Holding the flipper button makes the left flipper kick up twice in quick succession and then drop; it will not stay up.

Flipper fires twice quickly and won't stay up: broken hold winding wire on the coil

Cause: The thin hold-winding wire on the flipper coil had broken off its lug. The game fires the power winding, sees the end-of-stroke switch reopen because nothing holds the flipper, refires once, then gives up to stop machine-gunning.

Checks

• Remove or turn the coil and inspect the fine hold wire where it meets its lug.
• Measure the hold winding with a meter; open circuit confirms it.
• The EOS switch on this generation is only an input to the CPU, so cleaning or adjusting it will not cure this symptom.

Fix

• Resolder the broken hold wire if there is enough length, or replace the flipper coil.

Systems

• WPC DCS

Games

• World Cup Soccer

Related tips

• Games that came with Type 2 flipper opto boards
• Flipper fires then falls straight back
• Fliptronics: flipper will not hold up (flutters)
• How a two-winding flipper coil works
• Fliptronics flipper does not work: test the flipper opto board
• Fliptronic flipper coil wire colours
• Usual flipper coil wire colors on Fliptronics games
• All flippers kick once at game start and then go dead

Source: Pinball Repair help group!! (Facebook group)