Finally joined the club and am finishing up dialing in my new BSD. I'm noticing that if I get a nice clean shot on the left ramp when the diverter is down, alot of times the ball will just fly off the wire form and end up back on the playfield instead of the castle lock. Any advice on how to tweak that out? Just play with the wire form and bend a bit to better hold the ball?

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Thanks. I screwed around with this for a while and couldn't really get anywhere. What I ended up doing that seemed to work good and may help others (I can get a picture if this doesn't make sense) was use needle nose pliers and grab the left side of the wireform where the ball would fly off of and bend it up, using the right side of the wireform as the fulcrum so the left side of the wireform was higher than the right. It isn't really noticable but it makes a guardrail type effect that seems to both hold the ball on and slow it down just a touch. Working good so far...

I've "solved" an issue I was having with my BSD, but was hoping for a little education to make sure I've actually got the root cause.

When the mist ball is staged on the right side of the game, it travels right to left with no problem and re-stages itself fine on the left if not hit. If the ball is staged on the left the right side gate seemed to open early and close early before the ball got there, making the multiball active when you didn't earn it.

I basically just adjusted the switch on the right side of the game that the magnet triggers until the timing seemed good. It works now but the window is pretty tight, meaning the gate on the right seems to close up jussssst as the ball is about to fall out.

Is that magnet switch the only thing that controls the timing of the gate? I've seen a few threads that say C2 on the fliptronics board should be replaced for this issue...is that true? Or is it just a matter of playing with the switch adjustment?

Any tips and tricks appreciated to make sure I've actually flushed this out.

There is a cap there but it looks pretty visibly old and swollen out. I'll swap it and see what we get.

Maybe they covered BSD backboxes in catnip from the factory?

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Wondering if anyone can help me narrow down a little quirk. If the mist ball is staged in the left side of the game and traveling right, the right gate opens and closes, but the ball BARELY makes it into the right staging area before the gate closes. Normally it just makes it and secures the ball, but occasionally the ball will slip out and start an unearned mist multiball.

Does anyone know what controls the timing of the gate closure? Is it the switch that the magnet assembly hits at the end of its path under the playfield? Just trying to understand what I need to adjust. Thanks!

That is a fantastic score! Mine is around 1.5 billion...don't want to know how long that took you lol.

As far as value there are a few things to point out and consider. On ALOT of these games you will see the red color on the cabinet faded out. If the other side of the game is like the picture you have, that is a huge plus for your game.

Does the game work all the way? You will want to check out that credit dot. If you are not familiar, there is a period (.) after the number of credit on your game. This means there is an error somewhere in the game. It could be something simple if you don't play very much such as a switch that has not been activated in several games. When you boot the game you should see a "press enter for test report" message. If you press the enter button on the coin door inside you will see the error the game has. If you report back here we can help with that.

The other thing to check is the boards in the backbox. If there are still AA batteries on the CPU check to make sure they have not leaked.

Your game looks to be in nice shape and especially with the cabinet colors. If the game works all the way the market seems to be around 3,500+ these days on BSD.

It does. It's probably original to the game though. Would that impact only the performance of the right side gate coil?