I'm having some trouble with my first pin, Fish Tales. I'm having an issue with the Caster's Club. When the ball is shot into the caster's club, it knocks it to the reel to lock the ball. The issue is that as soon as I shoot into the caster's club, it sends the ball down the track to the reel (which works), but it also ends my ball (its like I lost it down the middle or something even through it is in the reel lock mechanism). I think it is suppose to shoot the ball to the reel and spit another ball to the launcher. When it ends my ball, it doesn't show up in the launcher.

I've poked around the forums and I didn't see the issue. I did clean the opto's on the reel section. I looked for loose solder joints, but no luck. I did test it out alot, and I found that if I put the ball into the caster's club gently, it works (ball goes to the reel, new ball to the launcher). If I have a nice forceful shot into the caster's club, I get the problem.

It almost seems like it isn't sending the ball to the launcher and counting the one that it should have sent as a lost ball. I'm not sure the issue is actually in the caster's clubhouse.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Pie

I did check the switch to the reel, it counts properly. I think my issue is with the ball popper switch, I"m just not sure how that would cause it to lose the ball and start another one. The reel mechanism is working.

I think there might be something wrong with the switch on the ball popper. I did test it with the switch matrix and it works for that. I'm not sure.

Are there any other things I should check?