Fix the title. I came here looking for a fix lmao

Haha it’s ok. Hopefully someone has a fix for you.

Tried it on mine and you have to trigger opto faster after snikt target for it to work. Try it with other hand ready to trigger opto immediately after you trigger target.

Timing of triggering the switches seemed fine.

Make sure there’s no other switch closure elsewhere in the game in switch menu. If the pop bumper switch, for example, is always closed it won’t award a Snikt.

There’s 2 leaf switches at each sling. Each leaf switch has 2 metal prongs, if they are touching each other that is probably your problem. Try to gap them out just slightly. Pinball life sells a leaf switch adjusting tool, it’s awesome.

Are the wires or metal touching together where the wires are soldiered to the left EOS switch? If not, follow the wires from the left EOS switch backwards to see if something is shorting out or has a bad connection.

You're looking in the wrong place. That's not the Left Flipper EOS that's the left flipper BUTTON switch. Look by the flipper coils under the playfield. There's a switch next to each one, that's the End of Stroke (EOS) switch that tells the machine when the flipper is all the way up. Sounds like it's lying and needs to be adjusted.

The video you posted is of the flipper cabinet switch. That is not the EOS switch. The EOs switch is on the flipper mech itself underneath the playfield. That switch is normally closed. When you press the flipper button in test mode you should hear a beep for when the cabinet switch closes, then another beep when you let go and the eos switch closes again.

Start a game and simply press the snikt and put the ball on the ramp. Does it give you a PF x every time doing that?

If so then your issue is probably the flippers causing another switch to register from vibration.

When you put the slings back together make sure the switch contacts are gapped extra wide. Then play with the glass off and try to hit the snikt from the flippers and see if you can consistently get it.

What could be happening too is your snikt target isn’t sensitive enough so certain shots that are hitting off the target and going up the ramp aren’t actually registering that switch.

Take an alligator clip and pinch the left eos switch shut during switch test. Then do your sling firing. See if that changes anything.

First things first. Did you find the actual Left EOS switch location under the playfield? Picture?

No worries man. I’ve had this EXACT same issue before on a different era of game. But experience and help from people on here has taught me to never trust your eyes when testing switches. Always best to use a meter or jumper it shut to be sure.

Follow the wires back to the connector under the playfield for that opto and see if any wires are loose. Re-seat the connector and see if that helps. Also, when testing switches, use the ball, not your finger.

Could be that the opto is bad and needs replaced though.

Make sure the optos are centered in their holes in the ramp. Make sure there’s no debris in the holes. Reflow the solder on the wires on the optos.

Call stern and get replacement optos if none of that works.

Can’t be, or else everyone would have the issue.

coop - my deadpool is doing the exact same thing. what did you end up doing to fix it?

cheers
jas

Me too - I have people complaining about this with a game on location and am wondering if a fix has been definitively found?

It could be a number of issues, so there's no one fix. Did you check the opto at the top of the ramp for the shot? It's #45 in the manual. Does the opto work when you interrupt it manually? If not, is the opto aligned? If it is, check the wiring that comes down off the board for the opto. Where it bends it can break inside the insulation. Cut that back to get past the bend and resolder and see if that fixes it.

Also the Snikit target itself - is it standing up? Does it register when you tap it in switch test? Does it have an anti-lean bracket already on?