Blue Chip
Williams, 1976I can free up the stuck plunger by hand from under the main board but after about 10 flips the plunger sticks in again thus locking my flipper. Is their a temporary fix for this. I have a lot of guests coming over this Friday night and I really need it to work!! Help!
It's probably a magnetized coil stop that needs to be replaced. If you don't have a spare you could temporarily swap with the knocker coil which you don't really need.
This is on the left flipper. When it sticks it sticks with plunger in. I can pop it back out and it works for about 10 times and sticks again. I am a newby and I just replaced all the O-rings and flipper shafts and paddels. Worked great for a few days but now this problem with the sticking flipper.
OP, make sure you are reading the replies to your other thread regarding this topic.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/1976-williams-bluechip-flipper-hums-loud
You appear to be a newbie to the written word as well. I kid!
Not sure how else you want me to say it - I think your coil stop may be magnetized. Try swapping it with the one on your knocker assembly. If none of this makes any sense all I can say is you may need help from a pro.
Yeh, your right I'm newbie. But I want to thank everyone. I just finished cleaning the plunger and inside the coil sleeve. Used some emory cloth on the plunger and a little alcohol inside the coil sleeve. IT WORKS GREAT!!! As a matter of fact it works so good it makes the right flipper seem weak now. I will save that cleaning job for another day. I am getting more comfortable and less and less nervous about working on this thing now. Thank everyone again. You may have salvaged my Friday night get together!.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:You appear to be a newbie to the written word as well. I kid!
Not sure how else you want me to say it - I think your coil stop may be magnetized. Try swapping it with the one on your knocker assembly. If none of this makes any sense all I can say is you may need help from a pro.
How can you swap a plunger from a knocker with one for a flipper? They're not the same.
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