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Re: Playboy pinball repairs
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2010, 03:11:00 PM »

 Cheers mate, I will definately try all advise given and let you know the outcome.
 
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« Reply #16 on: May 01, 2010, 12:12:31 PM »

Thanks for all the great advise, Success at last  #*#. The  problem occurred after re-ruberring the machine. New replacement rubber behind the drop targets had pulled the contacts together.

Machine now scoring correctly & pop bumpers seem to be ok? I dont know how the switch behind the drop targets could cause pop bumper probs? maybe a coincidence.  !@#

By firmly bumping the playfield i was advancing the score & when activating drop targets manually, i was getting unusual score advances of 200, 500 & 700 for different targets. Thats what led me to that switch.

Something so simple caused so much chaos!  Here's to a great team of problem solvers. ^^^
:) :)      PAUL     :):)

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« Reply #17 on: May 01, 2010, 02:19:54 PM »
That`s good news. should be scoring nicely now with the caps added.

The built in switch test is worth using too, that would have identified the stuck target switch as well.

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« Reply #18 on: May 01, 2010, 05:38:57 PM »
 
 Yep. Scores like it did when it was first made.

 Adding the caps was just what the machine needed. I would recoomend that to anyone.

 Now i can get back to restoring the cabinet.
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Re: Playboy pinball repairs
« Reply #19 on: May 01, 2010, 07:39:51 PM »

Thanks for all the great advise, Success at last  #*#. The  problem occurred after re-ruberring the machine. New replacement rubber behind the drop targets had pulled the contacts together.

Machine now scoring correctly & pop bumpers seem to be ok? I dont know how the switch behind the drop targets could cause pop bumper probs? maybe a coincidence.  !@#

By firmly bumping the playfield i was advancing the score & when activating drop targets manually, i was getting unusual score advances of 200, 500 & 700 for different targets. Thats what led me to that switch.

Something so simple caused so much chaos!  Here's to a great team of problem solvers. ^^^

Same problem occurred to me when I was restoring my Paragon. For some reason, the new rubbers were slightly thicker, and caused the leaf switch to move closer together. The "thump test" worked a charm in finding this issue.

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