Has anyone made the topper quieter or shake instead of being so loud?

I saw an old thread with a tip using star washers on the armature. I tried to do this, but its just as loud as ever. If there is a way to make it quieter without disconnecting the coil, please let me know. Here's a pic of what I tried. Maybe I put the rubbers in the wrong place or something?

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Thanks ranch. Ill get a shooter tip on order. For the moment I changed the black rubbers to white and 2 seem toake a nice thud.

If you didn't hear yet, Fish Tales is getting a color DMD May 23rd. The MONSTER fish looks great! http://shop.colordmd.com/colordmd-replacement-display-for-fish-tales-pinball-machine/

Thanks so much! Its perfect now. I put a plunger tip on and went down to 1 post rubber. I get a nice pull feeling when the fish flops and its not too loud and not too quiet (game volume is at 9.)

Is it just me or is the JACKPOT sound on Fish Tales too quiet and generally underwhelming?

If the 2nd one doesn't have a decal in the stringer area, I'd say thats a pretty good deal. The first one isn't a bad either, especially if you are planning on putting in a color dmd and the cabinet fade doesn't bother you.

Get some pics inside the cabinet and of the boards. This game has a lot of backbox lights and the connector is burned up a lot

I got mine by accident. A guy I work with recently bought a house and the owner had a FT in his game room he wanted to sell. I had never played FT before and it wasn't even on my radar when I heard about it. The game had a ton of issues, but it had clean boards and no cabinet fade. The price was too good to pass on even if I didn't like it. So I picked it up and I'm really glad I did. I probably would've never known how much fun this pin is. I love pins that are simple and extremely difficult at the same time. It's definitely one of my favorites

I just realized the casters club drop target has a solenoid that pulls it back down. This whole time I have been hitting that target down before every lock in multiball.. I thought since its a drop target you would have to hit it for it to drop. My quest for SUPER JACKPOTS just got a ton easier.

Anyway, I thought I would share in case there are more FT owners out there with the same problem. It turns out the spring that returns the metal plate is too strong and jams the release mech into another plate. I replaced it with an old flipper return spring that I cut down for proper tension. My drop target works perfectly now. Up to the top!

With lock difficulty on medium is the drop target supposed to only come up after multiball?

I haven't heard anything yet. I think they wait until they are rest to ship before they email people

1) the Long cast shot is the right orbit. It has to be lit to allow the ball to go around the orbit and advance the captive ball. You can do this by shooting it up the right and back down or by rolling the ball over the inlane on the left. The easiest way is to hit the right boat ramp so it comes down on the inlane and then shoot the right orbit.

2) I took some mylar off my getaway and it was much easier than people made it out to be. As long as the paint underneath isnt attached to the mylar at all it should come up fine. I used air in a can upside down to freeze the mylar and gently pull it off. Then a lot of goo gone to get rid of the excess glue.

I believe the whole fish is available at marco.

When I take a back box completely off I use colored electrical tape to write where they go on the connectors.

Never use black. It has different adhesive that will leave a mess.