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Excited to be part of the club!
Picked up this beautiful machine a few days ago in a trade, loving it so far.
Plays almost perfect, just one issue I'm hoping someone can help me with:
The VUK fires the ball into The Battlefield pretty damn fast. Often the ball will bounce off the opposing targets and back down into the VUK.
Checked the coil and it matches the AE-25-1000 listed in the manual.
Any thoughts?
IMG_20181006_135109 (resized).jpgQuoted from jonesjb:Try tilting the angle of the VUK with a washer or two on one of the screws.
Thanks for the advice, will give it a shot
Quoted from yellowghost:Bounces back.into the kicker you say?! Take a video of that. I would love to see it
For your viewing pleasure
Quoted from tiesmasc:pingball
See https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-shadow-club/page/82#post-3914564
I'll bet you're missing the same part.
Also see https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-shadow-club/page/83#post-3936710 for a simple fix without the metal part.
Thanks @tiesmasc.
The part is there, functions as a ramp to send the ball back into the wireform.
Tightened down the wireform as it was a bit loose, didn't get the desired results
Quoted from dudah:That's pretty nutso. It looks like the habitrail isn't very well secured into the playfield.
I think the loose habitrail was at least taking some momentum off the ball. See my last post for after it's tightened.
Quoted from Scoot:Here is a small vid of my upper playfield. It looks like your wireform exit is angled slightly higher than mine? Also, I had to reshape the blade that was below the exit since it was bashed all out of shape. It took a pair of pliers and a hammer to get it back to the right shape.
Thanks for the video and suggestions. Played with the angle of the feed and things have improved quite a bit. Still feels like it comes out a bit hot. Maybe I need to look for a dirty coil sleeve
Quoted from LOTR_breath:After watching this, I think your game may have the wrong coil on the upkicker. It should be AE-25-1000.
Appreciate the thought. Coil is correct one listed and judging by the solder is original. Had thought of a stronger spring on the plunger but then the switch possibly wouldn't work properly
Quoted from PoMC:You also might be missing a screw on the base of the wireform that guides the ball up. Your wireform seems angled upwards, so that could be it. Or the wireform could be bent slightly.
Looked at bending it forward more. If I did this it would get in the way of lifting the battlefield. I'm guessing you should be able to raise the battlefield without moving the wire form?
Quoted from PoMC:Sometimes I have to move my wireform very slightly away to raise the Battlefield. Did you check that the base of the wireform has all the screws present and tightened?
They are there and tightened. Adjusting the angle has helped, no more back down to the kicker.
Quoted from jawjaw:Do you have a spring on the coil plunger? Not sure if that matters. Here is a pic of my coil. Mine sometimes bounces back down but kind of rare.
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You bet, spring on top and bottom.
Good thought though.
Thanks
Quoted from yellowghost:Well. Sorry but thats funny
For a fee I can rig yours to do the same
Quoted from KnockerPTSD:My gi and backglass lights have a slight flickering to them. Any
advice is appreciated.
Also need to find a battlefield lockdown pin (I just have the
one)
Thanks
Only uses one pin to lock down battlefield.
Check your plugs re flickering
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