What type of ride do you have (+ Manufacturer Info)and can you describe the PCB board?

Depending on the ride it is either a stuck relay, bad timer circuit, bad coin switch or a bad micro switch used to identify a stop position.

Leo.

Honestly I don't know. It has a control board that's in a light brown blow molded case and another smaller board on the outside of the blow molded case. Then it has a motor of course all in the base of the unit. There is a pipe from the base to the top which houses the coin box on top. The coin box has no timer unit or anything but a coin mech and microswitch. The microswitch goes down to the base via the pipe and to the control box. If you connect the machine to power it runs forever. I heard when it started doing this the owner would lift the machine and drop it back down and it would stop this problem for a week or so but I can't find anything wrong/loose.

Anyone want to help me with one? If it's plugged in the machine continuously runs and never stops. I heard from another operator that there is something in the coin box that resets a relay or something after 1 minute or whatever but I don't see one on this machine. I called several kiddie ride places on the web and got the ol, "send us $280 bucks and we'll send you a new board and it will work again". I guess nobody fixes things anymore No offense but for $300 I can get a another one that works locally on Craigslist. I just know it's a 3 dollar relay or part causing the problem.