Pinball Repair Log 23 July 2008

Two days ago we fixed the pinball table! It's not out of the woods, but now it's playable!
Yesterday we installed new batteries, which I found out are used to remember highscores when the machine is turned off. The old ones were only good until 1997. No wonder it said "Justage fehler".
After placing the new cells, it still said "Justage Fehler". It's a highly annoying error because you have to run through the entire testing/setup menu until you're in the game mode, and that takes around 80 knob pushes.
We just grounded the battery contacts, and now that message is no longer popping up!

Unfortunately the broken ramp turns out to be hindering gameplay. It tries to go up fully during gameplay, which is noisy. Plus it may catapult the ball when it rolls over (which means it won't go in the right place anymore, or worse: will smack into the glass) or the ball gets trapped beneath.
I fear it's another broken solenoid. It'll be a month until I can go to that store again for a new one.

Another nasty lodge place is behind the visor. The visor is a plastic type of box that sometimes opens. In the box there are 2 holes. Knock your ball into one hole, and it's locked. You get a new, fresh ball, lock that into the other hole, and then get a lot of points and play with 2 balls instead of one.
There's a lot of places around the visor where the ball can get trapped, which means you have to remove the glass and try to get it out. There must be some answer to this...