Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017
Full Throttle
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Does anybody know where the infamous actual "screw" is located?
"For me it was the screw. would not even calibrate correctly.
then turned the screw with a jewelers screwdriver and then it would extend but wouldn't retract (magnet too strong on field).
then turned the screw with a jewelers screwdriver and then it would retract, but wouldn't drop the ball.
Turned the screw clockwise more and now it drops the ball."
Quoted from iceman44:Does anybody know where the infamous actual "screw" is located?
"For me it was the screw. would not even calibrate correctly.
then turned the screw with a jewelers screwdriver and then it would extend but wouldn't retract (magnet too strong on field).
then turned the screw with a jewelers screwdriver and then it would retract, but wouldn't drop the ball.
Turned the screw clockwise more and now it drops the ball."
That did the trick. Thanks to folks that pointed out location of the screw.
Its so tiny it doesn't even look like a screw. I used a tiny phillips and it was hard to tell if i was even turning but Xeno head is fully functional for now and quite awesome!
Quoted from legionsoup:Gotcha. Mine sometimes gets stuck when the ball is on the tongue. The tongue goes back into the mouth, but doesn't pull the ball all the way back, so the ball/tongue is stuck in the mouth. To fix it, I just manually push the tongue all the way back into the mouth. Sometimes takes a couple tries. This usually lets me play about 20 or more games before I have to push the tongue back in again. If this is the issue you're having, I'd like a more permanent fix for it as well.
Go to the two Xeno boards on the back board of the PF
"I took off the one on the left as you are looking back to the front of the pin.
It was easier to get at the silver tiny screw that way.
I used a tiny Phillips head to turn the screw a couple of what felt like quarter clockwise turns
Works great now
Also look at the switch on that board that stays depressed against the back board to make sure it’s situated properly."
Quoted from Wolfmarsh:It's not "hacky".
Switching power supplies have a hard time responding to instant high-demand current draw. This helps a lot, and is pretty standard practice in pinball machines.
Check out Stern Part #520-5343-01, or this: https://squareup.com/market/fast-pinball-llc/item/fast-power-filter-board, or this: https://www.multimorphic.com/store/circuit-boards/power-entry/
You and Kneissel are Da Mans Wolfy!
Quoted from legionsoup:So what makes it drop when it's supposed to?
Before I had these issues, the tongue would grab the ball, pull it into the Xeno head, and drop the ball so it could cycle into the multiball mode .
Like Budroosker is explaining above, its really really delicate that screw and actuator.
The voltage is probably tightened too high where its holding onto the ball?
Mine was doing the exact same thing, at first it didn't have the power to pull the ball back. Then i did a quarter turn of that screw and it picked it up and held it. Had to back off the turn a tiny bit before it dropped just right.
Now 100%
Quoted from legionsoup:But I'm pretty sure that weird little screw is the key to fixing it.
yes
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