need help with universal stars and stripes

[silentservice]

hello just wanted to share with everyone the fun i have been having with these machines. it all started with the one I'm still trying to fix for a old couple. it is called stars and stripes. i feel confident that sooner or later i will get it running correctly and the old couple will be very happy, but in the mean time i bought silent service for my self. i bought it running but all the lights were burned out. still very fun but the lights are needed to create the atmosphere feeling everyone wants. this particular game has a special feature that after the reels stop if a submarine is low or high on the line it will then move up or down giving a extra chance to win. however this machine is very tight. does not like to give out money. so many people that have played are eventually turned away. next for parts i bought a old taller universal that is pay and pull. no buttons for bet or spin. this one has no theme, just says universal real big and 600 coins at the top. this one had lights and did play but no sound and if it hit she would just spit coins out until the machine faulted. this machine i was able to fix easily, i found that the hopper in the bottom has a sensor that counts the coins and it had broken off it mounting screw and was hanging by the wire. i glued it back on with urethane and that was fixed. then during inspection of the board i found the sound chip someone had bent one leg up under the chip. so i removed it and was able to straiten the leg. reinstalled carefully and now i have sound. this one chirps when you drop in the coins, plays music while the reels spin and then more music if you hit. this is a 3 quarter game. and what is real neat is for each quarter you install you get a line on the reels. so it can pay on all 3 lines if you install 3 quarters. it hits a lot, making it great fun. another feature i like with this one is i can put in as many quarters as i want, she counts them and keeps in memory. on my silent service if i drop in a extra quarter it tilts. i hate that. i get in a hurry and drop a quarter before the sub moves and tilt. may be a issue there. I'm not sure. but the old slant top pay and pull turned out to be a great machine. i wanted to tell everyone because many people may think with no buttons its no fun. but really its great fun. would be slightly better if the machine would keep the credits instead of paying out all the time but don't let that stop you from buying one if you find a good deal. just wanted to share the fun with everyone. have a nice day.

[uniman]

If you can remove a sound chip, fix it, and reinstall it, your pretty good! 
Those are the hardest chips to remove on a Uni. I always completely remove the board from the case before pulling a sound chip. And don't reinstall it backwards! Poof! Corrupted chip.   

Your Silent Service game is one of Universal's best. Available only with the 8800 board and, I believe, in the Ultra Series.
Does it make the "dive" type sound when it nudges? It should if it has the right sound chip.

Universal made a clone of the Silent Service game in the Ultra Series, called Magic Doubles. Same basic game, just different glass and strips.

[silentservice]

i saw another silent service picture on this site and it had a round top. mine is not round it is flat like the other universals i have seen. and sadly it does not make the dive sound. possibly this version did not have it. possibly someone changed something. hard for me to know. thanks for the compliment on the sound chip. i had nothing to loose by trying with that one. it didn't work the way it was. just loud hum, the last owner turned the volume all the way down. I'm going to try another power supply in the stars and stripes, the older machine i have does look to be the same power supply. all fuses are the same. ill let you know if that works. but i think the board is most likely the problem. thanks for all the help guys.

[silentservice]

hello i wanted to update everyone and let you know the stars and stripes is running again. and i want to give a special thanks to uniman for all the time, help and parts. i have no idea where i could have bought the needed parts with out him.
at any rate the main issue on this one was the main board had been damaged. I'm sure the leaking battery is what caused the problem with this one. now it is repaired and the old couple that own it I'm sure will be very happy. i now have the 2 machines of my own and plan to keep a good eye on this site so maybe i can help other people with there problems. i learned quite a bit in just a short time reading and getting help from people here. i extend my thanks to everyone.

[stayouttadabunker]

And we're pretty happy your machine is up and running again!!

[Tbone]

Yup, The guys on here are GREAT and they know there stuff.
This site is one of the best finds I have ever found on the net.

[silentservice]

hello all. the stars and stripes has been running like new so i returned it to the old couple that owned it, they were just jumping for joy. at first i think they really feared it was going to cost them a lot but i only charged them what i paid for the parts. if i said they were extremely overjoyed it would be a understatement. i am going to miss there machine, i hit strait red 7,s on it with a pay out of 900 coins. oh what fun. now i am waiting for battery relocation kits, should be here soon. i found the kits for 4.95 each, they include wire, battery holder, diode, shrink tube, and directions. all i need to find is a suitable connector so i can just hang the wires out of the board cage like the other wires. then i want the battery holder just to lay on the bottom of the machine. so i do not have to solder on the boards ever again. i want to do this because i found minor battery damage on my silent service machine that i bought for myself. i want to be able to easily change the batteries once a year and have no chance of damaging any more boards. anyway i hope everyone is having fun. talk later.

[stayouttadabunker]

It's wonderful news indeed!... great job on getting it up and running again!