Hi guys. When the mist ball starts to track across the playfield it gets a couple of inches out of the pocket then falls off. Magnet checks out ok on test as do optos. Any ideas?
Hi guys. When the mist ball starts to track across the playfield it gets a couple of inches out of the pocket then falls off. Magnet checks out ok on test as do optos. Any ideas?
is it always in the same location ?
sometimes the wire inside breaks, go in magnet test and pull/wiggle the large black wire at the bottom to see if the magnet power falls away
Did you do the specific magnet test that runs through various tests and drags the ball right to left then left to right then drops ball etc.
I was reading up on this a couple weeks back. Usually when it loses the ball consistently a little way out of the gate, it's a long optics problem. The board may be repairable, but if nothing else, there's a $100ish replacement board made now.
Broken wire inside the twisted phone cord looking cable, it stretches to a point where it loses contact and cuts power to the magnet.
New cable.
LTG : )
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