The drop target coil does not trigger in any tests. The snagger test does nothing in test. The target reset coil works in test.

Here is a funny thing, even though the drop target coil and snagger don’t work in any tests or during the game, they world when the machine cycles to look for a missing ball.
Any ideas?

Yes, and I tested most of the other flashers and coils to be sure they were working. Everything else worked.

So here is what happened, There was a short in the right slingshot, a blown diode on the egg scoop coil and the transistor for the scoop. Chasing down 3 problems instead of just 1 meant trashing one of the replacement transistors and 5 fuses. But it's now up and running.

Hello, I'm new to this site (and owning a pin altogether ) so if I'm posting this in the wrong place let me know and I'll move it. I purchased a JPLW this past weekend and it plays great, but when I turn the snagger off I get a strange error during the Mobile Lab mode where the multi balls never end, even if I complete the mode. This is happening at factory default settings. Funny thing is, when snagger moder is enabled, the mode plays fine. Below is a video of the issue.Has anyone else come across this?

Thanks northvibe I'll look into the switches tonight. Just got the machine and really hope I don't have to send parts out already

I just got one of these a few months ago. It's also my first pin, so super excited to have it in the house and have enjoyed doing some minor repair on it and replacing all of the bulbs with LEDs. The machine is pretty challenging, and I was lucky that everything seems to be working well right now (also have a complete egg). Overall it feels like it's a good starter pin for me.

Does anybody know a good place to print custom play cards/instructions for this one? I've found a few online, but the sizing was off and didn't look so great.

I’m in need of some snagger help. Mine always ends in the down position and the drop resets as it starts back down.

See video, any help is much appreciated.

Have you worked through the 'Snagger Motor OPTO Board / Micro Switches Adjustment Procedure" in the manual?

The optos read properly up and down. My issue is the game always drives the grabber up then down. So in test, or in a game, the grabber stops in the down position.

Oh. Could it be as simple as a reversed connector or the motor wired backwards, sending the opposite signals so the snagger is working completely opposite?

Sounds more like the black belt is off a couple teeth.

I'm not seeing how this is a belt issue and maybe I'm not fully understanding the set-up.

I'm lay my snagger flat on the playfield as shown. Next, I loosen the set-screw on the arm connected to the motor and rotate it such that it is interrupting the "down" opto and tighten in place.

The snagger test will then raise my snagger and the drop target resets at about the time the "home" opto is interrupted. Then the snagger continues and tries to go back to the "down" position, but it runs into the drop target.

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I tried to start over on my snagger issue last night. I removed the drop the belts completely and reset them with the snagger in the down position. This is also where the motor arm is stopped. In the snagger motor test the motor stops and changes direction properly when it hits the microswitches. I completely removed the opto board at first. In the snagger motor test menu, there are buttons for "up" and "down". When starting the snagger is always down, so the DOWN button does nothing. When I try UP, the motor pulses for a split second and as soon as the DOWN microswtich changes state, the motor quickly goes back to the DOWN position. Having never had this game before, should the motor continue to the UP position manually in that test screen? If so, what would cause the motor to reverse and shut off quickly in this test?

Make sure the drop target is functioning correctly in test...it is linked to that snagger, the snagger should not try to go down when that target is up. Check the target switch also.

These are awesome ty for sharing!

Hello all LWJP fans and owners. I have one coming soon that is going to require a lot of work and am hoping someone here can help me out. This machine is missing the front half of the baby T-rex egg and I would like to recreate it. Does anyone have one that they could loan me so that I can make a mold and cast a new one? I would also make extras for anyone else that needs it. I know this is a rare part and I would take great care with it. Is there anyone here that I could borrow one from?

The snagger on this one is completely dismounted so the next project will to rebuild that.

Mine has a couple of cracks, should still be good to make a mold. I also have an almost complete set of decals that I didn't use, I only used the snagger decals out of the set. If you need to make decals or just want them we can figure something out.

I have a slightly cracked egg on a spare playfield that I could donate towards getting replacements made. That way no one would have to take it off their working game.

All I would ask in return would be a copy of the replacement or my parts back when you're done.

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Thank you Darscot and TheArrrrrcade for your egg-loan offers! I will PM you both to make arrangements. Giving you an egg out of the batch that I make is the least that I can do thank you for helping.

Is there anyone else out there that would like to be on the list for one of these?

Depends if is priced reasonable enough for me. I took the egg completely off because I couldn't find one and I don't really miss it. I guess if I wanted to sell it that would be a negative point.

I have a question about the ROMs on this game. I know on mine, if I disable the Snagger, the game does not play correctly (modes never end, balls keep being saved, etc). I saw a few posts in here about this, but no def conclusions. Was the code not finished, or is there a later ROM where this issue is fixed?

Thanks for any help. My snagger works (at the moment), but I have this game at our non-profit arcade, and I am afraid with the amount of play it gets that the snagger is going to die.

I will check the version tonite. I guess the best question is, do others have the snagger off and the game plays correctly?

Yes, I got an egg and a mold kit but haven't got the guts up to try it yet. I'm going to the local model making supply shop this weekend to ask about any tips, tricks, and materials recommendations for something this thin. I want it to be able to last and would like to make it thicker to take ball hits as well as stay attached to the brackets. The project is moving, albeit slowly.

Who else needs these Snagger gear train parts? I'd like to put together a group order for some rare parts in the Snagger assembly that aren't available at the usual places. The parts are:

Part #530-5478-00 'Pulley - Timing Belt' (item 5a on page 79 of the manual), This is the smaller pulley (2 required) that is connected by the flat toothed black belt:
530-5478-00, Pulley - Timing Belt, $17 each

Part #530-5481-02 'Gear' (item 9 on page 79 of the manual), This is the toothed gear (2 required) on the motor and Snagger assembly that is connected by the 'Timing Chain' belt:
530-5481-02, Gear, $27 each

Part #545-5820-02 'Timing Chain' (item 8 on page 79 of the manual), which is the orange'ish belt that looks like a ladder and connects the toothed pulley on the motor to the Snagger assembly:
545-5820-02, Timing Chain, $30 each

The Gear and Timing Chain are a custom size with a minimum order of 5 and will take about 4 weeks to build. The pulley has a minimum order of 3. I hope to place the order within in a week or so, with the entire order to ship when everything is fabricated. I’ll then ship them out using standard USPS for whatever that costs.

Pulley, $17 each + postage (minimum order of 3 required, I need 2)
Toothed Gear, $27 each + postage (minimum order of 5 required, I need 1)
Timing Chain, $30 each + postage (minimum order of 5 required, I need 1)

Who else needs these parts?

I'd be in for a toothed gear a and timing chain.

I’m in on timing chain

Great! Here is the list so far (2/6/19):

Toothed Gear:
J-Freeze

Timing Chain:
J-Freeze
Pinballlew

I would be in for all of them, better to have spares

Yeah I'll take all three, better to be safe.

Twitami - Do you want one of each or a belt and a pair of each pulley and gear?

Darscot - Got you down for one of each

I'll take one of each.