shooter control

[gaius1]

Can anyone help me to trouble shoot a shooter control prob due to something maybe being stuck in the shooter. Can anyone tell me where to begin.Or can anyone tell me how to access the shooter unit to trouble shoot. It acts like there are no balls in it.

The model is a 2004 Daichii dragon slayer game.

Jim

[luckydog]

is it making a thunking noise,

you can open the glass with a small lever on the back left of the machine,

there should be a small lever on the bottom right side of the playfield,

either press it or lift on it to get access to ball shooter.

if it isn't making a noise or not shooting, if you have one, it may be the rs232 dongle plug in the back of you machine is loose,

unplug it and replug it in again.

i hope this helps

[arbycoffee]

are you making the ground connect when you turn the shooter ?
On the shooter there is ether a chrome strip or the twist nob is chrome, some try shooting with just your fingers and not touching the chrome strip.

I also hope this helps.

what vendor you buy it thru ?

Some I have there tech support number.

[azlew]

If it isn't making that "thunking noise"....check and make sure (if your Pachinko has one) that the dongle is plugged in in the back on your machine.

[HokutoMan]

I am having a similar issue. I just purchased the Apollo 13 machine. It worked great for about 10 minutes. Now the "empty ball" light remains on regardless if there are balls in or not. the shooter knob will not fire balls. It does not make the thunking noise. I have checked the dongle..it is secure. I removed the hopper and pressed the ball sensor down and the light remains on. Also it seems that the info from that game (score and whatnot) is being retained. What could I be missing? Any ideas?

[arbycoffee]

Maybe a stuck ball ? Try turning upside down and rock it side to side and see if that helps.

[HokutoMan]

no good...i popped the front out and inspected everywhere I ball could possibly be...nothing.

thanks though!

[HokutoMan]

Ok so I have an update. I woke up this morning and decided to try again. This time the level I was at previously was reset to 0 (how i dont know). Guess what? the game worked again. But, the shooter shut off and the "ball emtpy" light started flashing again as soon as I achevied a level other than 0. This is exactely the same thing that happened yesterday. any ideas??