I have a 1964 Heat Wave pin. I have just being playing it and the thing that measures the temperature isn’t resetting itself (it’s stuck on tirrid). I don’t know what to do. Shall I just carry on or is it a problem?
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Heatwave.
- Thread starter EMhead1977.
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I think this is a fault. This Pinsider had the same issue - ended up being a broken wire for them, could be different for you but the good thing with that thread is it has images from the schematic and a few troubleshooting tests to try.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/heat-wave-thermometer-reset-problem
Good luck!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/heat-wave-thermometer-reset-problem
Good luck!
What I found with my game, every mechanism had seized with age. All of them needed to be soaked in degreaser, taken apart and cleaned
Louis contacted me by email so I'm following this up with him
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Ok thank you.
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I had this problem on a heatwave I recently restored for a client. The stepper that resets requires a smaller not obvious spring that creates a tiny a of resistance that keeps the mechanism open for the 1/2 sec it needs to reset the thermometer. In the attached pic you can see it hanging unattached on the right hand side of the red line. It attaches at the left hand side point. If you have some low tension springs see which works. The spring holds the arm back for the extra bit of time it needs to reset
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Thank you. I have decided to have Heatwave completely overhauled but thank you for the advice. Louis.