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I've been wanting to join the club for a while and finally pulled the trigger this weekend. It needs a few tweaks here and there but I'm having a blast with it so far. I need to figure out how to stop the crazy airballs from the left ramp posts. One bounced up and got stuck behind the well walker and another ended up in the shooter lane! And yes, the big clear plastic airball protector is installed above the posts.
Quoted from Sparky:Is it common for the prison door optos to not register prison door hits often? It seems if I have a quick, solid hit, it doesn't advance the letter. If I have a slow or medium hit, it registers just fine. Is there an adjustment for this? The prison shot seems to be very risky for me because a lot of the solid shots bounce back SDTM or get caught up in the slings if I manage to get a flipper on the ball.
Make sure your magnet is exactly flush with the play field. I adjusted my magnet to try and stop it from throwing the ball straight down the middle. Even at a quarter turn it was sitting too much above the play field causing the ball to catch air and sail over the optos on a fast hit. Do you have a cliffy around your magnet? I've also heard that those will cause small airballs too.
Quoted from LTG:Now do I install and lose my Cleland update and hope he updates his work.
Or chance losing Cleland's work ?
LTG : )
My thoughts exactly. I do have a backup of Clelands version so I suppose I could always go back if needed.
Quoted from SDTMinSTL:Re: The sticking Well Walker in the back position. Thanks for the suggestions. The following short video shows my issue and some questionable assembly movement "up". Is this normal?
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The larger of the two plastic pieces was in fact mounted on top, so I switched it as suggested. This has only given him a more extreme angle to remain back in though.
My well walker does the same thing. Registers all hits correctly so I assume this is the way it was designed.
Quoted from Hazoff:Is this normal for the BG mod? theres a flicker while the light is white. My phone is old and the camera sucks so please excuse the focus problem.
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If that's the Gnassel BG mod then it's normal. He made a few different light types.
Quoted from J85M:Thanks for all the responses guys about the Woodybury Drop Target decal I have messaged Stern about it so will hopefully get one sent out as there wasn’t even one in the goodie
Just a heads up for when you get your decal, when I first put mine on the drop target would sometimes only drop halfway. That was because the decal is quite thick and the edge was catching the lip of the drop mechanism. I put a piece of thin mylar over the drop target and decal and haven't had a problem since. It basically smooths out the thick edge of the decal and doesn't allow it to catch on the way down.
Quoted from HIPPY:Anyone seen any air-balls? I just installed a 13 piece plastics protectors set fron Pinbits. Not easy, but, worth it.
When I first got my game I was getting insane airballs off the right post of the lift ramp. Balls would get stuck behind the well walker and a couple even ended up flying into the right return ramp. I made my own airball deflector which is about an inch longer on the right side. I haven't had an airball since.
There's a short wire form/ball guide directly behind that right ramp post. Try putting a flipper rubber on it. That really helped my center drains.
Quoted from delt31:thanks.
Checked the menu - can't find the brightness level for the backbox. Odd - I could find them in the settings game specific for my other sterns. Maybe you can't reduce the light in the BB?
I put a strip of electrical tape on the front of the bulb. It reduces the amount of glare on the play field glass quite a bit.
Quoted from Rensh:Saw this first with a friends TWD and than checked mine. The popbumper hits the metal post in front of it and slowly eats it away. Don’t think this can be adjusted or is it??
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I had the same problem and wasn't liking the idea of metal shavings on my play field. I took a dremel to the ring to make space for the post. I've been free of metal shaving dust for a year now.
IMG_3435 (resized).jpgIMG_3436 (resized).jpgOnce every couple of months my insert lights go out and I have to wiggle the 2 wire connector on the center light board to get everything to work again. I know I've read about this problem in the past but does anyone know if there is an upgraded connector to purchase that would hold its connection better?
I've hot glued it and that didn't help.
Quoted from T7:Replace the IDC connector at with a Molex connector. The IDC connector cuts through the insulation to touch the wire for the connection. But the Molex connector wraps around the stripped wire for a much higher capacity connection.
Do I need the .062 or the .093 terminals? Also, can somebody link me to the 2 pin molex connector I need?
Screen Shot 2018-11-30 at 1.31.23 PM (resized).pngQuoted from Insanity199:I picked up a Walking Dead Premium recently. All was good but now I get an intermittent problem where the playfield lights “freak out” and flash randomly and the ones that should be solid are dimly flashing. After a period of time, things go back to normal but then it happens again. There seems to be no consistent pattern, just random. It makes it unplayable since you can’t follow what is going on but all other things function fine.
When in all LED test, when it is working all LEDs flash. When it is not, it seems to be in sections.
See two video links. I checked all connections and almost splices for any mods that were installed but nothing obvious. .
Lights freaking out in game:
Lights freaking out in all LED test.
Reseat connector CN11 (2 pin, red and black wires) on your center playfield board. You can do this by just opening up the coin door.
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My well walker has been randomly triggering a hit during games. I thought it might be a flaky switch on him so I replaced it but the random hits are still happening. I went into switch test mode and wiggled all wires in the backbox and couldn't get anything to trigger a hit. Has anyone else had this happen before? Can anyone tell me where on the board the well walker switch connects to?
After replacing my well walker switch I'm STILL getting random well walker hits while playing. The switch is definitely opening and closing correctly when the well walker is tilted backward. Can anyone point me to where the well walker wire connects to the board in the backbox? I want to check for issues in that area. Thanks!
I'm at a loss with my phantom well walker hits. I've replaced the switch and adjusted it just many times. From what I can tell, it should be working correctly. I can move the well walker back and fourth and hear the switch activate and deactivate every time but I'm still getting random well walker hits when playing. It's pretty random though, one night it will happen over and over, the next night maybe only a couple times. Seems to me it's a loose connection or a cold solder joint.
Does anyone know where the well walker switch wires attach in the backbox so I can check the connection point?
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