What is this component

[terry worley]

I am working on a Williams system 7 Gorgar Pinball machine. I have everything working but after playing five to seven games all sound stops, both speech and pinball sounds. I have traced the problem down to under the playfield is a unknown electric component that gets extremely hot to the touch when the sound stops. I turn off the pinball machine and the thing cools quickly and the sound returns. I think it is a small capacitor, but not sure it is purple in color and has the number 3301 on the side. This is soldered across two wires that go to the sound board.

 

[73's de Edd]

That reminds me of a small wattage vitreous coated wire wound resistor.
Pull all power and take an ohmmetter and see how close it comes to reading 330 ohms. . . . .or also possibly 33 ohms.
If so then, tell us about the audio amplifier used in the unit.

More info please . . .
The parts right side wire lead seems to go to a YELLOW wire.
Is the left lead wire going to a BLACK wire ?. . . . as its view is questionable.
If so, what pins do these two wires connect into on the sound module.
CONSIDERING that is going to be the 9 pin connector . . . . . .10J1.
If not, what is that connector number ?

 

[shrtrnd]

My 2-cents worth.
The symptom you describe sounds to me like a semiconductor failing (overheating).
What you're probably noticing is that resistor overheating due to excessive current through it, due to a failing semiconductor
elsewhere in the circuit. Typically the semiconductor works fine until it heats-up, then goes haywire.
I'd spend less time looking at the resistor, and trace the circuit back to a semiconductor that is also getting extremely hot.
Good luck with the search.