Common if you're selling..rare if buying

Try raising the flipper rubber rings a bit

Maiden with the BSD Dracula mod?

I'll just metion this as it happened to me. If you ever adjust your flippers the linkage can slide down the flipper shaft a bit and put it in a bind especially when the flipper fully extended. Make sure before you tighten the flipper where you want it the connector is parralel with the coil . This caused my flipper to hang in the up position before I figured it out .

Yes there is some sort of grease on the drops. I've replaced the drops on LZ and DP without the grease and it doesn't seem to affect play.

I'll be in the club by end of next week

I just got it today-awsome!

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Yes, that's what it says so by all means go ahead.

Here's the targets lit up.

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I just got mine for GZ and Aerosmith yesterday. I like them so much I ordered for my IM and EHOH also. It takes about 2 weeks to receive your order. They arrive in a mailer tube so they have a curl on them. Best to reverse curl and stick back in the tube for 10 minutes or so. Only tools needed are a Torx screw driver to remove and reinstall the ID plate.
They sell a neat magnetic apron cover too.

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By chance were you eating black olive slices when doing the repair?

Make sure the two bottom rails go under the ramp bracket as shown. Your opto sender and receiver should have a black olive looking like near the green arrow right and left. I thought these were one piece molded but maybe not.

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I have been so very lucky to score a IM and GZ within a week of each other. Both are my favorites.
The QR reader is nice on GZ but I can't see upgrading in the home environment so save your money or visit Wizard mods for some nice stuff .
Just one question, I can't backhand right flipper and make right ramp except for half way. Is this normal or should I adjust something?

Your wireform is bent. Pay particular attention to the area in red.

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Put the game in switch test mode, safety switch pulled out,
and hit your left and right flipper. You will see EOS and flipper but you may see something else vibration is setting off . Look carefully as it will flash on the screen only a millisecond . It will probably be a leaf switch that needs adjusting.

Here's Wizard Mods apron cover. Before and after.

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Thanks! The good news is they don't make you pay for shipping so all you loose by splitting orders is time.

I also have IM and GZ and find the two very close as my favorites. IM has had problems with the two ball switches- one I fixed but the orb one I ordered a new seat, ball, and actuator. I'll let you know if that fixes it. There was also a one way gate under the upper playfield installed so it was always open and a loose switch on the crypt. It's a great game once dialed in though, even if you aren't a fan of the music it grows on you.

Good advice from Kkoss and will fix 90 percent of the problems.
My orb ball problem though is the ball will not reseat itself to rest position so the switch doesn't know what to do. I'm going to try another ball and seat. This really isn't the greatest of designs. The spring seems to be proper strength, only the ball is hanging on the lip.

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Also, next time you have the glass off, check this one way gate. Mine was in the up position screwed to the playfield so it was like this from factory.
I really thought Stern quality was slipping but my GZ was error free.

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I tried this already- good idea but didn't help in this case.

I had that exact thing happen to me on my LZ.
My problem was a plug pin going to the node board. The plugs are designed with a male side one the board side which meets the female part in the plug. The female part backed out of the plug so it didn't make contact. Look at each plug on end to see if a female pin has backed out .

There is a switch under the playfield that let's the pin know there is a ball under the ramp. My switch was loose causing problems. Your's could be loose or need adjusting.

It doesn't lift at all or lifts and won't hold in up position?

I have no idea except to reseat wires on the board that controls that solenoid.

I don't know but I'll trace it back if you want. I'd try first pushing on all the connections in the back box. Also try testing using the flippers instead of the coin box door as things take a slightly different route

Assuming you get the "shoot the underworld" and the red ramp light comes on..but ramp doesn't lift I'd pretty much rule out a software problem. It's probably between the back box and node board or at the back box itself. I hate intermittent problems, they're harder to diagnose and harder to really know when it's fixed. You might contact the pros at Stern.

Your flipper button will activate the ramp also in test mode. Just try it and see if anything's different. A real long shot. No matter which button you use you need to do it 50 or so times because it's intermittent instead of just a few. I feel though the backbox isn't sending the signal to the node board then to the solenoid...but I've been wrong many, many times. If you can't duplicate the problem in test mode I'd suspect a bad connection in the backbox. You might contact the really smart people at Stern if your problem persists.

During Hallowed Be Thy Name I hear "escape light lit". I'm not sure what to shoot for as I don't see anything lit that says "escape".

One thing you can do on the ramp problem is first measure the coil ohms to see if it's far off a normal coil. Then attach a voltmeter the coil leads and leave it hooked up as you play the game. See if you get voltage sometimes but no ramp raise. I've had a flaky coil before. This will at least
tell you if it's a pre-coil problem.
(I'm just throwing ideas out as they come to me)

Thanks!

Yeah!

I used to collect Spud's stuff. This sign is all I have left.

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After my iron maiden has basically just been turned off for the last month or so due to this post on spoon under the newton balls, I messed with it again today and got it better. How are you moving the spoons to recently as mine are definitely not centered on the spoon, off by a hair. I back out the wood screws on the playfield and got a little movement, is that the only way to adjust?
The white plastic on the spoons seems thin and flexes, wondering if I should order new switch/spoon assemblies.
Are you locktiting the posts when they are adjusted properly, as when I got it right, it backed itself out (which permanently closed the switch mid game)?
Wondering if there are pop numbers switches available with better spoon assemblies. This is just brutal that the tolerances are so tight on this and that it’s such a pain to adjust.

You can bend the spoon a bit to get it centered. I super glued the actuator to the ball spindle as mine kept falling off-I think it was stripped (loctite might be better) I ordered another. Bend the switch contacts as the Johnson controls guy suggested a ways back. Then I used Feeler guages to set the contact gap but it's the same gap as a standard post card so you can use that. The gap is very important so take your time to get that precise. I've had no more problems.

GZ is good also. I was working on a minor IM problem and my IM is very close to GZ and I kept triggering the the GZ flipper button with my rear. Then I heard "Can't you find another form of amusement"

I love the rip out of the chest multiball- where else can you get that?

Go to diagnostics menu, IM game, then lock. Shut coin door. Using flipper button stop lock in position 62. The
"ball on" switches are 39 and 40. Press the leaf switch closest the ball and 40 should light. Then press 39 which is deeper in the chute behind 40. One of these leaf switches needs adjustment-you need to bend the leaf (assuming the switch isn't bad.

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Captive ball is correct. You can remove a ball and roll it behind the captive ball to test switches. You can do this from above.
Turn pin on. Open coin door. See the green, 2 red , one black button. Press black button 3 times, right red button 3 times, black button once, right red twice, black button once .
Shut coin door. Press right flipper until position 62 is lit You can now see the ball switches 39 and 40 to the rear and slightly below the captive ball.

Of course open coin door, press green button until you return to intro screen to get out of the test mode

Here's an Anubis from Amazon. About 5.5 inches long. Pretty cheap.

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Here are the Wizard mod side thingies. My first installation. The material is nicely thick but malleable so it's forgiving. About $90.

My IM underworld switch was loose where it was mounted from the factory causing a similar problem but you probably have to adjust the switch.
I had to remove my ramp and bend it a bit to stop ball hangups behind it.

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It's not too difficult. I used my hands and a dull putty knife. If you make a mistake you can peel it back off and reposition.

You can get an apron cover from Wizard mods. Premium shown, before and after.

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I'd wait for Wizard to come out with a Connect IMDN apron.
Otherwise you'd have to make a cut out.

I see Wizard already has a cut out version for Premium/LE.

Wizard mods has an apron with cut outs.

Make a note of which GIs not working. Is it just the lower GI ? For example.

I have both. I'd hate to get rid of either. It's too close to call as to which one is better when both are great.

Good news is the stairs are on sale, now $15. Bad news is they charge $12.50 to ship. (I think maybe Tilt Graphics hired the Marco shipping guy).But they look so nice I ordered.
Thanks! STVPIN.

I removed it, cleaned with acetone, and hammered it flat again. Then added a 3M double sided tape. I haven't had any more problems.

I did the same. Removed protector, cleaned old glue off with acetone, replaced tape with 3m double sided.

Dark blue is nice, I put them on my DP. I went with orange on IM.

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The apron came from Wizard mods. It is magnetic thick vinyl.

Here are the speaker covers from the same company...magnetic also.

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I took mine off, beat it flat with a hammer, cleaned off all adhesive, used a good 3m double stick tape to remount. No more problems for me.

I've got the version that keeps some IM songs but adds some better video and adds AC/DC, Deep Purple, and a few others. I like it better. It also adds scenes from actual IM concerts

You have to download the browser then add 2 files then xfer to an sd card. The real work was done by someone else.

Check out Wizard mods apron covers. These are magnetic but you could use double stick tape.
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Here's the same without cut outs. Looks like 4 1/2 inches

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Comet pinball makes a spot light kit that will brighten any area