Hi everyone. I have been having a problem with multi-ball not functioning after the second ball gets locked. The problem is that magnet does not function for grabbing the third ball. The sensor light underneath is just barely off so that should be set fine. Additionally, if I force multi-ball by dropping the ball in the back as the trunk turns, it cannot spit the balls out of the basement door. The stopper won't release. With that said, the basement function works fine because the ball enters on the other side of the stopper.

I tried to do some reading and saw that the basement door/ball track is connecting on a board with the magnet on the trunk. I don;t know if this is accurate, but I tried replacing a 903 fuse. It was a 3A 250V SB. This did not solve my problem however.

Can anyone assist with this? I would say I am intermediate with tech at best. I can get around the machine, but testing ohms and such is not something I have ever done yet. Hope someone can assist.

Thanks

Mike

Hey RVH. It ended up being the 902. I looked at the magnet, but saw no evidence of burning inside the plastic once I got it out.

I can't thank you enough for helping me out with this. As much as we love pinball, the community itself is simply awesome.

Best,
MP

One quick question while I have your attention. Do you find at times the ball jumps ever so slightly after it hits the trunk? This happens on my table and I am hoping it's not a matter of the flippers not being set right. It doesn't happen all the time, but with this being my first pin, i don't know how often one can see that sort of thing.

RVH this is golden information. There was padding on full back side of the trunk before I replaced it, and I didn't pad it. The padding the guy used kept the trunk from fitting properly, but I think your solution would solve that and preserve.

As for the centre ramp targets, I actually replaced those 3 months ago. Need to get more.

This is really great information.

Thanks so much.

Have you modded anything on your machine?

MP

I actually have a Hot Shots pin as well from 1978. I need to fix some concave issues within the light inserts. Thinking of levelling the table so I can fill with drops of clear coat and then doing a light sand.

Hey RVH. Don't know how well you remember this conversation, but I wanted to ask you a couple of questions.

First I want to say thanks again for helping me out with my tom a few months ago. Since then the machine has been running much better, but I have had another little situation come up and I thought you might know something about it.

The basement door tends to want to shoot the ball out more to it's right than it should, meaning very near to being in between the flippers. Many videos I see shoot the ball onto the right flipper, so I think I need to deal with this.

The door contraption itself has a natural jiggle to it which I think is suppose to be there, but I do have a stretched spring attache to the door and i think that is the problem. I could put heat under it and see if the spring coils up for me, or I could cut the spring...I can;t seem to find that particular piece as a TOM replacement online....any thoughts?

Hope all is well on your end...all the best.

Mike