My upper flipper started sticking sporadically over the weekend and would unstick after activating another coil. I popped the hood and found a bunch of that black "magic dust" on the cabinet underneath it. I pulled the stop and found it and the plunger head slightly melted. The game has under 50 plays. Crazy.
Anyway, I replaced the stop and the sleeve and cleaned everything up, and I'm back to working again. I'm also making the gauntlet ramp from that flipper with ease now.
I've had 4-5 NIB Sterns over the years, but this is a new one for me. I mean, I've seen this on some older games with a ton of play, but never on a brand new one.
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