I also removed them from my metallica. Couldn't skill shot anymore with them

I dont have mine for a couple weeks but i say youve nailed it. No professional should be using red as a negative AND changing it up from one spot to the next. Reflow and swap them and I'd put money that it works......but still wait for pics from others lol

Either polarity matters and swapping them is the likely fix or it doesn't matter and swapping them won't harm anything anyway. Win win other than wasted time

Does it sound like a quieter version of when the flipper goes up? My upper right makes a knocking noise on release. Havent thought much of it but it is noticeable

It also says Showtime!!

I've had the ball get stuck up here a few times now. You can shake it loose but not without tilting.

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I thought you had the right idea but looking closer, the ball doesnt actually make it to the post. It gets hung up where the 2 pieces of sheet metal meet at an angle. The hex is actually too far away for a rubber to help but I think you are on the right track and I'm going to do some macguyverìng
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My Met has $2,000 in mods. 2 inserts started ghosting and the playfield had some dimpling so I sent stern MANY pictures at David's request. It has taken a long time but they are doing an entire playfield swap for me. As long as the mods clearly aren't the culprit of your complaint, stern seems pretty reliable.
Now I'm happy I get a new playfield, but dreading swapping out all the mods, lights and personalizations I've done.

Minor problem
When trooper multi starts, 2 of the balls go to the left post and one to the right post. I will try to explain what I see happening.
The first ball (ball 2) auto plunges fine, hits the right post and heads back towards its resting position on top of ball 1 at the left post.
When the second ball (ball 3) is auto plunged, it bounces off ball 2 as it is coming back to the left post, knocking ball 2 back over to the right post.
Balls 1 and 3 come to a rest at left post but ball 2 comes to a rest at the right post.
Hopefully that makes sense to you.
Any tweaking tips?

As an added perk, iron maiden is also beautiful instead of brown splattered with red.
Twd plays great but is so damned ugly

Edit: if they vault Twd, they should ask Tony Moore to do original art for it and give it the Munsters premium look. (Or re use the layout in an original game)

Started trooper and waited about 30-40 seconds before the post finally dropped and the lcd caught up. I've had this happen before but this time was easily the longest

Mine shot fine for about 5mo. Now it cant make it all the way around the top anymore. Time to fiddle around and finally up my coil strength.

I really hope the next update fixes revive. Its sucks how often I will drain down an outlane while in MB and lose my revive even though ball save is still going

Has anyone installed the plastic blinders for the loop opto? My game only registers about 2/3 of all loops (when chaining them at speed)

First time soldering? Jesus that's rough work. I'm self taught and my work is so much cleaner than that.

I understood it.was Stern. I wasnt trying to be a dick to you

Check that your welds dont need to be filed down. May be causing your ball hop.

Did you check your post settings? There is a setting to disable posts. Maybe it was accidentally switch to on?

I think he meant the smaller metal washer above the the plastic should be above the wireform, not below.

They are usually available at Player One for about $14

1. A switch is triggering. Most likely the clairvoyant newton switch needs adjusting.
2. Check for any bumps at the welds. A few had too much of a bump at the joints causing ball hop. I think Stern will help you out regardless of whether or not you are the original owner. They will just want the serial number from your game.
3. Like you say, plenty of reading material. Swap the coil, adjust your rails, whatever works best for your machine. Regular waxing always helps.
Good luck. Enjoy.

May be a dumb question but occasionally my lower flippers (mostly the right) will stay stuck up for a second. Is this a coil stop thing? I already have new coil stops here because i found the telltale golddust in my cab. I just want to check in before i swap them incase there is something else to attend to while im there.

Edit: this only started happenjng recently. I havent changed anything to cause this.

My Maiden has no interlock (terrible move)
My AIQ has it again

Does nobody read anything before they just download and install anymore? One of the very first things in the read me file is a bold header stating that this update will erased current scores but future updates will not.

I erase mine with every update anyway. How can you judge your best score from different codes. Ball savers have increased, several shots/modes have increased increased points. Extra balls are easier to attain as is 2m2m and in theory Battle the Beast with roaming Eddie shot.

So why the concern about saving your scores?
Contradictions are tight.

A friend of mine just got his pro. I immediately noticed that the playfield had that print line issue from a couple years ago. I didn't realize this was still an issue. I've been lucky myself. I also noticd that most of the dark coloring on the inserts is very pale. The Eddie arrows seem light grey compared to my own darker ones.
I know he is just pumped to have his Maiden but these issue would irritate the hell out of me and I'm the kind of guy who believes dimples all blend together after a few thousand games. I'm not overly nit picky but the playfield looks...ugly. Worth reporting to Stern?

I don't have a picture of the print lines. I didn't want to make a stink on his first day owning the game.