The game keeps kicking out balls, or the switch matrix acts confused, with one switch closure showing as several.
Indiana Jones: balls keep ejecting from a crushed mini-playfield switch
Cause: Balls strike the front right switch on the underside of the mini-playfield and crush its wires, diode and lugs together. That switch shares a matrix row with the trough jam opto, so the game thinks a ball is jammed and ejects another.
Checks
- Inspect the front right switch under the mini-playfield for squashed lugs, wires or diode touching.
Fix
- Separate and repair the crushed wiring and diode, and replace the switch if needed.
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Source: Repairing Williams/Bally WPC Pinball Games from 1990 to 1999, Part Three, Clay Harrell (pinrepair.com)