Wondering if someone can tell me what I'm missing here. My daughter was playing TZ the other night and the slot kickout refused to kick the ball out. I took the kicker assembly apart and had a look at the end of the plunger, and it looks like something is missing. Is the plunger supposed to be open like that? From the diagram in the manual, there looks to be something there, but I can't quite work out what. I've checked everywhere on the playfield and in the cabinet but can't seem to find anything that might have fallen off. Anyone have a picture or part number for what this should look like?

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Thanks guys. Thought so. I can’t find the remnants anywhere. Maybe they disappeared ... into the Twilight Zone

Just an update on my Twilight Zone issues. Initially I had to change the plunger in the solenoid with a broken tip. Taking the slot kicker assembly out in order to replace the plunger I took the opportunity to test the whole assembly and found that the solenoid was also reading around 1.2ohm, which didn't sound right so I chose to replace that as well. Putting the unit back together I found the tip wedged in the scoop, which took some fishing to get out.

When I finally got the broken tip removed and the assembly replaced, during game play testing the ball refused to be detected correctly when it entered the slot machine. Testing all the switches along the way appeared to be correct and manual testing also verified all the switches work as expected. It was only when I took apart the switch under the slot machine I could see it had been vaguely bent, probably when the tip broke off and wedged in the scoop and 3 or 4 balls got stuck in with it

To cut a long story short, a small correction back to the switch spring wire fixed the machine and it's now playing better than ever. I think the wire had been previously bent a little and when the tip broke, it finished the job. The difference between working and not working is only a few mm...

Add another Twilight Zone with Ingo boards. I bit the bullet and ordered some of his boards to fix my clock. They appear to be the best on the market. Can't wait for them to turn up and get my clock to work

This more often is due to a misalignment of the plunger, or slack in the plunger bracket. I saw an article about adding a washer to the bracket to direct the plunger arm fractionally either left or right as required. The solenoid should be strong enough to launch the ball, it just needs to shoot straight.

I’m in the process of repairing my clock and need to replace the front faceplate to which you attach the clock sticker. The manual lists the part as 03-8835 however no one seems to stock it. Anyone know where you can get one from?

Yes, this is the piece I'm looking for. Mine was heat damaged so I was looking for a replacement. Seems hard to find the part on it's own.

Thanks for the link. I've been scouring the usual traps to try and find the piece on it's own so this one looks good. Odd that none of the big retailers keep the part, but good that someone has it.

try this link instead:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060702040919/http://retroblast.com:80/articles/modzone_3.html

Have a look here:

http://www.greatlakesmodular.com/index.html?http://www.greatlakesmodular.com/products/pinball/jd_rfb.html

This is a redesigned version. I don't deal with Great Lakes so can't comment on how they work, but they are replacements for the assemblies

Which holes do you have your back legs plugged into? Sometimes the legs at the back are screwed into the top and middle holes, rather than the middle and bottom holes making it hard to level up the machine.

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