Just joined.........she’s lovely!

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Thank you!

Loving this game so far, no regrets on trading my “bolted to the floor” TZ off for this girl. So much more depth and code to explore!

So my initial setup work after skimming the last couple years of this forum for common issues, really just notes that could help others but open to any comments or suggestions. I am very comfortable dialing in modern stern machines.

Replaced Mylar under ramp entrances, check your ramp flaps for digging in and protect your playfield.

Adjusted (bent by hand) right ramp metal bracket on left side to line up with plastic better and level front edge, was digging through Mylar and had a little damage to pf.

3 of 4 gargoyles were actually contacting glass when fully extended after I cleaned up the shafts.......I understand why they break! Fixed by drilling stem new holes and moving screw up on all four shafts roughly 1.5” on lower pair and 1” on upper pair.

Tried to adjust left gargoyle target for better contact / consistency and learned a lot about how these guys work. Seems like you need the bash plate touching the target directly and the smallest gap possible on the switch for max sensitivity and accuracy.

Lots of loose screws, adjustments and re-adjustments, the usual with an experienced game (3rd owner 1600 plays). The ball is still sticking occasionally in the house shot with diverter down on a slow roller but ball search will get that if a multi ball doesn’t. I will probably take the house off eventually and get this dialed in better.

Vault VUK had the shorter screw already and concave striker, but wasn’t moved correctly per the key post(s) so I straightened that out per measurements shared and it’s running about 95% accuracy. On my game basically all I had to do was remove the three screws on the outside and let the coil bracket assembly hang naturally then attach to playfield. (Hard to believe how far off those pilot holes were)

One instance where one ball then a second ball got stuck in back door coming in from the left loop, and ball search didn’t clear either ball, eventually ended my game. Shut it off for the night and everything worked fine today in test mode.

Weird moment where an air ball on left ramp missed opto and landed back on ramp rolling into the coffin, game took several ball searches to clear that one. Probably working as designed.

I’ve has two resets, both at start of Manster haunt and I think I had un-happy hour running both times. Known bug?

Topper scream: only opens about 45 degrees, is that normal? Seems like it should go open a full 90 degrees from closed.

Pinball life has right side (full assembly) I noticed today

https://www.pinballlife.com/elviras-house-of-horrors-right-ramp-entrance-assembly.html

That just seems like a bad idea or engineering error. You’re serious here?

Lol no thanks, I will leave them and sleep just fine. I prefer not replacing parts if it can be avoided-

Is there a reference somewhere for removing the house? Search isn’t getting me there.

Awesome thanks! This should be a key post.

Regarding shooter rods, it’s probably your auto launcher not seating deep enough. Test it by short plunging so the ball knocks the auto plunger back then you can launch properly. The fix is to work on the auto launcher mech and see what it’s hanging up on (usually some aspect of itself) and adjusting it to move freely so that ball sits in the same position every time and is fully back in the plunger channel. I had this problem on a couple other new sterns and each one is different in how it sucks, you just have to get in there and figure it out. My EHOH also has this issue, haven’t had the time to get into that yet but I will eventually. Hope this helps!

See my post a couple back, it’s the probably the position of the auto launcher holding the ball higher in the channel that’s robbing the power

This was posted recently in the new stern pin thread by a distributor:
July 2022 - Jurassic Park Pro
July 2022 - Godzilla Pro & Premium
Aug 2022 - Star Wars Pro & Premium
Aug 2022 - Led Zeppelin Pro & Premium (final run)
Aug 2022 - NEW STERN CORNERSTONE
Sep 2022 - NEW STERN CORNERSTONE
Sep 2022 - Guardians of the Galaxy Pro (final run)
Oct 2022 - Star Wars Home Edition (original & comic art)
Oct 2022 - NEW STERN CORNERSTONE
Nov 2022 - Jurassic Park Home Edition
Nov 2022 - Elvira Premium
Dec 2022 - TMNT Pro & Premium

I’ve worked on two different EHOH that needed the right ramp opto removed and the hole in the ramp adjusted (drilled larger) to allow the beam to pass through accurately, but had a similar symptom. They both were fine initially and over time as the ramp got more wear the clarity of the beam was affected. Drilling the ramp holes larger and better aligned to the optos solved the problem both times. Hope that helps you. You can do this without removing the ramp if you get the playfield propped up above the cabinet in the back.

well they are clear, and my theory is that the beam goes through them initially very well but as they age / weather / get dirty they start to break up the beam and any slight motion (like the trough kicking the ball out) is a false sensor positive. The ramp opto I'm referring to is on the clear return from the ramp, not the ramp itself per se.

I have repaired one of mine also.

I've said a few times to my friends that as long as 40th anniversary aren't sold out of distro stock they will drag their feet on this final run as long as they can. Time will tell, hope all of you with deposits get a game and it's priced fairly.

Found the neca box at local target, they had 2 left in large size I snagged the XL. If anyone is in Peoria area and wants one PM me and I will guide you to them!

I found them in the collectors corner which was along the back wall of the store, closer to electronics but near the toys section.

man, that sucks. The XL I bought was also opened but everything was there. I would return it or go ask for a discounted price refund!

Gin and juice and a blunt you’re all set man

Anybody ever sell the house? What’s your strategy? I pulled my left outlane post tonight trying to get the wheel figured out, it’s kind of fun without it there in a brutal way…….it’s the one objective for selling the house I’ve never achieved in a game naturally so trying a few things different in my last few days with this game.

Thanks for the links, I will check them out. I was looking for a clearer path through the game as far as sequence of events / stacking goes and using the wheel awards to your best advantage. I’ve started with getting the crypt MB collected before starting a mode, and trying to be deliberate about which modes I get into early before any multi balls are ready.

I kind of feel the same way about directors cut, Gappa is definitely the peak excitement from what I’ve seen so far.

Maybe make house party the mini after 2 rooms and Gappa can’t qualify without 4 rooms entered to space out the regular modes better.

backhand all day, it's not dangerous that way!