A game starts but no ball reaches the plunger.
Game starts but will not serve a ball to the shooter lane
Cause: Too few balls or a bad trough switch, a tilt or slam switch stuck closed (or its capacitor leaking), or on expander games a solenoid expander board fault.
Checks
- Count the balls and check the trough switches in switch test.
- Check the tilt and slam switches and their capacitors.
- On SEB games, run the lamp test and listen for the expander relay.
Fix
- Correct the ball count, repair the switch, or repair the solenoid expander board.
Systems
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Source: Repairing Bally Electronic Pinball Games from 1977 to 1985, Part Three, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)