I realize this thread is almost 2 years old, but I believe I ended up with YOUR Abra Ca Dabra, Rat_Tomango! It made it's way from Dallas, Texas down to SE Texas over the years. I'm having this EXACT same issue with it right now. What's weird is that it'll kick a ball out on ball one, but you can only get the game to play when it makes contact just to the right of that nub on the stepper. It's not registering when it contacts in the middle as it should. The rest of the ball contacts seem to work just fine when they are centered. I'm glad I came across this thread (via Google). I'll give it a go tomorrow. I'll have to post pics of the playfield, legs, and coin door for you. I'm quite proud of what I've been able to do with this project. I plan to get the stencil kit from Pinball Pimp and get rid of all that yellowing on the white part of the cabinet once I get it running 100%.