Quoted from RonaldRaygun_:I just got my premium today!
I had a few issues I wanted to see if any of you could help with. It's my first pin and I'm looking to see if any of you had any issues with your flippers right out of the gate? For whatever reason, my lower left flipper refuses to actuate with the switch. It will actuate if I go into the coil test, but that is the only way it will fire. I've checked the flipper switch, and it makes good contact. I'm not entirely sure where to look next.
If I lift the play field to examine the underside, I can never get it to sit nicely back into the slots at the front. Those little fingers sit about 1/8 of an inch away from the slot. I have to lift the back of the playfield in order to get it to drop into the slot.
The plunger also seems to be out of alignment. The autoplunger works just fine, but the shooter rod retaining washer hits the side of the autoplunger - thing? The little metal fork. The manual plunges are always incredibly weak because of this. Barely making it out of the shooter lane. I included a picture of the alignment of the rod.
Thanks for any help!
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Flipper, from most to least likely:
The left flipper is a stack, so when you press it, does your upper left flipper activate, but not your lower? It's likely you need to adjust the blades by bending them in so they make contact sooner for both the upper and lower blades.
If not that, check the wires to make sure that there isn't a broken wire on the left flipper button switch.
If that checks out, then with a multimeter follow the wire back and test continuity of each wire going to the button to make sure there's not a break in the wire.
For the shooter:
You can loosen the three screws on the inside opposite the shooter plate the rod is attached to and adjust, then re-tighten to get it more centered.