wrongdon
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Hey folks,
I have a ball trough that's driving me batty.It is on a lights camera action pin by gottlieb.It doesn't always kick the 3rd ball into the lineup successfully,it will kick it up there,but sometimes it goes up and hits the number 2 ball in line so hard it bounces back down before the wire stop can prevent it.The microswitch in the lineup is happy as it saw the ball,so the game releases one for play.But meanwhile the one that didn't make it into the lineup just sits in the drain.I would think it would try again,but it doesn't.When the ball in play drains it also sits in the drain,the game doesn't realize i'm dead and just sits there.I have waited 5 minutes for ball search to kick in,but nothing.So i pull the glass and flick them into the lineup.
Things i have done prior to seeking help.I checked switches in switch test and both function properly,both solenoids fire consistently in solenoid test.I felt maybe it was a intermittent problem maybe caused by the ground lines,so i did the ground mod to tie all the ground lines together as described at pinrepair.The game was not perfectly level so i thought maybe that,it's level now lol.Ok so i'm running out of ideas,so i think the drain switch is not working consistently so i swapped it out with a leaf type switch(temporary,correct one on order)but even being the wrong switch it serves the purpose well,but the game performs the same..
So what is it i could be overlooking?
I have a ball trough that's driving me batty.It is on a lights camera action pin by gottlieb.It doesn't always kick the 3rd ball into the lineup successfully,it will kick it up there,but sometimes it goes up and hits the number 2 ball in line so hard it bounces back down before the wire stop can prevent it.The microswitch in the lineup is happy as it saw the ball,so the game releases one for play.But meanwhile the one that didn't make it into the lineup just sits in the drain.I would think it would try again,but it doesn't.When the ball in play drains it also sits in the drain,the game doesn't realize i'm dead and just sits there.I have waited 5 minutes for ball search to kick in,but nothing.So i pull the glass and flick them into the lineup.
Things i have done prior to seeking help.I checked switches in switch test and both function properly,both solenoids fire consistently in solenoid test.I felt maybe it was a intermittent problem maybe caused by the ground lines,so i did the ground mod to tie all the ground lines together as described at pinrepair.The game was not perfectly level so i thought maybe that,it's level now lol.Ok so i'm running out of ideas,so i think the drain switch is not working consistently so i swapped it out with a leaf type switch(temporary,correct one on order)but even being the wrong switch it serves the purpose well,but the game performs the same..
So what is it i could be overlooking?