3/5 ball settings are a jones plug on the motor board...

Pinball Resource (pbresource.com) has the operator manual and schematic (and just down the road in Poughkeepsie).

There is no extra ball feature on Abra.

reminds me of when i brought my first wms home, i couldn't figure out how to get the bg out...

free play... permanently close the zero position switch on the credit wheel...

http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index3.htm#free

Same thing
Go to the credit unit and close the switch that makes the mmachine think there are still credits on it

Or use a jumper on credit...don't have to bend things up then,either way...though I think you need 2 switches jumped on the half moon to get the light to stay on. It's been a while since I did it.

Ahh just use coins-its the real thing!!!

i'm the same as you and your nephews... mine are modded for free play, but i put quarters in them anyway when the credit reel reads "0"... it's more fun that way...

i tumble the quarters too so they are shiny and clean...

It might seem a bit odd to some but since I have re-established the coin mechs on my machines and used coins it just feels so much better and I find friends value the whole experience so much better (I provide the coins) and it gives more oomph to winning replays. Tumbling the coins though I had not done that but I will join you ccotenj

I'm shopping an ACD right now and was working on the playfield out of the game last night and could have sworn the 3/5 ball adjustment jones plug was on the bottom side of the playfield. The game I'm working on is a sample game but I can't imagine they would have changed it in the production version.

I'll have to look again tonight.

it's entirely possible that i am incorrect...

Yeah, that's my memory too actually, but I'm feeling too lazy to pop the glass on my Abra Ca Dabra to check. That and I have a cat on my lap, and I'm not feeling heartless enough to kick her off. But I thought it was on the bottom on the playfield, towards the bottom left side when you have it raised.

Ok, you happy people. The Installation and Game Operation Instruction booklet reads that the 3 or 5 ball adjustment is on the "Playboard".

On the underside, hopefully that little white tag is still stuck onto the grayside of the playfield.

Yes, it's on the underside of the playfield, towards the back:

Abra Ca Dabra 3/5 Ball Adjustment Jones Plug

Bingo!

i stand corrected...

By bottom left I did of course mean top right.

Those adjustment plugs are for setting how the left and right coin chutes behave, and how many credits per coin. They don't affect the 3/5 ball setting.

Great game!

FWIW: Based on input that I personally received from a highly respected Gottlieb EM game restorer when I started out in the hobby, your flipper angle should be a little steeper. The bottom edge of the flippers should be slightly raised above being parallel with the playfield rails beneath them. Hopefully, this makes sense.

Not sure if you are saying what I'm thinking.

I heard it that the centerline of the flipper body should be parallel with the line of the in-lane wire form feeding the flipper.

For this example the lower tips of the flippers should be adjusted a bit lower.

1975 was the last year of the 31 inch legs on Gottliebs. I would find it weird to not have 31" legs on an Abracadabra.

Also to cut down the amount of balls bouncing back into play off of the apron.

A different guideline, but apparently aims for the same result as that's what I was trying to convey - the tips of the flippers should be slightly lower than in the photo. Thanks!

I lowered the flippers on my Team One (rich man's abra ) to be in line with the lower wire and it is sooo much more natural of a feel. It had to be meant this way. Changed the way I feel about the game immensely.

...and hitting the lower drop with the opposite flipper is now an achievable goal for me. Actually all the shots seem to flow more smoothly, like that was the plan.