Quoted from zaphX:

vireland please add to the index!
PROBLEM: The Depths shoots the ball into the one way gate at the I lane, causing unstoppable drains.
SOLUTION: I tried playing with various settings on the VUK, nothing helped. I returned it to default and taped the one way gate out of the way. Success, not one single drain. So I took a closer look at the gate, and my wife pointed out that the wireform for it was rubbing the light post (see pic.)
I removed it and snipped off a little bit, just enough to keep it from rubbing. This resolved the problem for me.[quoted image]

Quoted from zaphX:

Thanks for reporting the find! BTW Home Depot has an assortment of nylon spacers, I'd check there.
#10 x 3/8" Round Spacer, 5/16" OD, Nylon

Quoted from bbulkley:

I turned the gate around, which makes it behave the way that makes sense to me.

Quoted from Heater:

Hi everyone,
So I've had an ongoing problem that I don't know what to do or if it is just that way on pinball machines. It has happened off and on but today it occurred twice in one game. When a ball goes back up towards the one-way gate at the I lane, it manages to go past the gate and drain. I did my best to take a video of re-creating it. Is this normal for a one-way gate and just part of the game or is it something else that I'm missing?

Quoted from GnarLee:

I dont think it should happen often although it will happen. Might check your left and right level. I could see being off making the issue more apparent.

Quoted from JRBBRJ:

POTC is my first and only game I have purchased. So far I have fixed a few things, changed out the balls a few times, replaced a few sling and flipper rubbers and cleaned/waxed it a few times. It has 2300 games played on it. It is still running great.
Aside from cleaning/waxing and ball replacement periodically. Is there any other preventative maintenance that I should be doing to the machine? Or now is it more of a fix when I notice something isn’t working type thing?

Quoted from zaphX:

vireland please add to the index!
PROBLEM: The Depths shoots the ball into the one way gate at the I lane, causing unstoppable drains.
SOLUTION: I tried playing with various settings on the VUK, nothing helped. I returned it to default and taped the one way gate out of the way. Success, not one single drain. So I took a closer look at the gate, and my wife pointed out that the wireform for it was rubbing the light post (see pic.)
I removed it and snipped off a little bit, just enough to keep it from rubbing. This resolved the problem for me.[quoted image]

Quoted from zaphX:

As an addendum - the gate thing helped but did not eliminate the issue. Bending the Depths scoop down a bit seemed to further improve things, speculation is that balls were airborne out of the Depths causing more rattle/bounce than they should have.
Still not 100% but now infrequent enough I might be able to live with it.

Quoted from KingPinGames:

You usually see this in hanes that have exposed magnet cores, not as common with under the playfield ones. I could be wrong but I cant recall any exposed cores.
Check your chest level from left to right (not your game). There should be a slight tilt to the left. Also check to see if your release door is coming up enough to clear the balls quickly.

Quoted from KingPinGames:

You usually see this in hanes that have exposed

Quoted from LTG:

I hate seeing anything exposed, in Hanes.
LTG : )

Quoted from dug780:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Quoted from dug780:

Problem: map stopped spinning recently. I have less than a half a volt going to it. Also a couple weeks ago the LED light in the start button stop flashing. The bulb does work. I did test that as well and have less than a half of a volt going to that socket too. Any help would be greatly appreciated![quoted image][quoted image]

Quoted from dug780:

Problem: map stopped spinning recently.

Quoted from Yelobird:

it was one of the fuses in the back box.

Quoted from KornFreak28:

I believe there is an exposed magnet core on the loop right below the BP[quoted image]

Quoted from benbethel:

Really wish someone in Phoenix with great knowledge of this game would come over and check it out and let me know what's working/not working as it should.

Quoted from benbethel:

* the screen was dropped and backglass paint is scratched - I opened the backbox and tried adjusting but it won't sit at the right level, argh... UPDATE - still not fixed, we adjusted the bolts for the screen, did our best, but it seems the monitor arm itself is possibly bent, and that paint is still off...

Quoted from benbethel:

* Does the ship in the back left corner do anything? Seems like it opens or shakes or something, but no movement?

Quoted from benbethel:

Oh my... there's soooo much to read here, so nobody needs to respond until I go through the initial links at the beginning of this main post.... here was the post I put on the wrong board, now that I just got my NIB POTC CE #138 --- again, no need to reply unless you're itching to, because I'll read the initial links...
POTC CE 138 Unboxing / Setup Report with some images:
Finally got my NIB (then modded, then shipped) POTC CE #138 yesterday - after paying $16,500 for it and wiring $29K to someone (also a Wonka Ce) on 11/13/2019 - I've been unpacking things, putting them together, reading up, and finally booted it last night and played two games. Here's a link to the photo album:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BqyW3VBw25A3tCnCA
So far - and forgive me for not knowing all the lingo, I'm clueless...
* FIXED (sorta - would like it to be better) my left lane wire ramp isn't lined up - not just left and right (fixed), but front to back (still off) - trying to loosen nuts but still doesn't want to move...
* my starfield (the JJP one) and starfield mod aren't working, the mod has a few lights illuminate, the JJP one has the green light on but no testing shows the lights... UPDATE - still not working
* the screen was dropped and backglass paint is scratched - I opened the backbox and tried adjusting but it won't sit at the right level, argh... UPDATE - still not fixed, we adjusted the bolts for the screen, did our best, but it seems the monitor arm itself is possibly bent, and that paint is still off...
* Does the ship in the back left corner do anything? Seems like it opens or shakes or something, but no movement?
* I had the chest mod installed as well as others, but the chest at first didn't release the balls so I adjusted the 'release arm' (?) and it works fine now... the next thing is that it never opens/closes - it has a motor, it's the mod, but I'm not sure what I need to do.
* That ship in a bottle topper sure is loud... I know I can adjust brightness and speeds.
* When sliding the playfield back in it doesn't want to go all the way back to sit nicely, it seems to barely fit, and in doing that when I dropped it in one of the orange plastic pieces on the left lane flew into the air, guess I need a new one of those... no, there are no foam blocks back there, it just seems the cord covers (black hoses) are stretched out a bit and are getting caught up a bit.
* I've played quite a bit (minutes, not games) on 'super easy' 5-ball mode with the 15 second ball save... gotten to wizard mode in just a few games, but from what I understand that's coming (and I'll add everyone's LOL here because it seems people are waiting, and waiting for things)... in all this time of play everything else seems to be working pretty well... just not that chest mod, the starfield, the balls coming off the black pearl were getting caught on the ladder wire redirector thing.
This, of all the pins is pretty incredible... I can see how people get really hooked... I love the idea of 'tips' or instructions on how to play while lighting up the correct playfield lights... I'd even like a voice narrated training session - "this time, we're going to focus on ___" - even adding to that a mode that's 'training mode' - I can hear it now "we're going to focus only on this target/ramp, I'll continue launching balls and you see how many times you can hit this target in one minute"... once you get past a certain amount then "okay, now we're going to focus on this target/ramp then this target/ramp as a combo mode - you'll need to hit this to get ___". That would be really awesome!
Really wish someone in Phoenix with great knowledge of this game would come over and check it out and let me know what's working/not working as it should. This is my 7th.. went from Bride of Pinbot, added Whitewater, Simpsons Pinball Party, Woz 75th Ruby Red, Road Show, Hobbit Smaug, now POTC CE, and 8th pin - Wonka CE - arrives on Thursday... since then I've sold Whitewater, TSPP... really do miss that Whitewater. I'm addicted, love them, but really need to start knowing more and caring more and understanding more!
Thanks everyone!
Ben

Quoted from benbethel:

Oh my... there's soooo much to read here, so nobody needs to respond until I go through the initial links at the beginning of this main post.... here was the post I put on the wrong board, now that I just got my NIB POTC CE #138 --- again, no need to reply unless you're itching to, because I'll read the initial links...
POTC CE 138 Unboxing / Setup Report with some images:
Finally got my NIB (then modded, then shipped) POTC CE #138 yesterday - after paying $16,500 for it and wiring $29K to someone (also a Wonka Ce) on 11/13/2019 - I've been unpacking things, putting them together, reading up, and finally booted it last night and played two games. Here's a link to the photo album:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/BqyW3VBw25A3tCnCA
So far - and forgive me for not knowing all the lingo, I'm clueless...
* FIXED (sorta - would like it to be better) my left lane wire ramp isn't lined up - not just left and right (fixed), but front to back (still off) - trying to loosen nuts but still doesn't want to move...
* my starfield (the JJP one) and starfield mod aren't working, the mod has a few lights illuminate, the JJP one has the green light on but no testing shows the lights... UPDATE - still not working
* the screen was dropped and backglass paint is scratched - I opened the backbox and tried adjusting but it won't sit at the right level, argh... UPDATE - still not fixed, we adjusted the bolts for the screen, did our best, but it seems the monitor arm itself is possibly bent, and that paint is still off...
* Does the ship in the back left corner do anything? Seems like it opens or shakes or something, but no movement?
* I had the chest mod installed as well as others, but the chest at first didn't release the balls so I adjusted the 'release arm' (?) and it works fine now... the next thing is that it never opens/closes - it has a motor, it's the mod, but I'm not sure what I need to do.
* That ship in a bottle topper sure is loud... I know I can adjust brightness and speeds.
* When sliding the playfield back in it doesn't want to go all the way back to sit nicely, it seems to barely fit, and in doing that when I dropped it in one of the orange plastic pieces on the left lane flew into the air, guess I need a new one of those... no, there are no foam blocks back there, it just seems the cord covers (black hoses) are stretched out a bit and are getting caught up a bit.
* I've played quite a bit (minutes, not games) on 'super easy' 5-ball mode with the 15 second ball save... gotten to wizard mode in just a few games, but from what I understand that's coming (and I'll add everyone's LOL here because it seems people are waiting, and waiting for things)... in all this time of play everything else seems to be working pretty well... just not that chest mod, the starfield, the balls coming off the black pearl were getting caught on the ladder wire redirector thing.
This, of all the pins is pretty incredible... I can see how people get really hooked... I love the idea of 'tips' or instructions on how to play while lighting up the correct playfield lights... I'd even like a voice narrated training session - "this time, we're going to focus on ___" - even adding to that a mode that's 'training mode' - I can hear it now "we're going to focus only on this target/ramp, I'll continue launching balls and you see how many times you can hit this target in one minute"... once you get past a certain amount then "okay, now we're going to focus on this target/ramp then this target/ramp as a combo mode - you'll need to hit this to get ___". That would be really awesome!
Really wish someone in Phoenix with great knowledge of this game would come over and check it out and let me know what's working/not working as it should. This is my 7th.. went from Bride of Pinbot, added Whitewater, Simpsons Pinball Party, Woz 75th Ruby Red, Road Show, Hobbit Smaug, now POTC CE, and 8th pin - Wonka CE - arrives on Thursday... since then I've sold Whitewater, TSPP... really do miss that Whitewater. I'm addicted, love them, but really need to start knowing more and caring more and understanding more!
Thanks everyone!
Ben