Yes!!!! That’s the missing piece of the puzzle. I was able to move the flipper back, put the bolt back in, and it’s working perfectly.

Thank you so much!

Ha! Wow. Did we just get punked?

No. He figured out a fix. And can enjoy his game. That is the goal.

The way that hole on the pawl is worn, I would get a rebuild kit for at least the lower two.

LTG : )

Lol it’s a joke!

Please remember. If you want to be funny. Type slower for us old guys.

LTG : )

You’re not old yet Lloyd. Just too serious. Unless your getting paid for your presence on Pinside

No. Tough year catching up to me.

My reward is helping people enjoy their games more.

LTG : )

We appreciate your help, that is for sure! Thank you!

You really are a treasure, Lloyd!

Anyone know where I can pick up the silent spinner parts? Seems sold out everywhere I look. Is this something I could just DIY?

This^^^^

Sweet, thanks bud.

Question about my POTC LE. The "chest" and "load" lights are never lit in front of the chest. Any shot into the chest holds the ball for Dead man's Chest multi-ball. Its too easy as nothing is needed to qualify it.

Any idea how I can fix this? Any suggestions appreciated. Thank you.

Your forks are stuck up then?

If you go into the menu does it show any switch test errors? Wondering if your lock switches are stuck closed somehow? You’re supposed to have to hit each lock switch (on either side of the chest) to lock a ball.

Ugh when you realize you can’t remember how it works. Guess I’m firing up the potc this weekend for some rules refreshers. The lights if I remember correct are just showing that the lock switch to either side of the chest is active. First time around they will both be lit. Hit them in any order and chest will activate a lock. Once 3 balls are locked you get the multi ball. The second time around only 1 of the switches are active at a time. I think it was left one then right one, but all you have to do is follow the light. Hit the lit one and then the other side will lite. Once both are hit in order slock is active again. Same process for all 3 balls again. The third time though I believe you have to run though both switches in order 2 times to get the locks, but not too sure have not payed close enough attn to the third time through

Go into Tests - LEDs - All LEDs - see if they light there.

LTG : )

Another rules question... when you have gone through one if the mini-wizard modes, on subsequent visits to the star-map, I'm guessing that the chapters relating to the wizard you have done will not be selectable (because they will all be done)... is that right? Not played well enough to find out

Correct. At the moment once you complete 5 chapters in 1 movie that movie is done for the entire game. This is even true if you manage to complete all 25 chapter in the game ( all 5 movies done). I feel if you complete 25 chapters you should be able to go through them again, but that’s not what we have atm

Those both go in the shooter lane. The larger one with the rounded cutout goes around where the ball pops out of the trough, and the other one goes on the black wood rail on the opposite side, where the ball hits when it is ejected

Anyone have a good method for avoiding SDTM after the ball releases from the star map? Such a frustrating way to drain.

Right after the chapter is selected I double flip to lower the post. That way the ball hasn't had a chance to come to rest against the post. Seems like that gives it less of a chance to come out of there at an angle that takes it SDTM.

Check the rubber ring on the left of the starmap shot for wear at the front post. Every machine is probably a little different, but I haven't had many drains since spinning this ring around.

Yes, but not as aggravating as when the ball drains out of the lower "I" lane, rather than returning all the way to the left flipper, after being ejected from the Depths VUK. Happens to me more (and too) often.

This was happening to me a lot too - I addressed it by releveling the machine and put a tiny bit of silicone lube on that gate

I addressed this issue by lowering the kick out power from The Depths. I still get the drain, but rarely.

The one that kills me the most is drops down, hits the gold targets, then goes straight down the left outline (the one that drains). Don’t have much SDTM.

Thanks! I've actually tried these solutions as well as @zaphX's gate trim, but unfortunately, I still get these drains occasionally. Very sporadic, but very frustrating when it happens. Need to experiment more.

IMHO Don't put the map hole ones on as you will get rejects. I am having to take mine out as half my hits to the scoop get rejected.

For anyone having issues of the Kraken mod causing the Malestrom ramp divertor to hang down (due to the weight of the mod out-weighing the return spring force and pulling the diverter down), I modified mine according to the below pics...
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As you can see, it's pulling the diverter up nicely now!! And the magnet still pulls it down.

Ummm. It’s not suppose to be mounted on the moving diverter? It’s a fixed mount

That's how it was installed on the game... so it was designed to be on the plastic behind the divertor mech so it doesn't move?

Correct - it's not supposed to be on the moving parts. The sticky pads will line up perfectly with the plastic ramp if it's installed right.

In that case, I have a suggestion for anyone wanting their Kraken to move with the divertor, which does look cool by the way!! Given the choice, I'd definitely go for the moving version myself...

Looks like it's the Kraken thats grabbing the ball and pulling in into the whirlpool...

Very interesting!

Will look great until the feet slamming down snap off. Just sayin. Was designed to go over and attached at 2 points but you can install as you wish always.

That sounds like a bad ass enough idea that some enterprising mod makers should look into it...

I very much doubt that that would happen... the feet don't hit anything when the divertor is in the down position... they are close to the ramp plastic, but don't slam against it. It really does look good, so much so that I was convinced it was supposed to be like that... just needed a slight adjustment to the spring mount to counter-balance the weight.

It's already out there. It's one of the coolest parts of the game.

As I said you can absolutely install it as you like. That’s why it’s called modding. Just saying when I Made these the end feet are rather thin so I wanted to say they could possibly break if not mounted. No worries.

Wow, you're up early! Fully appreciate your concern... just pointing out that this mod does seem perfectly designed to be fitted to the moving plate, even if it wasn't... the flexibility of the foam filled mounting pad takes out any shock so the arms don't see stress. Will take some pics of it in the down position for anyone interested in re-positioning it and animating their Kraken.

P.S. Thanks for making this mod, it really is very cool, with or without animation.

I now understand why the tentacles have flat areas on the ends... so the design was to have foam pads here also that would stick it to the ramp... I was wondering why they were flat...

That's funny. When I first bought the mod, I thought it attached to the diverter as well. But then I read the instructions and realized it was a fixed mount. Sounds like it would look pretty cool.

I guess the guy who I bought the game off didn't read the instructions It does look very cool! I was convinced that's how it was designed to be!

Is anyone having an issue with a sticky action button?

Mine is ridiculous! Sometimes it sticks in and I find myself having to try and fiddle with the outer housing, twisting it to try and relieve whatever's making the button catch... mostly I can relieve it by pressing at different points on it, but it's very annoying when I try and collect gold and it sticks down of course... I might look at strengthening the spring in there... Just wondering if anyone else has encountered this, and how they fixed it?

I have the CE, so those barnacles on there could be causing some mis-alignment...

I believe you are talking about the lockdown bar button. Lots of folks have had this issue and did different things to correct it. I just bought a replacement button for the stern lock down bar from pinball life and that works.

Yep, that's what I'm on about... what you've said has given me an idea, if the Stern lock-bar buttons are the same, I can swap it for the button on Stranger Things, which has zero meaningful functionality on that game!! Thanks for the tip!!

I fixed mine simply by stretching the tension spring out to add a bit more tension. I know this might not fix it for some, but it worked here and it was cheap / easy.