Alien (Heighway Pinball)
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So those connection posts should go to brown (from purple and white) and yellow and brown (from solid purple) on the female? I am trying a multimeter and getting nothing in the lamp test. With brown being positive? or did you reverse your stripe sequence?
Which lamp test works the beacons I don't want to assume anything
Any ideas why a solid Brown is a positive in the wiring on Heighway's side? Is this a standard thing in this machine?
Quoted from sed6:Curious too, with how you have them wired how frequently do the beacons come on during game play? Lots, little, every game, some games? Thx?
On Power up then cycle for a while
On Attract the cycle when going through the videos on the first part
On Loader Battle
Haven't hit the all out war or self destruct in a while I'll have to watch for it
I read somewhere else they are coding for them to come on more.
They really aren't overwhelming and are not over done.
Quoted from SunKing:Thanks. Here's a few pics from my shooter lane fix.
I was having trouble with bad ball launches and I just removed that plate altogether (insert Airplane! joke here).
It seems to be working a lot better. You can kind of see how this plate pushes the ball to the right slightly in your picture. I'll update if I am still having problems with it. I may dremel it down on both sides and see if that works.
Also my plunger doesn't look like yours I wonder does that tan head on it came off? Mine just has a plastic pin not like yours
Quoted from sed6:How'd you figure out which pins? Lucky guess, trial and error? Were the holes on top pre-stamped but not drilled yet? Looks awesome and the taller ones look the best! Thx!
They are not pre-drilled or pre-stamped. However, he did such a good job it looks like it! 
Mine looks like garbage, but it's under the beacons so who cares.
I just wrote on the three screws which hang out of the bottom of the beacon with a sharpie and pressed down a piece of paper. This makes a nice template to use for drilling. You are going to need a cobalt bit as that metal is solid stuff.
FYI,
A nameless benefactor has shown me the way in regards to upgrading the audio without going full power subwoofer -> LP-168HA.
Huge difference. I also changed out the speaker on his guidance.
Quoted from cfh:Had to modify the shooter lane on our Alien too. ball would hang up on the gap. "mind the gap" type thing. did it differently than above though. added a piece of plastic to the ball arch to fix that problem.
Can you snap a pic of this?
Quoted from sed6:Oh, I'd like to know more. Is this a drop-in replacement for whatever ships with the pin? Sound like it has a single speaker? Are you planning to ad any sub? Post some pics as you make progress
Thanks!
Dropped it in already. screw holes diff. just nailed one of them down as it isn't going anywhere.
Quoted from delt31:so did you just take the purple wires from the beacons and plug them into the harness that is already in use (it's the one you plug in when you setup the game - has the LED STRIPS in it too? And was that it (besides spray paint the bottoms black)?
I read your earlier posts and you include things like molex and a power adaptor. Did you still use those? Maybe take a pic of how you hooked it up. thanks!
Purple wires was just the color he used. Use whatever you want to differentiate the hot and the ground and it is in the main harness that is already in use in the back box. Just note the correct position from the pictures in the thread.
You need 2 .62 molex pin male connectors one for each of the 2 wires for 2 hot and 2 ground. Power adapter discussion was for something else. You'll need a cobalt bit to drill the metal bar at the top of the back box. You should probably also consider a different amp for sound. More details for all of this is in this thread.
Quoted from MK6PIN:Are you using drop dead foam at the top of the form? Works way better than stock rubber.
That piece pretty much solved for me...got the trough loading correctly about 95% consistently w some tweaking as well...just some thoughts..
Can you elaborate as to a source for the foam and maybe a pic? Maybe? My launch reject rate is too high.
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