They are driving me crazy too! They can't seem to finish off chances. Hopefully they get it together soon. After the flop of the Bills this year and the last decade, the Sabres are all we got. Oh well back to the post. I feel exactly the same way as you guys do. Things will go wrong but the point is to enjoy, family and friend love to play them so I fix what ever issue happens when they have a problem. As far as soldering is concerned, I usually will flip the playfied up, just easier for me to get to things. I stick a rag in the ball trough and away I go. I never use the prop bar, puts too much stress on the playfield.