The game boots and starts, but no ball is served to the shooter lane, the top left saucer and the eye locks hold their balls, and the visor never moves. All switches and coils pass their tests.
No ball to the shooter and saucers won't eject: visor stuck open
Cause: The visor mechanism had jammed in the open position. The game waits to see the visor switches change before it will eject balls, so play stalls.
Checks
- Watch the visor at game start: it should move and its position switches should register.
- Check the visor motor, its drive linkage and the position switches for a jam or bind.
Fix
- Free the jammed visor mechanism so it moves through its travel, then find and fix whatever made it bind so it doesn't happen again.
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Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)