I posted this photo in a separate thread about my Luci. Just want to be sure this is normal and maybe some other owners can help me out.

Are the two cables I have circled supposed to be connected to anything? (Or are they supposed to be loose like that?)

Also - while installing the shaker motor I noticed a ground wire was traveling right through the spot where it screws in. (Never seen that before.) Are people installing the shaker motor directly over the ground wire or should I move the wire out of the way somehow?

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Thanks. I've had some issues getting things up and running though. Was finally able to test things out and at first I thought my fire button wasn't working. Well... turns out it is (and works fine in the switch test) but I pretty much have to hit it immediately. If I wait until the cannon is aiming at the AC/DC targets it flat out doesn't work.

Anyone know why?

Sorry - I'm not entirely clear on what I need to do at this point. In the cannon motor test I have the full range of movement and at every point I stop the motor the fire button registers in the switch test. But in-game it's basically fire right away and miss or wait and lose the ability to use the fire button.

Yeah - my original thought was maybe the other one had something to do with the fire button. But now that I've got the game up and running the fire button registers fine in the switch test. It just doesn't work unless I hit it right away in-game and basically miss any shot I wanted to make.

So it starts off with switch 61 active like you said. I change to switch 62 and it moves only slightly left. Then I switch back to 61 and it contnues to swing all the way to the left and then back to home. Is that normal?

Also - switch test indicates a loaded ball is detected no matter what angle I have the cannon.

I'm unfortunately still trying to get my cannon working right. In the switch test it recognizes switch #61 (home position) just fine. it then barely moves left before triggering #62 and stopping. (Which means I only have a one-second window where I'm allowed to fire.) The original thought was that something might be wrong with the opto interrupter board. So I removed that and cleaned it twice.

But then I realized the cannon stops when the optic beam is broken. As the cannon rotates, under the playfield there's a piece that rotates around until it naturally breaks this beam. The photo below shows the exact moment this happens and this occurs when the cannon has barely moved left.

So I'm real confused now. How is everyone else getting their cannon to rotate all the way to the left before triggering #62? I mean, is the part underneath my cannon put together wrong or something? Is switch #62 supposed to trigger after this blade passes all the way through the opto beam?

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I took a better picture to describe what I was saying. You can see how switch #62 is triggered once this blade-looking thing passes through the optical beam.

And actually - right after I took that picture the cannon started working correctly. I can now fire at any point when it's operational. The switch test is still the same - cannon barely moves left to trigger #62. But based on these photos I'm sure that's the correct behavior. So beats me why it wasn't working. Or why it works now.

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Well, like I said, it's working now. I didn't do anything, but it's working. Beats me how it got fixed.

Yep. Just happened to mine on day 2 of playing it.

Anyone else with a shaker motor notice it interferes with how the tilt plumb bob hangs?

In this first photo I'm moving the tilt bob wire to see how far back the plumb bob can go. As you can see - it can't even touch maybe 40-50% of the ring because the shaker motor blocks it.

I think part of the problem is the plumb bob isn't centered inside the ring. The second photo from a higher angle shows where it rests when it hangs freely. I really can't raise the plumb bob any higher or the game will be way too sensitive - even tilting when the shaker motor kicks on!

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Alright - I'll give that a try. Thanks guys.

I was fiddling with the screw on the right spotlight today (the one next to the cannon) and suddenly I jump when Steve Ritchie as the voice of Satan shouts "Ow! That hurts!" I never could get it to happen again. Was that real or am I cracking up?

I have a loose flasher (behind the left thunderbolt on the left ramp) that refuses to stay in its socket. As soon as I have a good game going, it comes rolling down the playfield. Hot glue doesn't work. Should I give silicone a try?

Thanks for sharing that photo. I gave that a try and it works like a charm.