Hello, my IJ was down to holding only about 1 in 5 shots in the mode start hole. Very frustrating. I did a ton of research, and there are all sorts of great solutions. I wanted to try the easiest fix I could first, and go from there. Here is what I ended up doing, and it is now holding over 4 of 5, maybe 9 of 10.

First, as I learned from others, from under the play field, I lowered the actually plastic hole scoop by 2 inserting two washers between it and the play field. That didn't really seem to do anything, in and of itself.

Next I experimented with various foam placements, and that only gave slight improvement. Then, I placed two clear rubber cabinet door protector stops on the bracket, and two small felt pads deep on the left side. The theory I had was that the felt on the left might channel the ball more centrally, and then the two rubber stops might knock the ball down a bit, and deaden it just a bit.

This has been a great fix so far, and back to greatly enjoying the game!

Here is a picture.

Now, you will notice, the rubber cabinet stop on the left is sliding off the bracket. I did notice when I applied it that it was slick, like maybe there was some wax, or oil on the bracket, that was preventing the adhesive from taking. I might go back in and try and clean that part of the bracket a bit and re-apply a new cabinet stop, but the fix is working!!!

Just wanted to share this easy thing that others could try...

Trying again on the picture.

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I saw your idea during my research, and I would like to be in a position to try your fix, if mine fails, or becomes difficult to maintain,, etc... Once again, your idea is super easy, low cost, low risk and can be reversed - which I like!!!

Question - which foam pad do you use, here are few I found:

http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=foam+target+pad

http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=410