Hi all,

Sorry for starting a new thread, but I'm wondering if anyone can help me out. This is my first pinball and I've had it about a year. I'm getting another one, but man, I love this game. It's been playing great, but it just started having an issue where the extra ball will light up, and when I hit it, the game won't give me the extra ball. I am thinking that the sensor for the left loop is no longer registering. I took the glass off and looked for the little switch to adjust it, but it doesn't have a normal one like on the right loop and spinner lanes. It has the hanging switch thing that matches the ramps. Could anyone point me in the right direction to troubleshoot a little bit?

I'm away from the game right now, but I'm assuming my next step is to check for loose wires and that switch under the playfield.

Thanks in advance!

Thank you both for the quick replies! I went in and checked the wiring underneath before I saw your replies (and there was nothing loose). I then did the switch test, and after touching it a few times in my earlier troubleshooting, it appeared to be registering. It wouldn't register my my moving the switch with my hand, but it did when I passed a ball through. I'm assuming something was a little loose or something and my going over it knocked it back in place? Anyway, I did a test game and it worked great. It worked so well I ended up going all the way through Power Down!

I do have a question though, as I know this is going to happen in the future - for that switch matrix you provided from the manual, that is showing what's on the CPU board behind the back glass, right? so like the wiring needs to be checked, then the switches? If a switch goes bad, are we talking about replacing something on the playfield or something up top on the board? I am going to order some replacement parts off Marco just to have them on hand, but I'm trying to decide what I need and learn what that procedure would look like. I also ordered an original owner's guide for Johnny off ebay, so hopefully that will help get me going as well.

Thanks again!