Star Trek (Pro)
Stern, 2013Maybe this is a well-known thing, but the manual specifies the same coil and EOS switch for the upper flipper, but the machine I'm working on has a smaller coil (didn't get the part number) and no EOS switch (there's actually a plastic spacer installed, so it looks deliberate). Is this configuration correct (i.e. the manual is wrong)? If so, what's the part number for that coil? I don't have full time access to the machine or I'd look myself.
Thanks,
Brad
Quoted from bsnelson:Maybe this is a well-known thing, but the manual specifies the same coil and EOS switch for the upper flipper, but the machine I'm working on has a smaller coil (didn't get the part number) and no EOS switch (there's actually a plastic spacer installed, so it looks deliberate). Is this configuration correct (i.e. the manual is wrong)? If so, what's the part number for that coil? I don't have full time access to the machine or I'd look myself.
Thanks,
Brad
The upper flipper does not need an EOS. The only thing the EOS does is tell the game the flipper has been pushed down from a hold position and then it re-applies the power.
Rob
A related question, possibly a bit more dumb 
The fuses located near the bottom flippers are pretty obviously FOR the lower flippers; would one assume that the fuse somewhat near the upper flipper is for that one as well? I have some pics of the bottom of the playfield, but it's not easy to trace the wires that way. I've got parts on order to repair the flipper (it's the well-known disintegrating coil stop), but if I could easily disable that upper flipper until I can make the repair, it'd make the machine more playable.
Brad
Quoted from RacerRik:What does this mean - "the well-known disintegrating coil stop"? Are there some posts on Pinside about this?
Yeah, tons. Just search it in the forum. Stern coil stops are garbage.
My ST pro is home use only. Bought new by me.
I bought it oct 2013.
1700+ plays. And replaced them 3 times already. As the flippers started to stick.
Brass dust everywhere inside the cabinet.
I have had three disintegrate on my ACDC including one that is on the pop bumper bracket. I thought it was just my bad luck, but it seems like it really is a quality problem at Stern if many others are having the same problem. I have never seen this happen on my Williams games that have many, many more plays on them than my ACDC.
Are the replacement coil stops that PinballLife sells any better? I figured maybe they were made by another company rather than the same company that builds the OEM parts for Stern but maybe not...
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