Balls stuck in bumpers

[Mfresh]

So I have an Ac/dc, and the ball gets stuck in the 3 pop bumpers way too long. So I'm just wondering the best way to "detune" them a bit so that the ball escapes from them a bit quicker. At the moment I can launch the ball then go drop the kids of and still have time for a cup of tea before the ball drops out into the lower part of the playfield.

Is it just a matter of bending the leaf switch arms a bit further apart so that the bumpers are a bit less sensitive?

 

[Poibug]

yeah just move the switch a bit

 

[Mfresh]

Cool. Thanks Poibug. I'll have at it tomorrow.

 

[Jay Walker]

..and to think that I always used to tweak the jet bumpers on new games to make them more sensitive. Open the switch gap a little by adjusting the shorter blade (assuming that jets haven't changed to a microswitch).

Mind you, I'm sure there was a Gottlieb game, possibly Big Hurt, where the player could temporarily disable the pop bumpers by holding one of the flipper buttons.

 

[Carl Spiby]

You can temporarily disable pops on mm by holding both flipper buttons.

 

[johnwhitfield]

Cheers Carl, never knew that. Does it work on any other games? AFM?

 

[Carl Spiby]

Not sure, try it this weekend

 

[kevlar]

You can temporarily disable pops on mm by holding both flipper buttons.

Just tested in pinball arcade, thought it worked at first but not so sure now..:-(

 

[Sonny_Jim]

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[kevlar]

pinball arcade != a real pinball machine.

It runs the exact same rom so worth a try. Other things hidden in the roms work on some tables like midnight madness on whodunnit.

 

[Sonny_Jim]

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