I'm now convinced the machine is either haunted, or has a will of its own.
The left slingshot will sometimes work, and sometimes not work. Actually it always works, but won't always score points. Fortunately it only scores 10 points per hit, so I can live with that.
The timing is still giving problems. Yesterday the drop targets would resurrect quicker than the ramp would lower.
(when you hit a drop target that's lit, the ramp goes up. You can then shoot a target under it for a lot of points, but the time is limited. The time that one or two targets stay down, is also limited. Usually the ramp lowers way before the targets resurrect, but yesterday it was the other way round.)
Right now, it's "repaired itself": the ramp lowers once again before the targets do, but strangely there is still not much time between the two, even if it was there before.
A few days ago I advanced to the planet "Earth". It took us some time to figure out that making it so far meant the first "special" planet is Mars, not Jupiter. (For the record, you start at Pluto (Ahhh! Good old days) and make your way to the sun).
I also cleaned the table a little with a dry microfibre cloth. It got incredibly dirty! Maybe I need to use some cleaner. Thing is, in order to clean it properly, we need to unscrew all the dealies first, which is going to take a long time.
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Hey there. Zot here. I would not unscrew everything to clean it, because if you lose even one screw, you will regret it. Use a small paint brush and the microfibre cloth and maybe a few Q-tips and you should be fine. Also some Pledge or other furniture dusting/cleaning spray.
That's true Zot, but it's advised on pinball restoring sites. Besides the dirt is really doing damage if we don't clear it: don't forget it has been open for at least a year in a filthy kitchen, and out of order for over 10 years...
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