Shooter spring has broken a bit and is too short. That puts the plunger tip just far enough forward that the machine can’t tell if there’s a ball in the trough.
Ball is occasionally getting stuck in the scoop (not ejecting). Also ball has gotten stuck at the bottom of the out lane.
Some of the connectors were replaced at some point and weren’t done correctly. One is split in half and missing the key pin. One is upside down and loose. A few are missing their keys. Check all the molex’s just to ensure they’re where they should be and keyed.
5v rail measures at 4.8v even after replacing open rectifier. Stable voltage, but may cause issues down the line. Most likely due to filter cap.
Addams Family is looking grubby. Make it shine!
Regular cleaning
To keep play fun and to minimize wear and tear, we regularly clean and wax pinball machines. Here’s how:
- remove the glass
- remove all balls
- using only wax and a microfiber cloth, clean and wax the entire playfield
- using Novus 1, clean the plastics
- check every elastic; replace if cracked or stretching, otherwise clean
- clean all the verticals, including targets
- replace any dead bulbs
- tighten any loose screws
- check flipper strength
- replace the balls with new ones
- play a test game
- wearing gloves, clean both sides of the playfield glass
- close it up
Lower left flipper is getting kind of weak
Thing’s flipper isnt flipping. Interestingly, when triggered by “thing flips” it works ok, just not triggered by left flipper button.
Issue with ball not consistently getting pushed into the shooting lane is back.
Ball did not register in trough, so it thought the ball was missing.