woodrailsrus
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sega twister problem. upkicker keeps firing into shooter lane?
hello. i spent about 1 and a half hours tonite trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with my twister pinball machine
the upkicker coil at the bottom of the playfield that sends the ball into the shooter lane (with the plunger) keeps firing 5 times after it launches each ball into play.
at first i noticed the rubber grommets were all worn off the one opto board (the board with the green and white wires)(the other side was ok).....so i replaced those and it worked ok for 1 night and about 5 games i played on it.....
now today i went to play it with my neighbor and it was doing the same thing.......so i tried to clean the 2 little opto eyes.......still didnt work......
every time i start a new game it will shoot the ball over ready to be launched into play then it will keep firing 5 times. even in multiball when it shoots another ball over it will fire 5 times. it looks like all the ball trough switches are working ok (so far as i can tell).
long ago when i first got the machine i had a 5 balls missing error message but i found a wire off and i fixed that....(not sure if that had anything to do with the problem i have now)
i tired to trace the wires back.....(i gave a half hearted attempt because it was getting late) and didnt see much. i took the translite out and didnt see anything burnt on the boards.
i tried giving you experts the most info i could.....does anyone have any other ideas???
thanks in advance
dave in pittsburgh
hello. i spent about 1 and a half hours tonite trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with my twister pinball machine
the upkicker coil at the bottom of the playfield that sends the ball into the shooter lane (with the plunger) keeps firing 5 times after it launches each ball into play.
at first i noticed the rubber grommets were all worn off the one opto board (the board with the green and white wires)(the other side was ok).....so i replaced those and it worked ok for 1 night and about 5 games i played on it.....
now today i went to play it with my neighbor and it was doing the same thing.......so i tried to clean the 2 little opto eyes.......still didnt work......
every time i start a new game it will shoot the ball over ready to be launched into play then it will keep firing 5 times. even in multiball when it shoots another ball over it will fire 5 times. it looks like all the ball trough switches are working ok (so far as i can tell).
long ago when i first got the machine i had a 5 balls missing error message but i found a wire off and i fixed that....(not sure if that had anything to do with the problem i have now)
i tired to trace the wires back.....(i gave a half hearted attempt because it was getting late) and didnt see much. i took the translite out and didnt see anything burnt on the boards.
i tried giving you experts the most info i could.....does anyone have any other ideas???
thanks in advance
dave in pittsburgh