Mine kept falling off too so I left it off. It seems like it should latch onto the motor but I can't get it to do so.

What siren motor cover (the game doesn’t have a siren)?

Are you talking about the beacon light cover on top of the backbox?

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Yeah, has to be the light motor.

If it fell off I'd just leave it off. Worst case you'll get some dust in there over a LONG period of time. I've had my Getaway for over 20 years and my cover fell off some time ago. If it hasn't been played in a long time I get a little motor hesitation for a few seconds (lights up but won't move) then it starts running and you are good to go.

As for objects falling on glass, I'd be more worried about the cover hitting the glass for the translite. Impact on the edge could cause a glass shatter and you now have a damaged translite. I've had plenty of things fall on top of playfield glass and nothing happened. I've knocked playfield glass over on cement and nothing happened. Other times you look at glass the wrong way and it shatters. You never know....

We are talking about the cover for the motor that drives the beacon. It's in the backbox, directly under the beacon. There's a circular metal cover that sits on top of the rotor.

Ah, this thing (mine won't budge). Is it just a friction fit? I can't really see a reason to ever want to take it off, so I would just use a couple of dabs of superglue or maybe wrap the inner lip/ring if there is enough room with electrical tape or something to make it a tighter fit (or even overlap the seam on the outside with tape) to prevent it from falling. I guess it could potentially cause an issue if it fell by either scratching a board or arcing leads or something.
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