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i woke up in a good mood today

cooldan

cooldan

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even though my little nipper woke us up at 6 and wouldn't go back to sleep, today feels like a good day.



pinball matters to attend to:

sort out MB pop bumpers - why not firing, is it the switch or the coil?

consider adding yet *another* toy to MB, as it has arrived in the post from ebay - this time Creech!

attempt to assemble replacement Nell log assembly for R&B with collected bits and pieces.

rebuild both flippers on R&B to complete the shop job - time to test it all out!

L ramp R Phurba on TS is sticking, may need to adjust the arm of the switch or make ramp steeper.

tilt bob needs ajusting/replacing on MB.

buy that toolbox on ebay that i keep missing out on - it's a fishing tackle box, looks awesome



happy Thursday peeps, what little tasks you up to with your machines today?



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Goooooood morning Dan ! Happy Thursday to you !



And good luck on yr pinball missions today



While the good weather holds I should really continue with painting back of house/windows ....but I could end up in the Shack for a tinker ...could happen
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My post was lost in the site down time so I will try to remember the better bits.



No pinball for me today, working on a report.



Always good to wake up with a good positive fix list like that, feels good when you can cross them off.

Not sure what is going on with the jets/pop bumpers, in test mode for the left one, it fired with the right one twitching. Testing the right had the left one locking, testing the bottom one didn't work unless you tested it first. Could be switches or a ground problem on the solenoids, have a look at the wiring of them.



After a quick rebuild of the MB flipper, you should be in good shape to do the RB ones.



Good luck with the house painting GrizZ, it is dangerously close to the Shack and you could accidentally end up in there.
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No pin action today. Just regular work.



I did, however, fix South Park on Monday night and polished the playfields of my three machines as I have mates round on Friday night to give them a good battering
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Just received a rather large parcel. Can you tell what I will be doing later today........



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I had one busted one and I didn't want to have 1 shiney new one and 5 grubby chipped ones. (Well, that's how I'm justifing the expense anyway...
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I am still in the doghouse over this particular order. I'll have to be good for a while now.
 
Yeah I've heard it a bit of a job. I do enjoy the tinkering though. Hopefully I won't balls anything up this time..... :eek:



It's a project and a half to be honest. This WH20 has seen better days. It all works 100% and is complete but is a little rough around the edges. I'm going to take some pics tonight before I do anything so I can do a before and after. She should be a beauty when I've finished.
 
Yeah its pretty time consuming to strip and rebuild with the sheer amount of ramps and stuff, the mini playfield etc . There are a *lot* of under playfield connectors on WH20 - labelling them all up will make it easier and quicker when you put it all back together. I'm sure you would do this anyway
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I did a restore on a wh20 for a friend (playfield, ramps, mechs and many, many fixes). Took me a very long time to get it finished. The machine was located in my friends off license in his stock room at the rear. It was such a bitch to do it seemed everything fought me at every possible turn. Mini PF flipper mech had my head in bits, countless wiring nightmares and driver board fixes too, but i mostly remember losing it on a nuclear scale when i cut my finger and pierced the dmd display board with a screwdriver in a moment of carelessness that made me immediately lose the will to live. After some minutes rocking in the corner wincing and sucking air through my teeth like a fairy, i finally realised if i never saw a wh20 again, it would be too soon...haha.



Good luck matey!
 
Fintan Stack' date=' post: 1698561 said:
I'm going to take some pics tonight before I do anything so I can do a before and after.
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i'm looking forward to seeing these, i love your shop logs, the more photos and detail the better. these logs will make a useful collection for next time one of us is disassembling a WH2O



i tweaked the Shadow ramp and had a look at the MB poppers but couldn't see anything except that the skirt on the top one isn't straight. Then i experimented with three different positions for my planned creech mod - what do y'all think, 1, 2 or 3?



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Received a pop bumper bracket for creech from Pinballmania yesterday. Thought it was going to be a bit of a nightmare job dismantling the bumper cap top and bottom but turned out it was a 2 minute job to undo a few screws on the bracket and leave everything else intact!



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week off work so had time to fix a few bits

new hand fitted just gotta clean the wand up , such a fun game when working 100%
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I replaced the mountains but still not got hold of a cheap solution to rivet the signs back on :suspect:
 
cooldan' date=' post: 1698568 said:
i'm looking forward to seeing these, i love your shop logs, the more photos and detail the better. these logs will make a useful collection for next time one of us is disassembling a WH2O



i tweaked the Shadow ramp and had a look at the MB poppers but couldn't see anything except that the skirt on the top one isn't straight. Then i experimented with three different positions for my planned creech mod - what do y'all think, 1, 2 or 3?



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Number 3 for me.
 
Mooseman' date=' post: 1698575 said:
I replaced the mountains but still not got hold of a cheap solution to rivet the signs back on :suspect:
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I was worried about that too. But my new ones have the signs already on. I was not expecting that so it's a huge bonus!
 
Fintan, I don't surpose you have a Boulder Garden sign that you would be willing to sell ?

You would be helping me out loads if you have.

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replicas' date=' post: 1698582 said:
Fintan, I don't surpose you have a Boulder Garden sign that you would be willing to sell ?

You would be helping me out loads if you have.

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I think I might have. I will check when I get home tonight and let you know.
 
Daz, when the league gets up and running again do you think you could help me attach my signs to boulders?

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Mooseman' date=' post: 1698587 said:
Daz, when the league gets up and running again do you think you could help me attach my signs to boulders?

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No worries Gaz. I can do that for you matey.
 
"Dan, number three position. Would hide the wires too."





God, I've really got to start reading the earlier posts., You don't want to know what images flashed through my mind when I read that! (Not helped by Dan's love of Dogs watching dubious websites)
 
johnwhitfield' date=' post: 1698591 said:
God, I've really got to start reading the earlier posts., You don't want to know what images flashed through my mind when I read that! (Not helped by Dan's love of Dogs watching dubious websites)
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Can I vote for that being post of the day please?
 
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