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As soon as the game is switched on, the right slingshot locks on until the 2.5 A solenoid fuse blows. With that coil unplugged, the lower left pop bumper is also dead, though it fires when its transistor tab is grounded.

Right sling locks on at power-up and a pop is dead: bad 7402 at U45

Cause: The 7402 NOR gate chip at U45, which drives these special solenoids, had two bad gates: one stuck on (the sling) and one dead (the pop).

Checks

  • Rule out the switches, the switch capacitors, the coil diode and the driver and predriver transistors.
  • Check the 7402 outputs for those circuits with a logic probe, or swap in the matching 7402 from U50 to test.
  • After repairing these circuits, test the blanking: with the solenoid fuse removed, briefly short two legs of a CPU EPROM; lamps and displays should blank at once.

Fix

  • Replace the 7402 at U45 (socket it).

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Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)