At last ....

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Never realized the difficulty with the multiballs ... you need to accurately aim most shots without draining or try to capture and hold ... I would say the most challenging of most games I’ve played . Still a diamond , I love it .

Tech question if anyone could help ...
Trouble : balls not loading into shooter lane .
Ckd all switches , no faults anywhere .
Narrowed it down to a defective proximity switch in the trough
(Failing intermittently)
Removed the 2 small boards that hold the sensor . Bench tested and working as designed.
Anyone ever have this problem or know anything about this ?

During the solenoid test , it works fine . Starts out fast during the test , gradually adding more time between active test . Ckd the spring and that’s ok . So that proximity switch that detects the ball waiting to be ejected out is just for the PB ?

Also to add , when it did get activated during play , it seemed like it didn’t have enough force to eject the ball out . It was popping but not enough to eject the ball . Then sometimes it wouldn’t work at all .

Ok thanks fellas .. yes I see now it only detects the PB . I have the sensor and board out and it played fine ( with the exception no PB detection ) The feeder assembly is working fine too . I had a technician inspect it and he says the assembly looks good (connections and solenoid) and there is no binding . It’s working now kicking the ball out very fast with no hesitation . But it’s intermittent so it will happen again . I’m thinking it’s the solenoid also , getting weaker as the game continues to play , but the tech thinks otherwise . During the test mode , is it normal that the solenoids activate quickly then began to have more time between activation ?

Thanks for the help .. I found sw #17 in the trough not registering a ball . All the balls in , during sw test showed closed . Only one open was 17 . I tweaked it a lil . Seems to be working now . We’ll see and I hope lol

Rudy puking is the best ... a diamond touch

“Ever” indeed ... I’m gonna wake this game up tonight , disturbing all who sleep

Having an issue with ball getting hung up leaving mini playfield ... Dropping down getting hung up on top of the metal flange . Seems like it’s not moving back to its original position. I bent it back and was working for a few days .. now it’s hanging up again . Looks like the metal gate is hanging up . Maybe needs lubrication ? Just wanna see if anyone has have the same problem

There’s a metal diverter at the entrance where the ball will drop down to the subway . Ball enters there 3 ways , one when ball is discharged from gumball machine , one when dropping down from mini playfield , and one from the camera shot . Balls aren’t magnetized... looks like the metal diverter at the entrance of this hole leading down to the subway is not moving freely . Hope I explained it better . I’ll post a pic later if not

Yep that’s it

Ok , thanks a lot

@ Manny65

That’s exactly what happened , one weld was faulty , so there was movement on the deflector , causing the ball to hang up . I bent it some more , so if it does move , it won’t affect the ball dropping down into the subway .
I tested it over and over and so far it’s ok . Thanks again for the help

Yep I will definitely look to do that as that deflector takes a beating from the upper flipper camera shot , thanks again

Not sure about the amount , but if your game is looking for balls , and you see balls in the trough , do a switch test for the trough . A switch may be faulty .

This is a very complex game and I wouldn’t advise buying it un-seen unless it’s thru a friend . The reason why I’m saying this is because TZ usually brings big money because of its ranking ... so that would result in a big loss for you if it was a lemon .
Clock , Gumball , magnets , and PB sensors are to be considered .
Good luck with your purchase , hope it works out for you as this is a great game .