So the other day I was playing my Satomi Miracle Can Can (MC-1) Arrangeball machine when I noticed a ball going into 12, but 12 didn't light up on the card.
I thought it was maybe just a fluke so I played the game some more... 12 definitely didn't light up.
Then I thought it was maybe just the light, so I managed to hit the vertical 4 in line 4 - 8 - 12 - 16 and the win didn't register :-(
So I open the game and at the bottom of the cabinet, 3 small black innocuous looking plastic bits.
Those plastic bits were part of the leaf switch for #12. A sort of rigid leaf switch extender, that was originally molded to the end of the switch leaf.
Having no proper replacement parts on hand, I had to cobble something.
I managed to solder a trimmed part of a solder lug from some junk pinball leaf switch blade I had laying around. The width and length was just right. It soldered in surprisingly easy.
I just had to tweak the angle a bit for the switch to close properly.
I hate having to cobble stuff together like this but with no spare parts available, what are my options?
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