Hello guys! I just wanted to say hello because I joined the TSPP club last night! I purchased a machine from WestCB and he was awesome enough to deliver it to VA all the way from Tennessee! The game is in really nice condition, it has yellow/glitter powder coat on the legs and armor with yellow trim around the translate. The game has no wear on cabinet or playfield either. Plastics are a 9/10 and the game has quite a few mods, including color dmd, LEDS, LEDOCD board, alien invasion mod, treehouse mod, etc. Very excited to be apart of the club. I put a GC score up of 50 million on my first game and I hit alien invasion getting to 4 balls. Very fun times! I do have a question for you all that I hope you can help with. The game plays 100% but I do have a bit of an odd sound/action happening. When I shoot the ball behind the TV, there is a metal post that stops it until the animation or w.e. happens and then it releases the ball, as it should. However, when it raises that metal post it creates/makes a mechanical noise that sounds a bit like grinding? I cant really nail down how to describe it but that's the closest thing I can say. Sorta like the mechanism or motor or gears aren't lubed or something I dunno. I was wondering if any of you have experienced this and or could explain to me what may be happening and what is behind that tv that controls that. Now, I have taken the glass off and manually pressed the metal post up (release position) and let it come back down (resting position) and there doesn't not appear to feel like there is a bind or anything wrong. It moves smoothly. However when the game does it, the mechanical grindy noise appears again. I would like to fix this if its something I can do. I don't want it to stop working. Just fyi, this sound CAN be heard with the glass on. Thanks for your help guys!

Thanks man, yeah I would think you are probably on point about what it is, I would say the sound could be a vibrating, like the unlocking of a jail cell door (not that I would know..... heh) but it is definitely different from the coils under like my MET that use to vibrate. Mine too does it sometimes and other times it doesn't, so I think I will leave it be. Appreciate your quick response!