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Look at the switch at the bottom right of the Path of Adventure. It's probably hit by a ball and shorting out. This is a common problem and causes random adding of extra players.

Good. I was right.

Is the switch up top behind the glass? Sorry I have no experience fixing stuff. Learning but no experience I have the manual

Bottom right lane rollover switch on the path of adventure. Problem is, the area you need to get to is on the underside of the mini playfield, which requires disassembly, I think. (It's been 2 years since I had to do this...can't quite remember.)

Spinny-Vinny here how can I help. I've been hanging around the Metallica section for a while making mods for them.

This was some IJ stuff I did

This was some IJ stuff I did

Are you selling those planes you made or do we have to send ours in to you?

So excited to be part of the IJ club starting today. Picked up a serious diamond in the ruf, was in a climate controlled stirage for the last 23 years, truly an amazing find check out the inside, bad still stapled to the left

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Getting my planes ready to have them painted. Need to remove the harness from the fighter plane. I have never done any soldering ( or desoldering for that matter) on any circuit board(s) before.

I really don't want to damage this tiny little guy. Is soldering on boards pretty much the same as soldering wire to wire or wire to lamp socket? Is there a risk of damaging the board? Is there a trick to this? Thanks!

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A quick glimpse of the playfield, looks like this was one of the last run production models.

THIS is the area where you get in trouble if the ball hits the switch.
Switch matrix then will get in confusion and adds more players during gameplay.

I Just build a small bracket to protect the switch and it works.

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Leave it attached,I did on mine.
Vince just tapes the wires out of the way.

Need to send yours,leave the wires attached.

Really struggling to figure this flasher issue out.

My left and right ramp flashers, idol flasher and special flashers aren't working and it isn't the bulbs.

Any suggestions on what else to look at? Is there a specific fuse or fuses that powers all of these?

Got it working, I'm a moron!

Ah, missed your comment, sorry

Take a look at manual page 2-47 on position 78
Switch number is: 12688-1
Take a look in the wiring diagramm page 3-2 in column 6 and 7 and row 2-8 (mini)

Thnxso much for helping me through one last question. Do i need new wires or do i just use the existing wires and attach them to the new switch?

Got her all cleaned up today, installed color dmd and pinsound.... wow!

New issue surfaced that wasn't there before I started.

When a ball is locked in the center hole, it isn't recognizing it and won't put new ball in shooter lane.

Any idea what may be going on? Worked fine yesterday.

Use the wiring attached to the old switch!

If balls from the center lock are not recognized, check the 10 Opto Board beneath the playfield if it's powered by 12 volt.
There's a LED that indicates existing voltage.
Often a loosen or damaged plugs are the reason if Indy gets confused during game play.
A quick solution is possible if you enter the service menu when Indy displays a damage report.
In that case the damage report shows errors at POA switches.

Had an issue with my left flipper going weak yesterday. Couldn't make the right ramp anymore. So started with changing the coil, then the EOS, no improvement. Finally cleaned the opto at the flipperbutton and made sure it was nice and tight again. That did the trick!
Nice strong flipper again. Love this game.

Finally got this beast in the mancave and installed the color dmd and pinsound.

All I can say is wow!

Did I mention this thing is friggin a heavy SOB!

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still lighter than any vid, basically.

I am now also an owner, but a sad owner. Picked it up more than a week ago and just today was able to set it up in the basement but the display does not come up and it continues to kick balls out. It should work because I saw it working before I bought it, is there maybe a trick on how to switch it on?

Short video.

Check fuses maybe for the balls ejecting? I seem to recall something similar on a different machine years ago. Not sure about the display unless the ribbon or power cable came loose...

Double check all the cables leading to the display panel to make sure one didn't come loose. Same thing for the trough opto boards on the underside. Most likely a connector came loose under there, and the board thinks all the balls are in the trough which is why it's kicking them out. Stuff gets jostled during transport. Don't be upset about it...the fine folks on this site will help you through it!

Thanks, based on your tips I reseated all the cables to the display and through boards, I did not spot any fuses gone. Flippers also don't work after starting the game, it looks a bit more serious, probably I should open a separate topic for this .

I like this pinscience, psi, like a crime scene.
Did you have to detach head of pin to get in room?
Did you touch any of the boards?
Did it have thump, small bounce loading or unloading..?
Tell me more.

Check j116 juse on the power driver board. I'd take it out and test for continuity with a multimeter. Could be many things, but check this first.

If that is a colordmd then it's most likely fuse j116. I believe j116 will also affect Optus and balls will keep ejecting. The original power boards struggle with pinsound and colored together. I finally moved those items onto its own power supply.

Thanks you all! Indeed F116 was it, replaced it by 3A SB. Now trying to get some first games...
Yes, it is with colorDMD and pinsound, so there should have been a separate power supply for that?

Play it for a while and see how it reacts. You may have games resets too and may be best to rebuild uuour power driver. I had a friend help put in additional power supply to move those power hungry mods off the power driver. Enjoy

Glad you got it fixed...sorry I couldn't be more help (I'm at Pintastic now). Told you these guys on Pinside are awesome.

I dont like that at all.

I am glad too, to get it (partly) fixed. After I entered a high-score it reset and the same fuse blew (coincidence?). Found many little other issues but the one I that really puzzles me is the ball lock, it says ball locked and then it just waits, after a while it does a partial ball search and ejects a ball from the Idol. So it seems I bought a project pin. Have fun at Pintastic, I hope to be able to go there once.

Dude, you own a TZ according to your game list, so this IJ should be a cake-walk....

Congrats. Not everyone who has the ColorDMD/Pinsound combo seems to need a separate PS, but my IJ certainly did. I'm just down the road from you; let me know if you need a hand with anything.

Hey guys so it did indeed be the right rollover switch. I ordered a new one. I have another issue as. My right flipper isn't going all the way down. At first it wasn't terrible and it went down about 90% but now it's like this and i cant make shots.

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Looks like a mechanical issue. Check the gap on the busching, the spring on the pawl, the pawl itself for a mushroomed end and the alignment of the pawl in the coil sleeve. Visually and manually check the movement with the play field up, you'll find the problem.

What software version are most people running on IJ? Mine is L-5
Should I upgrade to L-7?

Btw I joined the IJ club a few weeks ago. Great game.

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Are you sure you need a new switch? You should be able to just bend the diode down underneath the switch so it's not shorting. No need to remove the POA to do this.

So i havent seen that error anymore so i assume it was the wires touching. But its telling me there is something wrong with my drop targets. But they work fine in game. Ive tried the solonoid test but i have no idea how to figure out if its the switch or the coil

On my LOTR back in the day, a tiny piece of the coil sleeve would come off and cause it to stick.

I got the same problems with the flippers caused by weak WILLIAMS clamps, so i decided to use STERN clamps... very similar to DATA EAST and much more stable and easier to use without bending the clamps itsself.
A very good improvement that I first tested in my F-14 with great success.

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Was this a repro playfield?

The one with the darker hat and smaller numbers is supposed to be a early production, so basically worth more. The final ones had larger numbers and a darker hat. Also the super jackpot insert is different.

Hope you did not sell that early production one as a repro......but basically still this feels like you got scammed, sorry.

Does anyone happen to know the part number for the kicker assembly that ejects the ball from Mode?

Mine seems a bit worn, and not exactly kicking it out well, so I figure I'll just put a brand new part in if I can find it.

Thanks