Electrolytics dry out. Replacing it is good practice.

107 pages, I'm late to the party!

I haven't had my Pinbot long, but I love it, play every day. Had it about 3 months now. Found it right here on Pinside.

I have noticed 2 glitches with my machine. #1, randomly the background music will stop. Once the ball drains and a new ball is put into play, the music starts again.

#2, the solar value switch will occasionally not work. I have tested this several times and every time I test it, it works 100%. I've run diagnostics on it, had a game going and run the ball over the switch and it works 100%. Then, I'll play a game and It won't work for a few times, then not and then it works again. Very frustrating. Any ideas?

Thanks, will do exactly that.

I'm having a heck of a time finding switches for my Pinbot. Specifically SW-1A-164 for the entrance and exit to the ramp. Searched a lot of sites (Marco, Action Pinball etc.) Nobody has them in stock. Can someone direct me to a supply or solution? I thought about trying to just get the reeds and building my own. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Thanks guys, all good info. Now to search for some plastics.

And to tag along on this...how do you get the 3 screws out that hold that down? Mine just spin and spin. Could not find a nut on the backside. Are they machine threads or wood screws? I really need to get this off because there is a dead spot on my ramp and if I hit the ball up there soft enough, it gets stuck.

Ok, wondering if anyone else has experienced this phenomena.

I had gotten to the point that on launch, I could hit the 100,000 hole on the corkscrew ramp about 95% of the time. Lately, the ball has been acting different on launch. Sometimes it will act as if it gets slowed down as it hits the ramp (or shortly before). When I try to compensate for that, it flies up to the 20,000 hole.
What it comes down to is, it's not consistent. Months ago, it was great. Now, I can get it to the 100,000 hole about 30-40% of the time. Any ideas?

Great suggestions, will check on those things this weekend.

Awesome. This has got to be it. Sometimes it will travel perfectly and smoothly up the ramp, but I'll bet it hits and deflects at times, causing it to slow down.
Is there a guide for making this? Or do I just freehand it?

I've had the ball get stuck in several spots on my machine, but never like this. Anyone ever have it stop here?

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It would be nice to have a template for the holes. Are there any measurements to locate the holes? Or do you just eyeball it and hope it's right?

I would agree. The only thing you'd want the ball to contact would be the apex of the guide, I'm guessing. I just don't want to make it worse than it is.

I think I just had a flipper coil die on me. Checking coil between right and left flippers and there is a difference. The issue I'm having is, the parts book calls for an FL-23/600-30/2600. There are 2 different coils in there now, an FL-11629/50V on the right and an FL-11630-50V on the left. These coils also have 2 diodes each instead of 1 that I see in the drawings and on order sites. Can someone explain what I might have going on here and what I need to do to get the right part? TIA.

Thanks for the info. Trying to keep up with upgrades and tweaks can be daunting.

Replaced the coil and it's back to normal. Measured resistance on the old coil and found 7 ohms where I should have 4.7 according to charts I checked. In retrospect, this makes sense. When checking the bad coil, if I "helped" it, it would work. When pushing the flipper button, I could see it trying to move.

Thanks again for the help with this.