks,
Dave

others have posted, and i throw my hat in the camp of $3500 is too
much for something that is not plug and play. reboot issues can be a
host of issues that the timid (including me) should fear to tread, and
if this is your first pin i would pass on face value.

however, there is one way you can verify if the issue is low power to
the house or not, and that is either have the tz put on a circuit that
is not fully loaded, or have him turn everything off on the circuit to
see if it does not reboot. i have the reboot problem because on one
20 amp circuit i have seven spins, and when i turn on my tz, it
reboots when you hit multiball or lost in the zhone. however when
everything is off, it is fine. i am obviously having another 20 amp
circuit dropped in my house.

the seller has to have at least one circuit in his house that has 15 -
20 amps that is unburdened. at least you can eliminate the power
issue and narrow it back to the pin.

good luck! tz was my first pin too. \-)

\r

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