Air Hockey
When I tried to pull the cashbox out of the game for the weekly collection, I found it was jammed in and wouldn't move. Eventually, I managed to force it free but it took a lot of time and effort to accomplish. Apparently, last week I had managed to wedge the key to the score areas under the cashbox when I replaced it. I'll try not to do that again. Shaq Attaq This is the pinball that I swapped in last weekend. I played a game on it and found that it was awarding credits at 10,000 points. I don't remember setting it that way but I may have done that while it was in the shop so I wouldn't have to keep adding credits to it. I used the factory restore option to set it back to the right settings and played several games on it to verify that it was working properly. I must not have played it after I put it on location. Usually I do but I was short on time when I dropped the game off and must have forgotten. Change Machine I had the coin buckets out and when I put them back in place the middle bucket wouldn't go the whole way back. I couldn't see what the bucket was catching on but it was catching on something. I swapped it to the far left position and it latched fine there and the other bucket latched fine in the middle so I let it go for now. There has to be a screw or something sticking out on the bucket on the left side that was the cause of the issue but I couldn't find it. Ticket Eater I found it with the PAPR error. I cleared the error and the eater then worked fine. I printed several receipts with it and every time it worked fine. I didn't have all my cleaning supplies along as I was delivering a game but my next trip there, I will clean the rollers in the printer just in case. As I was heading out the door of the location, I got a text from the Manager saying that he was just informed that there was a problem with the Ticket Eater the night before and asked if I could look at. It appears that my frequent stops and checking of the equipment at this location is worth the effort. Skee Ball I moved three balls back into the proper lanes. Western Train I found it with a ticket jam, I cleared the jam and tested the game and it worked fine again. Slam A Winner When I turned it on, it was giving the check tickets message. A quick look at the game and I found the reason, the ticket dispenser was laying in the bottom of the game. Apparently, someone was kicking or shaking the game pretty hard. I put the dispenser back in place and made sure it was secure and the game worked fine. Crane follow-up A few weeks back I had adjusted the voltage to try to increase the win rate. The win rate has indeed gone up. It hasn't been long enough that I can verify how the earnings are doing but I am leaving it alone for now. I want to clear out some of the old stock of stuffed animals that I have. Game Delivery I swapped out the Corvette Pinball at the location. It has been there for over a year and more importantly, I've been having issues with the upper flipper on it that I can't seem to get straightened out. The game swap went well with the only issue being that it was threatening to rain the whole trip back to the shop. Corvette Pinball I got the game back to the shop and set it up to see what the story was with the flipper and order parts if I needed them. I replaced all of the mechanical parts and the flipper was still weak. After about three hours, I swapped the flipper opto boards around and that solved the issue. Apparently the opto for the upper flipper was going bad or the plastic actuator wasn't working properly. Either way, I know it is on the opto board now. The right side doesn't have an upper flipper on this game so I will leave it that way for a while and verify that is the problem before I buy any more parts for it. I had disconnected the racetrack on this game on location a while back as it was intermittently blowing fuses when it got shaken really hard. I think I found out why that was. The plate that two of the screws went into was loose and laying in the housing and could have easily been shorting out the boards when the game was shaken. I reconnected the racetrack and found that one of the lanes wasn't working properly. It looks like one of the opto's for the encoder has failed. I wish I would have known that when I had the assembly apart on my workbench before I put it back into the game. From what I can tell the Encoder uses the same opto as the switches. I need to check and see if I have any. I have found that you can buy a new board for around $55. I’m going to try replace the opto first. It is a lot cheaper. Storage Space I was talking with one of my customers / friends and I mentioned that I was out of space. He offered me space in a building he has for a great price. So I know have some much needed storage space. The only flaw with the space is that I won't be able to unload my trailer into it as it has a loading dock for an entrance.
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