Pac-Fan
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I have owned a Williams High Speed for about 4 years. It came to me in disrepair, and previous owner must have hired a hack who did some real bad damage to some parts. (Like cross-wiring all 3 pop bumpers to 1 switch, burning out the driving transistors, cutting wires, etc...)
Over the last couple years, I managed to get everything fully working, minus a few wobbly posts and cracked plastic tops. (I am a video guy, and this is my 1 and only pin so I'm still learning)
Anyway, had a game night a few nights ago, and one guy said he played the machine to death a couple decades ago. He said everything felt really good given the wear and stuff.
The only complaint was that it was almost impossible to get a ball up the ramp using the upper right flipper. He didn't know if it was a weak flipper or if the angle (incline) of the left side of the ramp is too high, which he seemed to lean towards.
I have tested the relative pressure of the right flipper and it feels fine to me. It takes an exact sweet spot to sling it up, and I can hit either the left or right ramp (but never all the way around) with the flipper, but on average only two times per game, every other game.
On the other hand, I just replaced both the outer and inner springs on the shooter and now almost without fail, I can always send the first ball up and all the way around the complete loop and out the top right side on every new ball... so I know it's physically possible to send it around that way.
So, for the experts or owners... does this seem like an angle problem with the ramp or a power problem with the upper right flipper? Or simply a user problem by not being good players?
Thanks!
Over the last couple years, I managed to get everything fully working, minus a few wobbly posts and cracked plastic tops. (I am a video guy, and this is my 1 and only pin so I'm still learning)
Anyway, had a game night a few nights ago, and one guy said he played the machine to death a couple decades ago. He said everything felt really good given the wear and stuff.
The only complaint was that it was almost impossible to get a ball up the ramp using the upper right flipper. He didn't know if it was a weak flipper or if the angle (incline) of the left side of the ramp is too high, which he seemed to lean towards.
I have tested the relative pressure of the right flipper and it feels fine to me. It takes an exact sweet spot to sling it up, and I can hit either the left or right ramp (but never all the way around) with the flipper, but on average only two times per game, every other game.
On the other hand, I just replaced both the outer and inner springs on the shooter and now almost without fail, I can always send the first ball up and all the way around the complete loop and out the top right side on every new ball... so I know it's physically possible to send it around that way.
So, for the experts or owners... does this seem like an angle problem with the ramp or a power problem with the upper right flipper? Or simply a user problem by not being good players?
Thanks!

