Curious if there is a way to make the flippers behave more like the fliptronic feel of my TZ, which is very crisp and immediate. I've adjusted the strength, it just feels muddy compared to my TZ.

Thank you. I appreciate the time you put into that list!

Are most of these adjustments? Or part defects?

That makes sense, more likely the "feel" of the flipper buttons. I'll adjust them. In fairness, my current TZ is the most responsive Williams I've ever owned, which is probably because Brian Kelly restored it.

Ya think!

Never thought of that. Seems mine has a very slight hesitation or I could be just imagining things. I’ll try that if I find there’s a slight delay

Although Vireland I can’t seem to locate your post fix on the first page

Make sure all the hardware holding the flipper mechs in place are tight. I had an upper left sticking flipper, turned out the hex screw holding the coil stop plate in place was loose, causing the plunger to rub the coil sleeve on the return.

I had this exact issue. Loosen the pawl nut on the flipper and correct the vertical position of the flipper such that the coil moves freely, then re tighten.

What everyone said and do Not use lube on flipper mechs!

Lube/Oil/Grease is never a proper solution to fix a pin. Just imagine all the coil dust we clean out of our machines, now add in a substance that attracts dust. Proly just needs an adjustment.

And for the love of anything holy. Never hose anything down in a pin with WD40.

LTG : )

That's okay for greasing balls for storage though, yes?

Before use I degrease them with naphtha.

FYI if anyone has had an issue with the black pearl not moving consistently - mind was binding against the wire bundle! Had to affix it to the back of the cabinet in place with a zip tie

As long as you don't spray them in the game. Yes.

LTG : )

If your more of a see it done kind of person I strongly suggest watching master LTG's flipper setup video. As I suspect your flipper may simply be binding in the nylon guide this may help get you going. FYI your POTC did not come with the tool he mentions but a simple plastic credit card will work just as well. Good Luck.

Two questions I hope can be answered.
I noticed the Star Map pop up post comes up ok, but has become slow and even hesitates half way down before it fully retracts. What should I look for?

Second, and a minor one, I have yet to have any of the patches or pirate hat show up on a picture since the update. Does anyone think adjusting the sensitivity of the camera would give a better chance for it to happen?

Best I could suggest is make sure the post (#3) is not rubbing and is centered on the hole in the playfield. Its possible your coil sleeve may be gnarled up (#5) but try centering first. As for the pics, sadly I haven't played well enough to warrant a photo capture lately..... Good Luck.

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Much thanks. I'll check the assembly and see if its moving freely. And then I'll get liposuction done for my face so I can try to get a pirate patch picture

I have a t-shirt with Jermaine’s face from Fotc. The game once put a hat and patch on him. Missed my face altogether. Maybe it’s done on beauty?

I have a more angular face - never seen the hat and patch once. Not sure what I'm doing wrong!

My face looks like this, and haven't seen jack shit yet....

Guess there's something wrong with me.

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I finally took my BP off the game to try to fix some of the issues I've been having with one of the Bonus X stand-ups. I thought it was just gaped too far, but upon closer inspection it's just mounted on the mini playfield too close to the rubber, so it will only activate with strong pressure.

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I tried loosening and pushing it further to the right, but as soon as I get tighten the screw at all it goes right back; the bracket doesn't really allow for any horizontal adjustment. Not sure what can be done but filling the old screw holes and mounting it again?

I also wanted to ask if both BP flippers were supposed to have the same amount of movement, or if my left flipper's movement is intentionally shorter? bp_flipper (resized).png

The right flipper has a ton more movement in my game, and I can't remember if the left flipper was always this way, or something that has gotten worse over time..

Left and right flipper are the same on the BP. I suspect your Left flipper is at the end of travel (the flipper itself) against the rubber on the playfield which is not letting the plunger fully release. Adjust the flipper topside with the pawl nut below and I am betting you will be good.

On the upper skull switch your best option would be to simply set the contact gap closer so the target throw to activate would be greatly reduced vs trying to move the switch. Good Luck.

I'm afraid that I'd have to make it so sensitive that non-hits would trigger it; as it is, you have to press down the right-side hard to make it trigger. Dang. I'll try contacting JJP and see if they have any ideas.

Thanks, I'll make them the same, just need to figure out how much of a flip that is haha. For the rest of your comment, do you mean the left in my picture (which is the right flipper when not upside-down), or the right in my picture (normally left)? The left in my picture is the flipper that has much greater amount of movement, but maybe it flips too far? The right (in-picture) is the one that flips less.

On you skull switch have you tried loosening the screw and cheating it to the right? Assuming you have. Easiest thing imo would be to pull out the switch and bore out the hole on switch just a hair. This would give you a bit more adjustment.

I was referring left or right that the flipper bat throw from the Top needed to be adjusted so they don't bottom out before the plunger can fully extend. In your picture (bottom side) the coil plunger is not fully extended meaning that (right or left) flipper is hitting full travel to soon. Hope that makes sense.

Ah ok, that's what I thought originally, which is why I posted here to confirm. I wanted to make sure there wasn't a game-design reason they had a shorter range of movement on the left flipper so you couldn't cradle or something like that. It sounds like this is not the case, and I should fix it to fully extend.

This is an old post, but I wanted to thank you for it. I was having the same issue with my Wonka lighting all of a sudden. Reseating the USB seems to have fixed the issue.

Not finding my issue on here so far.

The chest release isn't working correctly. When I test the coil, it's like it isn't getting enough power. The mech barely moves at all. I've tried the release timing to no avail. When playing the game and the chest is supposed to release, it goes into ball search.

What do I need to do to troubleshoot this?

That did it! Thanks!

Not sure if this will help anyone more than any other instructions out there. I think I recall someone else doing a video, but here is one on the BP removal that I have used several times.

https://pinballmods.co/black-pearl-removal-instructions

Jesus! I thought they said it was going to be easy to remove!

It’s hard the first time. Once you do it, it becomes quite simple. I can get the ship removed in under 4 mins

Including the ramps and the VUK? Seems like a lot.

You can do it without removing the ramp and vuk, it is a bit tight though.

If you have the bit sizes handy and an electric screwdriver it's a 5-10 minute job. I should time it putting it back together but I would bet someone I could do the whole thing in 10 minutes.

People will start posting their BP removal times rather than their HS.

anyone having any pics or directions on how to install the Mystery Hole Cliffy. I'm in process of doing it right now and I'm at this spot in my disassembly and don't know what to do...thx.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/jjpirates-of-the-caribbean-troubleshooting-tips-issues#post-4934930

remove the ball deflector ( aka snubber bracket), clean area with alcohol pad, install cliffy.

You can remove the two screws on the snubber bracket without taking the pop bumper apart like in vireland’s post, but you might mark up / dent the pop bumper skirt a little bit if you do.