Well after months of searching, and then weeks of trying to organize a pick-up, I finally have got my first machine at home! This past weekend I drove to Ottawa and picked up my new-to-me WCS94! Big thanks to Williams_Fan for being extremely helpful and selling me my first machine, and also do TwilightZone for helping me with the pick up of the game. I arrived and the game was nicely packed for transport, and sitting on a dolly! Great guys! After the long drive back to Timmins, I got the machine into the house and set up.
The machine looks great. I only had time to play 3 games so far.
I've noticed one issue that I'm guessing occurred during the 8+ hour drive back home. When I first fired up the machine, the solenoid at the striker hole fired a ball out which had apparently been in the hole on the way home. After it fired this ball out if continued to fire about 7 or 8 times. A gentle slap on the side of the machine stopped this. I restarted the machine and again the solenoid fired. This time I let it run it's course, and it fired 13 times at irregular intervals varying from 1-3 seconds before it stopped.
During game play, if the ball is shot into the striker hole it does not seem to sense it, and it remains there until the machine goes into ball search.
I'm currently out of town until Friday, so I haven't been able to take a close look. I'm guessing the likely culprit is a loose wire on the opto or dirty/poorly seated opto. When I get home I plan take a close look at it an clean the sensors.
Is alcohol appropriate for this type of cleaning?
I'm hoping it's a quick fix, but if I'm not able to sort it out when I get back I will post more details in the Tech section.
Couldn't be happier to officially be an owner!
The machine looks great. I only had time to play 3 games so far.
I've noticed one issue that I'm guessing occurred during the 8+ hour drive back home. When I first fired up the machine, the solenoid at the striker hole fired a ball out which had apparently been in the hole on the way home. After it fired this ball out if continued to fire about 7 or 8 times. A gentle slap on the side of the machine stopped this. I restarted the machine and again the solenoid fired. This time I let it run it's course, and it fired 13 times at irregular intervals varying from 1-3 seconds before it stopped.
During game play, if the ball is shot into the striker hole it does not seem to sense it, and it remains there until the machine goes into ball search.
I'm currently out of town until Friday, so I haven't been able to take a close look. I'm guessing the likely culprit is a loose wire on the opto or dirty/poorly seated opto. When I get home I plan take a close look at it an clean the sensors.
Is alcohol appropriate for this type of cleaning?
I'm hoping it's a quick fix, but if I'm not able to sort it out when I get back I will post more details in the Tech section.
Couldn't be happier to officially be an owner!