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It sounds as if your Winkie target likely sits too low in the down position in relation to the surface of the playfield. There is a screw at under the playfield that allows for adjusting the height. I added some plumbers tape to the threads of the screw to keep it from lowering again.
Of course, you likely have to replace your coil, transistor and possibly the fuse before this info will matter.
Quoted from CUJO:Interesting.
The replacement coil from JJP has both lugs as normal size so that threw me...
Thanks!
The original way JJP was installing the wires was with the slide-on connectors. They changed it around 2014 to soldering the wires on the lugs to be a more reliable connection.
Quoted from CUJO:Yes, that's the word from JJP parts dept. as well.
So I am to cut off those nice slide connectors and solder? Right now I just have them on there the old way to see if I needed a new FET.
The FET survived that coil meltdown which is amazing.
I found the source of the issue with the ball hanging there too. The Winkie Guard drop target was too high up so I adjusted the height all the way down possible. However the top front edge of the target is just below the playfield and the back is just above the playfield by maybe 1/64th inch. So target top isn't level with the playfield when down. I can still place the ball there manually and have it hang there as a test.
I'll just have to see if the ball wants to hang up there again with the lower target down during gameplay.
I could also add a couple spacers to the back 2 mounting crews to help offset but I'll see how it goes during multiballs now first.
You may need to bend the drop target bracket just a hair to get the target to sit level with the playfield in the down position. It should be level on the front and back.
Quoted from elf70:For what its worth, my target is as flush with the playfield as possible, but the top is slightly angled forward so it can't be perfect. Definitely correct that a carefully balanced ball will stick there, although thats not how mine happened, it was simply a case of bad timing in the middle of the multiballs.
It has been well over a year since I did it, but I am fairly certain I had the same problem when I received my game and all it took to fix the level of the target to the playfield was to bend the drop target bracket just a tiny bit.
As for the code and burning up coils, I recommend e-mailing Keith Johnson at Jersey jack.
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