Just bought a NASCAR pin from a pinsider. It was home use only for about 10-12 years and has minimal wear. It plays great and I look forward to years of play. Thank to all of you on the forum who helped sell me on this great pin!

On my NASCAR, plastic part -36 is not installed. It is the inverted L-shaped piece shown in the photo.

Does anyone know of a reason why it would be removed? Thanks.

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Only had my NASCAR pin for a week, but am loving it! I only have experience with Gottlieb system 1 pins, so have a couple of questions:

1) What are the best source for parts? From what I can tell Marco has the most. Are there others that I should know about?

2) Do I need to periodically wax the playfield, or just keep it clean? It is already fast.

Thanks.

No zip ties here, thankfully. And the playfield is clean

Today will see a coat of wax and the rubber cleaned.

With Atlanta and Homestead-Miami races being postponed I'm glad I can take a few laps around the track at home!

Speaking of which, last night I had a ball get caught between the rotating car and the ramp. After that ball was hit with another ball, it was freed, but not before the pin went through several cycles to try to find all the balls. Has anyone else had this issue? Is there a way to keep it from happening again?

Yes, that is the one.

I didn't actually see the moment it got caught. But given the position of the plate, I'm confident it was turning at the time it got stuck. It looked like the plate and the ball just happened to be at the same place at the same time.

It plays normally now

As mentioned previously, here is number 166.
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Just a question about the motor behind the hauler that rotates the cars. Mine makes a noticeable noise when turning, but turns fine. Is it normal to hear it?

Thanks.

My NASCAR sometimes shows coil malfunctions for #27 and/or #28, pit lock releases. When it occurs a ball may be released when it should not be.
It is not consistent. The malfunction may be appear for one or both on one day and then not appear again for weeks. I ran the diagnostics and it does not consistently show a problem either. Any thoughts on what is going on? Any suggestions on solutions? Thanks.

In case anyone comes across a similar issue, here is what happened recently on my NASCAR pin.

I kept getting a message that there were coil #27 and coil #28 malfunctions. When I examined coil #27 it was hot and the covering was turning brown from heat. It turns out that the problem was the actuator wire on the switch for coil #27. The wire was slightly bent and once I straightened it, everything functioned normally. There was no malfunction with either coil #27 or #28; the #27 switch wire was the cause of the problem.