Lumina cell swap help

[lotsoballs]

Hello, I just tried swapping cells in my Julie Pinball and have gotten stuck.....I can't figure out how to get the ball hopper portion to come off the Julie Pinball cel so I can then remove it from the frame; I've unlocked the two latches at the top, and the latch at the lower left corner; and removed the two pink plugs. The ball hopper/payout mech portion of the machine is now loose and free to swing open from the top, but something has it caught on the bottom left corner (I don't want to force it to swing open). The lower left latch is definitely unlatched... I notice the Julie cell has a bigger main board than the other cells I have. Is there some trick or extra hidden latch I'm missing to get the payout mech separated from the cell at the bottom?

I'm going by the youtube instructions I found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixNJtJkQXoc

Any suggestions or anyone know of a good step by step guide?
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^the top of the payout mech is loose, freely swinging out 2-3" from the top....stuck at the bottom.

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[compirate]

Is it hitting the main board? Some cells require the removal of the main board before the payout system can be opened. There should be a catch somewhere around the board and it will slide in the direction of the catch an inch or so and lift off.

[lotsoballs]

Is it hitting the main board? Some cells require the removal of the main board before the payout system can be opened. There should be a catch somewhere around the board and it will slide in the direction of the catch an inch or so and lift off.

^BINGO! You are the man Compirate! That did the trick....now I can clean some dirty parts of the Julie cell I didn't have access to and try my new cells!

[compirate]

Try the Neo Fever Powerful, uses the chance button some, also allows you to choose which characters game to play (before starting) Mumuchan, Nanachan, Jamuchan or random cycle. Each has it's own music during Fever.

Marilyn Monroe is more of a Sea Story type game.

[lotsoballs]

Neo Fever Powerful is better than expected...very colorful!

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[compirate]

Has the right side opened up yet?

[lotsoballs]

Has the right side opened up yet?

Finally! It took a while to get a fever, but well worth it, the screen on this one is huge once the right side it opens up!

Random question....I noticed this one takes about a minute or so to "boot up"...the screen(s)? sort of flickers and a few of the lights come on...(at first I thought I forgot to hook up a plug somewhere on the board) but it works fine if your patient and wait a minute...Julie Pinball starts up almost immediately when plugged in. Is that "normal" for this cell?

[compirate]

Some of Sankyo's games from this era seem to have this problem.
Now that it's in and been played a little, does it still do it?

Star Wars had this problem, but it was more of a temperature issue.

[lotsoballs]

Some of Sankyo's games from this era seem to have this problem.
Now that it's in and been played a little, does it still do it?

Star Wars had this problem, but it was more of a temperature issue.

It's weird....it does still have the issue if the machine has been off a while, the screen and many of the lights takes 1-2 minutes to start working....seems to help if you start firing balls and get some spins banked. Then it the screen comes on and works just fine. If I turn it off and back on (waiting a few seconds) the screen works as normal with no delay. It gets sorta buggy though if you get a fever round while using the red headed dolphin riding chick.....the screen goes black for 3-4 seconds at a time, but starts working normal quickly...it does that once with all 15 rounds, kinda annoying. The lights and music go on without issue...strange. It is a very fun machine regardless of the bugginess from time to time, I only paid $65 for it. I'll keep this one in the frame for a month or so (or I get bored with it) before I try Miracle carpet or Marilyn Monroe (I tested Marilyn before I bought, no issues).