Well, I think it's time somebody started a No Good Gofers Club. So here it is!
I'll start off with something that I've wondered about.
Ever since I did a flipper rebuild on my NGG I've had trouble hitting the hole-in-one shot.
The balls usually fly over it and I only score with a bounce off something else.
Should I increase the angle of the play field?

The slope of the play field is as they say in the manual. There is still plenty of power to make all long shots so I could
try a little steeper for a while.
Has anyone modded the area around the hole-in-one hole to make more shots drop?
Not sure I would want to but was considering it. The gofers already accuse me of cheating

That's cool. Do you have any pictures of them left? Mine need to have their teeth brushed, they're all black.
I need to find the time to clean the whole machine, hopefully this fall/ winter.

Aaaah, finally fixed it! I was having a problem with the up kicker that shoots the ball
into the pop bumper area. It would often need 5 or more tries to get the ball up and
sometimes it would completely get stuck down there.
Turned out that the coil was a bit loose and the wrong coil sleeve was installed.
It's now working great!

Next up is a rebuild of the upper flipper so I can make the jackpot shot a little easier.

It looks like they would give you a lot less trouble than Buzz and Bud.

What makes the NGG so difficult? I haven't started taking mine apart yet but I thought it looked
easier than say CFTBL. The play field is pretty empty. Anything I have to look out for?

Hmmm, That's weird. I've only had that happen once. The machine does seem to have a lot of places
for the ball to get stuck though. I guess that was bound to happen when you design a game that has
so many balls flying through the air. The previous owner of my NGG stuck a lot of rubber nubbins
where the ball can get stuck.

I've found this info on stuck balls from Williams and it also mentions your problem.
Hope it helps!

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Ugh, that reminds me I still have to shop mine. It plays fine but it's pretty dirty.

Hmmm, never seen it either but I guess you could take the batteries out while the game is off.
You'll have to do the setting again though.

It was great to finish the 18th hole but when I found out that I lost the bonuses for the holes and
had to start over I was really bummed. I'm wondering if you should just try to drain all the balls
before finishing the 18th with max multiplier.

Looks good! Congrats!

The old rivets can also be replaced by little bolts. It's a little bit easier.

Mine doesn't have a rubber there and works fine. Never noticed it.

You hear this sometimes when you tilt the game.
Not that I ever do that though.

Anything's possible with these guys. Are the screws on top and under the playfield tight?

I think the multipliers only apply to the end-of-ball bonus. The jackpots and super jackpots go up every time you score them so a lot of them are needed to get that high. I'm personally having a hard time hitting the left ramp reliably for the jackpot so for higher scores I just try to get as many holes as I can and later on also try to get the bonus multiplier up.

Make sure that the plate on top of the gopher is flush with the play field.
Otherwise the ball may bounce a little and come back out.
I think you can adjust the gopher up and down from underneath, but I have to check.

Yep, hitting the balls straight and far and then thinking, this game is fun! Too bad it only lasts a few holes before everything comes tumbling down again and you feel like throwing your golf bag in the nearest lake.

My game has a few switches that are inconsistent. Especially the ones in the Golf cart loop and captive ball. I figure they must have worn out over the years and need replacing. Not that much work or expensive but I need to find the time to do it.
You just need to replace the body because the actuator arms can be swapped over.

The more the merrier!

Looks pretty nice in the pictures! Just play it in the dark and you won't notice!

Mine gives the occasional 'bonus' jackpot as well. I believe the center ramp and the center lane of the driving range have the same sensor.
The game has many bugs. I wrote a rule sheet for the game recently and found a lot of strange stuff when I was experimenting with the glass off.

It's a WPC95 game so the two G.I. strings in the backbox are always on. That changed from WPC where all 5 strings could be dimmed. So the behavior of your game is normal.