Need some Noob help here so please go easy on me and explain it like im 5 lol. So I just got my first pin in my house the 2007 spider-man wooo! everything works great with one exception and i cant quite figure it out. The left bumper constantly goes off on its own and registers points. this happens when the ball loads when you take shots you name it, i did some research and looks like its just an adjustment but i dont fully understand it and dont want to mess it up so any help from you fine folks would be greatly appreciated!

good call ha the left sling shot when looking down at the machine above the left flipper, included a picture as well:

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you are a hero!!!!! and that was way easier than I expected thank you sooo much!!!!!

Anyone installed one of the newer stern shaker motors (the ones with the ground and j16 wiring harness included). I’m having a ton of issues.

with that harness in place the ball sensor opto boards are extremely low and give bad readings like there are balls in the lane when there are not(the red lights are extremely faded), with that harness removed they work fine. Tested continuity in the harness and it seems fine. Also tested with different opto boards and same result. why would installing this harness cause the opto boards to not work?

I’m wondering if I can just cut the ground off the harness and splice it into the j16 ground. I did something like that originally when I attached the ground to the cabinet but then the transistor blew (which may not of been related) so I just want to attempt to get it right this time.

great would love any insight anyone has as stern support is currently closed

Amazing!!! Ok I will try this! No downside to grounding in the cab right?

I’m asking because there’s a bit more to the saga lol I did that originally and blew the transistor On the shaker board. Could of been me could of been a bad board.

Saga here:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/help-shaker-motor-dmd-issues#post-5597107

Alright so update on this nonsense, grounded the wire to the cabinet as suggested and the dmd shows weird issues when the motor is active, with the ground connected to j16 no issues with dmd. I think I may just need a different z connector

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While I’m waiting for the shaker motor to hopefully resolve.

What’s the ultimate answer on leds for their machine I’ve read a bunch in this thread but what’s the best kit out there or best way to approach leds

Also I got a little
Adventurous today and wanted to post if anyone else runs into this. With embryon suggestion of grounding in the cab my dmd would show lines when shaking. So I ran the ground cable above where the ground grounds the display in the backbox. Now we’re shaking away!

anyone steer me in the right direction on colordmd please. I picked one up for my lah and led was the only option. For spiderman i can get either lcd or led, whats best for spiderman?

Other thing is it will be next to a machine that I just put an led in so will I just compare and wish I did led if I do lcd lol. I still can’t decide!

So pulled the trigger went led. But quick question am I supposed to have a visible gap between the display? Should I just reverse the mounting bolts?

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I’m super impressed how much a difference the color makes. I didn’t think it would be that much better but it definitely is.

As far as led vs lcd until I get an lcd I won’t truly know but I do like the deep colors of the led

You can bend a spot in the scoop, I can’t remember exactly but it’s in this thread somewhere and helped me a ton

help my stupidity, there is no way to adjust the trough eject power on the 2007 machine right?

and if not what's the best option for a shooter lane showing wear? Mezel? cliffy?

welds look good

Check your pitch and level, should not be that hard I can hit it with both flippers quite easily

https://sternpinball.com/support/game-code/

2.61

I’m going off memory here but there should be a gate or something when a ball is plunged it shouldn’t go all the way around it should stop and fall into the pop bumpers