Just picked up a filthy but fully working Getaway. Full strip down, cleaned 8 rags worth of grime, new rubbers, flippers awesome, she plays better than any I've ever played with one exception. The plunger. I think I aligned it correctly and put on a new coil sleeve, but the ball still doesn't feed all the way around the loop. It makes it to about the top of the pops and that's it. Any ideas?

I got what according to the manual is the proper sleeve and the plunger is still not firing the ball strong enough. I assume I have it assembled correctly? Pointing toward the shooter lane...from top to bottom... the coil, the sleeve with the flange against the bottom of the coil plastic, the coil bracket with the notch around the coil plastic notch, the spring and plunger. It is aligned perfectly centered on the ball. With the assembly fastened together, there is about a 1/4" to 1/2" protrusion of the coil sleeve into the shooter lane.

The first picture shows how far out the armeture protrudes at full plunge, second at normal rest. Maybe I have the wrong armeture? Where should it and the sleeve be at rest relative to the ball and shooter lane? Pics from someone whose is working?

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Is that the right sleeve? 03-7067-6 which is 2 11/16" flanged. Seems correct. I see the armature is supposed to be 4.5" long, which mine clearly isn't. Explains the lack of power for sure and why I thought it was odd for the ball to be resting on the sleeve. Yet another wrong part found in this game. Some operator! Sigh.

Easy fix if i had one, and after just placing a larger order online, I really don't want to drop 10-15 plus shipping on a single part. I get the whole "get it working" mantra of a routed game, but i also believe in get it right when you have the chance to order the broken part. #cheapandfrustrated

You're right and I'm 100% certain the armature is wrong. Measured it. The part is used on other Bally/Williams auto plungers but not HS2. It's almost an inch too short. Will get one ordered because the plunge needs to go around the loop aka Whirlwind style.

I also agree with tiltmasters post. The picture above is definitely mounted wrong.

Yikes! Advance Auto has 1156 bulb two packs for $3.49. Just replaced my bad bulb the other day.

Oops no. I can't read. However, given the lack of luminosity difference and how rare the light is on, hardly a cost savings benefit spending $21 more

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Thanks for looking! PM me with questions. A video of gameplay is included in the attached discussion thread.