Ok so not the greatest of starts. Just got my new smaug home. I'm the 2nd owner. Played the game before I left original owners house. Game played prefect. However I had no airballs when I played it at his house. However I play my first game. Had a little air ball then in my second ball I have another air ball. Ball bounces over into the pops area then game goes completely dead and won't turn back on. I'm hoping it blew a fuse or something of the sorts so I can get back to playing my new game. But yeah slightly frustrating.
Also game was transported just fine. Very gently transporting the machine. However I didn't lift playfield and check any connections before my first test game.

Any ideas on where I should start?

Yes you got it power cord came out the back. !! Ty sir LTG.

I have a question on how to score big. Ive made it to into the fire and barrell escape.

Before you get into those modes should you be doing anything for preperation. ? Like is there a way to have multipliers running before entering. Finishing more modes maybe. ? I believe the one time i got to barrel escape i played in the mode for quite sometime and only got around 150k out of it. Was kind of dissappointed after almost being out of breath playing through it.

Didnt even know you can finish/beat the wizard modes. More to shoot for when i get there again.

Ok couple of issues.

I recently removed the PF protector that came with the game when i bought it. ps: man was that a meticulous and PITA job. especially when trying your best to not scratch the PF itself. But what a difference that made on how the game looks now. Very pretty and shiny!

However one issue was happening before i performed this. My goblin is popping up but going right back down. Assuming theres a leaf switch i need to adjust. ?

2nd issue is the rollovers. They seem to be affecting the ball a lot more now. Almost like they are sticky. Ive gotten a ton of airballs off them if i hit one dead on from the flipper.

sorry for my newbish but what do you mean by iso?

Yeah I actually just lifted the playfield and they are pretty damn tight space to get to. Did you just adjust the leave switch on the rollovers further back. ? That's the only way I could see that they adjusted. What tool do you all use to adjust leaf switches btw. ?

I'm still having trouble with the lock roll overs after removing playfield protector. Lifted adjusted tested. About 20x got 3 to work "ok" but the "o" is being a bear. I really think a star rollover design would have been a lot better. Still getting airballs and fly's over my ramp shots. Can't get o switch to work. I gave up for the night.

2ndly My goblin pop up is shaking like crazy back and forth when it comes up. That's why it falls back down immediately. Does t look like the face is clipping anything on the way to cause it.

Im not completely sure what you mean by open the leaf switch. So far for the goblin all i could tell to do was try to pull his head forward to open the gap of the leaf switch behind him. Is there another way of adjusting the monsters hit switches>?

But as for the roll overs im guessing since this game came with pf protector they were adjusted up from the factory? The switch itself from what i can tell is what controls how far the roll overs stick up from the pf. But maybe im wrong in thinking that. As there is a clear base to them under the pf with screws. But it didnt seem to be adjustable. Ill try to snap some pics just to make sure im not a idiot. But my rollovers worked fine before i removed the pf protector. Its just a matter of getting them adjusted without it now.

I did purchase the 3 pack of leaf switch adjusters.

Installed 3.1 over the weekend.

I can report the same trough kickout issue had to turn the power up on trough and also on VUKs. Everything else seemed to be good to go though.

non 3.1 related though
My dwarf target skill shot sometimes messes up. It either just stops cycling after one time through or triggers and auto scores points before plunge. But its inconsistent and sometimes performs just fine.

Also i still havent killed smaug after almost two years. lol I just lowered the pitch a bit as well over the weekend and it definitely plays easier this way. But its still tough to trap up on my game.

Still loving it though!

Welcome to the Club. Myself and two different Pinball friends have Tackled this issue on mine 3 different nights now and still cant get it right. Mine had a PF protector from the factory. Worked great before i decided to remove the PF protector cause i hate them.

Finally tweaked them enough to get all but the C lock working pretty well. Problem is the C lock airballs and makes the rabbit hole shot and pop bumpers shot for modes damn near impossible. So good luck. Hope you dont have as much trouble as i have out of those silly lock rollovers.

Never thought about replacing them completely. As they work fine they just seem like they are impossible to adjust correctly.

BTW quick question guys. Ive seemed to have lost my tilt bob. Anyone have a suggestion as to where i can source another one.

Thanks in advance.

Bro i ditto Hobbit post of the year if this is true. I cant wait to go home and check. Fingers crossed mine has these as well. SO many Trial and errors to get these stupid rollovers dialed in. !!

@ reaper802 Success!!! i had 3 different pinheads over to my house at trying to help me get these roll overs dialed in. Must have lifted the PF 50 times.

I just text them to tell them the whole freaking time the roll overs had that piece on them. lol

Your the man !

I finally killed Smaug after 3+ years. lol

My son was there to witness it, we both geeked out like crazy. What a cool moment. Love this game.