Odd Coil Ball Eject problem

vipe155

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I'm having an odd issue with the "Capture" hole on my BH. This issue just started happening yesterday.

In the coil test, the capture hole ejects a ball back down the playfield just fine. In game, it just barely pushes on the ball and allows the ball to fall right back down into the saucer. If I put a ball in the eject before starting a game, the game will eject the ball out to drain out, then start the game since all 3 balls are now off the playfield. What this will do instead is constantly try to push the ball out of the saucer and never get it to eject.

Also, per the game rules, if you capture a ball and then lose the next ball it gives you, it should eject the captured ball down the drain. Instead this will just barely push the ball out, let the ball fall back into the eject hole, and then think you've captured the ball again.

I don't see what the issue could be. The eject coil works fine in the test, just not in game. I've also had a couple of times where you can capture the ball, then during the next ball it will just eject it out properly after a few seconds for no reason. Free "multiball" I guess :(
 
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Mine had issues kicking it out, but then I cleaned the coil sleeve and mechanism and now it works fine. As far as kicking out early, maybe a trough switch confusing it how many balls are in play?
 
Mine had issues kicking it out, but then I cleaned the coil sleeve and mechanism and now it works fine. As far as kicking out early, maybe a trough switch confusing it how many balls are in play?

Did yours have grease on the mechanism/arm? I can clean it up, but like I said in the coil test, and even when you hit it into the capture hole when capture isn't lit it works fine. Only when trying to start a game and at the end of a ball it can't kick out.

I don't know yet about the ball in play issue, first I'll get the thing to actually work 100% again.
 
In test it gets more power. So problems can be over come. In game play more is going on, so then anything wrong is worse.

LTG :)
 
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