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Title: Hit Castle - Ball Lock Not Always Working
Post by: pinster on August 05, 2016, 03:26:29 PM

Weird thing, maybe i'm missing something, but when I hit the castle through the small castle door on the left there are times when the Ball Lock message doesn't appear.  Does this happen to anyone else?

Title: Re: Hit Castle - Ball Lock Not Always Working
Post by: schonb25 on August 05, 2016, 04:12:23 PM

Put the game into switch test and trigger the switch with a pinball a few times. See if you can see if it's a consistent issue or not.

Title: Re: Hit Castle - Ball Lock Not Always Working
Post by: killobyte on August 05, 2016, 05:31:40 PM

Mine has had the same issue intermittently since day 1.  It's also fairly common on the original machines.  The correct fix will almost certainly be bending the wire form of the switch inside the lock shot so that it is impossible for the ball to roll over it without triggering the switch, I just haven't cared enough to disassemble it yet.

Title: Re: Hit Castle - Ball Lock Not Always Working
Post by: niteravn on August 05, 2016, 07:57:12 PM

I had the same issue, and found one of the screws holding in that switch had fallen out.  Even after putting it back it'd fall out again eventually, so I finally bought a nut to hold the screw in, and that did the trick.

Title: Re: Hit Castle - Ball Lock Not Always Working
Post by: brentj on August 06, 2016, 10:35:14 AM

I've been noticing this too