I have mine adjusted so both the chest and the ship go into the slings in an unpredictable way

My guess is that your friend's may be slightly off level. Usually the ball that returns (after being caught) from the ship goes to my right flipper. I noticed that when I moved some of my machines around this changed. I was wondering why because I only moved PotC down 1 spot in the pinball line, but it was enough to oh so slightly move the bubble. That led to the ball being returned to the bottom of the sling. It wasn't much of an off-level either, very small, but it was enough to change the balls trajectory. Of course, when I re-leveled, back to the flipper it came.

To the left or right flipper?

Ok so it looks like Danger bounce rules.

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A Pinsider with some free time - that is rare?!

Direct on the right flipper, just in front of the sling. No bounce.

Ha. I bet you read that in a Kenny Loggins voice along the lines of...

Gonna take you riiiiight in-tooo tha daynja bounce.

Anyone ever taped or removed the top right gate so it's always open to improve flow? I did recently just to see what happens. The lower kicker now shoots it around to the right flipper rather than bouncing it around at the top. It would be interesting to have a diverter up there so it would do it that way part of the time.

Does anyone know where i can get the sticker for the main ramp? Does anybody have that mai ramop incl decal for sale?

I have not seen that decal anywhere and came up empty in my searches. If you do find it, can you please let us know?

Thanks,

Michi.

I have a NOS decal set (providing that decal is in the box) I could potentially scan it for someone or get some made up if there is a little demand for them? Wouldn't be looking to make anything from it simply the more people that need it the cheaper I can probably get the printers to do it unless a scan would do?

I see that it is part of the decal set - not cheap but I need to buy that anyway for other parts. I go try that first. If not succesful, I think a scan will do. But I will let you know. Thanks for the help.

Other question. The jack the monkey light is attached to the plastic witha rivet. Now I know a normal rivet but that has a hole in the middle. What kind of tool or technique is used to get this kind of rivet. The same is used for the ramp flaps.

So I finally get to battle Davy Jones and...
...my auto fire stops working. *sigh*
Don't know what that's about...if anyone has any ideas, clue me in.

Added over 7 years ago: EDIT: Found the problem and fixed it. Busted plastic on the plunger!

Congratulations, that's one of those pinball memories you'll tell your grandchildren about

I've never gotten the super duper skill shot (and I never try for it because it invites an instant drain; the risk-reward equation doesn't stack up, IMO).

Michi.

Which one is that again? I have done one skill shot where I shortplunged and hit the short mini loop on the left and the ball flew over to the other mini loop on the right and came down from the top through that one for 10 million. Is that it?

I did it once or twice though.

Anyone have a pinball browser bin file for pirates? Please private message me if you do. Or a Dropbox with the sounds and a macro file. Thanks!

If you are in DJ and haven't defeated the kraken yet, you have to defeat DJ first because, during DJ, the kraken is invincible. I believe you cannot kill the kraken even after you have defeated DJ. (I'd have to verify that with the glass off.)

Once DJ is dead and you are down to one ball, all the ships reset and you start with the first one again. The second time round, the first ship takes 8 (or 10?) hits. Then you can battle the kraken again.

Michi.

Just a bump to say that I have a few airball deflectors (for sneezeguard removal) left. Please PM me if interested. More info can be found at my topic here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/maffewls-potc-airball-deflector-for-sneezeguard-removal

No. I just tried with the glass off (factory settings). After starting Heart MB, you need four more hits to get the super jackpot. On the second Heart MB, it's the same four hits again. The factory settings have Heart MB difficulty at "Medium" (which is as high as it gets). The only other setting that could influence this is the Chest difficulty setting. I tried with that set to "Hard", but it's still the same four hits to get the SJ after starting Heart MB, whether it's the first time around or the second time.

Michi.

Hey guys, joined the club with a POTC - which is actually my first pin! I've had it for a couple weeks now and am having a blast with both playing and repairing/improving the machine. So far, I've done a complete LED conversion, rebuilt all 3 pop bumpers and installed a couple of mods with flipper buttons and pop caps. I'm not that good yet, with a high score of less than 50M at this point... I've read through this entire thread to get some ideas/inspiration as I go forward - what a great community and thank you all!

I do have one question I'm hoping someone could give me some direction on... In the past 2 days, my left sling has started to randomly not work. I've cleaned the two switches and made sure they were adjusted, and I've run switch and coil tests. When running the coil test, the coil ALWAYS fires, and as I said in-game it'll fire maybe 50% of the time. So, before I start taking things apart and throwing parts at it, can one of you guys give me an idea of what I should be looking for first? I'm thinking it may be a bad coil, but wanted to get some input from you guys.

Thanks and excited to be part of the club!

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You said you adjusted the switches and tested them, but how did you test them? In test mode with the rubber on, roll a ball to the sling at varying speeds and see if the switches both register. If they don't register consistently, the gaps on the leaf switches need further adjusting.

Thanks for the input! I just tested the switches that way and had intermittent success. It had nothing to do with force/speed the ball hit the switches - so I pulled the playfield up and just moving the wires around a bit got the switch working more consistently. Sounds like I need to re-solder them all? Or something else? Or should I just replace the two switches?

Sounds like your leaf switches need cleaning and better adjustment.. Could be a loose wire too.

I just let loose of my POTC. On to another home.... Was nice havin ya.

Added some spotlights today to brighten up the middle of the play field. Also, had wire forms powdered in black by Back Alley.

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Hmmm thumbs up or thumbs down?

Just finished modn this beast.

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What is that popbumper for on the right sling?

Its a light up globe.

Thanks - I cleaned the leaf switches but am still having intermittent issues. I'm thinking it's a wire - will have to get in there and test it out, and will report back once I've had a chance to do that.

PS - I purchased and installed Maffewls PotC airball deflector mod - and it is OUTSTANDING. Highly recommend!

Did you buy it NIB? How much was it back then?

Funny that $3900 was probably on the high side and included delivery.

lift up playfield, little blue plastic piece prob broken on plunger and coil

Yeah, hard to say. Sad to see her go, but the money is going toward our bucket list trip to Alaska!

This! I keep an extra of that plunger with the blue piece, mine has broken once already.

Yeah...I figured that out 10 minutes after posting. Sorry I didn't update, and thanks for the FYI!

Ordered a second one when I got the replacement.

Good. Can I have it when mine breaks?

First you don't donate to Schlockdoc's fundraiser. Then you want free pinball parts. What a Richard Head.

So, that's a "yes"?