I'm having an issue with one I purchased a few months ago. It was one of the reasons the guy sold the game. Typically around the 7th frame, the game will register one or two misses. After it does that, you can see a coil up top continually firing. It fires 10-12 times, stops and then things return to normal.

I thought it might be registering a ball landing on the up kicker so I cleaned that opto. Unfortunately, it still does it.

Anyone know how this thing works and what sensor controls the scoring? It can't be an issue with the pin sensor, or it would at least register 1 pin. It has to be something past that point.

Oddly enough, it normally happens around the 7th frame.

Thanks for the help.

It does it without releasing a ball, if I remember correctly. The VUK seems to work just fine, it's the upper solenoid that keeps firing after the miss is registered. Typically, it puts up two misses in a row.

Thanks for doing that for me. The ball kickout seems fine. I haven't had any issues with it and based on the condition of the game, it barely looks like it's been played.

I'll re-seat anything in a socket and report back.

Thanks again!

I pulled the pin setter mech out and cleaned all the optos that control the ball diverters. We played about 6-7 games on it last night and it seemed fine.

Keep your fingers crossed.

I don’t know if you have to pull it, but your life is going to be a lot easier if you do. The pin setter mech comes out really quickly.

Anyone ever have theirs where it randomly cycles balls when it’s in attract mode? It fires all 8 into the trough and then puts them back 4 on each side. It’s fine for about 60s and then does it again.

I’m completely clueless since it plays fine.

That would be awesome if you could. I don't think I have a manual. It never did it before, but my batteries did go dead and I had to replace them. I went through the settings, but didn't see anything.

Thanks for checking.

Anyone have any other ideas on why it might be cycling balls for no reason in attract mode?

Awesome. Thanks for finding that for me. I'll give that a try this weekend.

Just to update this thread. I couldn’t find anything that performed a factory reset in the menu, so I used the button in the head. It appears to have resolved the issue. I left it on for about 30 minutes while I was playing some other games and it didn’t randomly cycle any balls.

Just to follow up, there isn't the traditional free play setting in the menu. It's an actual switch on the little board but it doesn't say freeplay. It says something about tournament mode.

I also looked 3 -4 times and there isn't anything in the menu other than restore default settings, which I tried and it didn't work. The only thing that worked was the little button on the board. It must do something different than the "restore default settings" in the menu.

Just thought I'd update this for someone in the future.

What's one of these things go for these days? Ever since I got my shuffle alley, it just kind of sits there not getting played.

I'm thinking you're correct. A wire for my battery holder fell off the board so I took it out and had my buddy fix it for me. When I powered everything back on, it required the yellow CPU board button reset like it always does. After a couple minutes of being powered on, it went through the ball cycling. Then it stopped and hasn't done it since.

I'm guessing following the reset, it's trying to figure out where the balls are and runs through a calibration to get them where they need to be.

Anyone know what one of these things is worth in almost perfect condition? There isn’t any wear on the play field and the cabinet is a 9/10.

If anyone is looking for one of these, let me know. Mine is up for sale and is in excellent condition.