OH MY GOD.... YES YES YES YES YES YES we have success!!!!!!

Ok as soon as Daniel said stepper unit it triggered a memory of last night at the meet where Tony (who also took a look at the headbox) noticed that the ball count step unit wasnt sitting on the first contact point. So i ran outside, started it up again and it ticked away again and again. So i fiddled with the stepper by hand and made the first contact... yeeehhhhhaaaaaaaaa the score reel stopped ticking. played a full game hit lots of 100 pointers and no coil sticking  Finished that game and started another... ticking over so i stepped it again, played another game and ran inside to type this!!!! So now i just need to adjust the ball count stepper and i think im there!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!

When you were getting the games to start by fiddling with the stepper unit as above was there anything else you could have bumped or brokien a wire off maybe?