I'm interested in doing something similar in my HS2. What are you using to create the 2-color LED effect under the opaque caps?

What happens if you "test fit" the ramp by removing the rubbers off of the three posts? Can you get it to "nest" into it's spot? Do all the screw holes line up?

Ditto. I have mirrors on mine and love the way it looks

My bet is that your start switch is wired incorrectly. If the wire that should be attached to the NO terminal is attached to the NC terminal instead, this will cause the problem you are describing.

Question: when you start a game, if you press and HOLD IN the start button, does the game start? Or does it actually start when you release the start button?

I think he means a GI string is out. Probably just a fuse if that's the case.

I'm not a big fan of aftermarket toppers, but I made this awhile ago and I kinda like it sitting on top of my T2.

34 LED's were added to this 16" long HK when I built it, including a lot of blue "flicker" led's in the engine pods. The clear cover is just to eliminate a lot of necessary dusting.

Just for fun I put a ceramic "power ball" in mine. I was quite surprised to see that it gets kicked all the way to the top of the playfield every time, despite the steel balls never doing so.

BTW, a ceramic ball fires through the right wireform like a bullet. Don't knock it till you've tried it!

i'm running 8.1, which I believe was the first version to remove the slamming door sound. 8.1 doesn't have the the profanity callouts.

I'm doing a semi-scratch build starting with an IJ that was under water. By any chance have you pulled any screws out from the bottom of the playfield? Do they look like this?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/twilight-zone-and-indian-jones-semi-scratch-builds/page/2

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This is probably the most divisive topic in all pinball!

My two cents: It's your game - feel free to experiment and do what you want.
My (more detailed) two cents - I have a pretty decent collection of W/B pins, and I almost always use some version of white for the GI and I have migrated from using matching colored LED's for the inserts (I mostly just use white there as well). My BIG exception is T2. I love the glowing florescent rings in the game and I don't think the artwork is all that great otherwise (not an easy thing to admit on a T2 forum page). So for those reasons I just went ahead and did blue "clown puke" lights on this one to try it out with the intension of going back to cool white at some point... but I never did. So my TOTAN sitting right next to it glows in all warm white, and the IJ on the other side is all sunlight white... but the T2 sitting between them looks completely menacing with it's blue light and florescent highlights... I love it!

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Oh crap I'm going to be crucified for this post but here's my "clown puke" T2.

In my defense this is the only pin I've done this to... I otherwise HATE anything other than white in the GI's. I also a have a Pinsound Rammstein mix running on this pin (that I created) as well as a shaker and a TON of mods. You really have to play it to appreciate the adrenaline rush - personally, I play it more than any other pin than I have here (stock looking AFM, TOTAN, TZ, IJ, TNA, W20, etc).

I'm sure 95% of the folks reading this are climbing the walls right now (so sorry). But hey, it's my favorite pin and I'm NEVER going to sell it!

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It's just a Pinsound board (with a Pinsound shaker in it as well). The long version of how this is done can be found here: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/tantrums-guide-to-pinsound/page/3

But in short, it's fairly easy. Go to the Pinsound site and download one of the T2 sound packages... maybe the original one to start with. The file and folder structure is pretty straightforward and intuitive. All you really need to do is replace the "stock" .wav sound file with your own replacement .wav file(s) for each sound you want to change. Getting the music cut where you want and setting audio levels when you create the .wav files is the time consuming part. I use Audacity for this. If you want to share your results with others you can load it up on the Pinsound website. I've made about 8 versions for Getaway (including Van Halen, the music from John Wick, etc) and some for a few for other pins as well. There really aren't too many music files in a T2 pin to deal with (about a quarter as many as are in a Twilight Zone).

It actually doesn't look this blue in person. But no, it's easy to track the ball.

The interactive HK ship is from AVO Pinball.
I just picked up the figures from Ebay many years ago. Judge-dreads (from the UK) sells an interactive one with led eyes (also on Ebay).

You're correct, you can't "dial down" the power on the coil via a menu setting. You have something mechanical going on. My first suggestion is to remove the apron, start a game, and take a good look at the phenomenon. Hopefully the problem will be evident.