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Out of interest. Are you limited by the speakers you can use with these displays?
@stumblor's kit includes speakers which are smaller than the original but I haven't noticed any drop in volume or quailty
That's good to know!
Did this the other day, touched in the playfield and fixed some minor things. Had previous touch ups also so did what I could as had bare wood areas too.
Fixed the drop targets as sticking, adjusted switches and re soldered capacitors on them. Some switches with diodes missing so sorted that and everything now working.
Put a playfield protector on and plays really good now, fast and smooth.
Was going to add LED’s to the GI but going to leave it all incandescents as it looks right, nice and warm/bright.
Have a new set of drop targets which I will fit one day!
Next I need to work on my Taxi that I just picked up as that had more problems than I bargained for and before the ball disappears through an insert with a hole in it, poor Gorby
What a great game EBD is
Fixed the drop targets as sticking, adjusted switches and re soldered capacitors on them. Some switches with diodes missing so sorted that and everything now working.
Put a playfield protector on and plays really good now, fast and smooth.
Was going to add LED’s to the GI but going to leave it all incandescents as it looks right, nice and warm/bright.
Have a new set of drop targets which I will fit one day!
Next I need to work on my Taxi that I just picked up as that had more problems than I bargained for and before the ball disappears through an insert with a hole in it, poor Gorby
What a great game EBD is
Some small tasks while the little boys were at granny’s.
I replaced the right flipper spring on Fish Tales as it was getting stuck in the ‘up’ position. I decided to clean the playfield while I was there. It was, of course, filthy again so I removed the apron to see whether the ball trough was depositing filth and despair onto the balls. It was, but not at the level I expected given the speed of dirt accumulation on the playfield.
The whole pin is just filthy, grimy and rusty and I just need to bite the bullet, and strip and clean down the entire f*****g pin at the same time as - ideally - a playfield swap as there’s some wear. Thing is, it’s my favourite pin, and so I can’t have it out of action for a long period unless there’s another B/W-era pin in the slot. So, it’s going to have to wait…
After that, I put side art onto Godzilla, which I’d been putting off as I expected it to be a nightmare of disconnecting and labelling wires, and repositioning a long sticky panel. I’d even bought a decal positioning spray for wet application. As it was, it took about half an hour. Stern make playfields that are designed to be disconnected and the decal wasn’t as bad as I expected either (apart from a section that wouldn’t stay stuck for some reason). I should have guessed it wasn’t that difficult given the first five minutes of the ‘how to apply side art’ video explained how to lift the playfield and remove the balls!
The most difficult bit was removing the playfield. Playfields aren’t designed to be lifted and lifted out by a short woman. I had to get Jon (my husband) to help.
I replaced the right flipper spring on Fish Tales as it was getting stuck in the ‘up’ position. I decided to clean the playfield while I was there. It was, of course, filthy again so I removed the apron to see whether the ball trough was depositing filth and despair onto the balls. It was, but not at the level I expected given the speed of dirt accumulation on the playfield.
The whole pin is just filthy, grimy and rusty and I just need to bite the bullet, and strip and clean down the entire f*****g pin at the same time as - ideally - a playfield swap as there’s some wear. Thing is, it’s my favourite pin, and so I can’t have it out of action for a long period unless there’s another B/W-era pin in the slot. So, it’s going to have to wait…
After that, I put side art onto Godzilla, which I’d been putting off as I expected it to be a nightmare of disconnecting and labelling wires, and repositioning a long sticky panel. I’d even bought a decal positioning spray for wet application. As it was, it took about half an hour. Stern make playfields that are designed to be disconnected and the decal wasn’t as bad as I expected either (apart from a section that wouldn’t stay stuck for some reason). I should have guessed it wasn’t that difficult given the first five minutes of the ‘how to apply side art’ video explained how to lift the playfield and remove the balls!
The most difficult bit was removing the playfield. Playfields aren’t designed to be lifted and lifted out by a short woman. I had to get Jon (my husband) to help.
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paulg100
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Started stripping this one today, need it done asap now with 
due any day.
due any day.
I spent yesterday looking at the state of my first overpaid for pin Data East TM, as there is an issue with it tripping the breaker in the house, and also the display would sometimes reset.
Managed to fix the reset issue I think (so far so good), a corroded lifted leg on an IC in the reset area on the MPU (which has had battery corrosion and previously repaired badly.
Internally there is also a DC PSU that has been installed at some point feeding a credit board (which is not wired correctly), and the PSU has been spliced into the supply cable. Not only that there was also one of those plasma ball things used as a topper, and the cabling was run inside also connected to the supply cable, so that was checked out also.
This Pin has been nothing but issues since I got it, and I embarrassed to say I should have checked this out earlier tbh. But I knew there were going to be some bodge jobs here when I eventually pulled back this insulation tape but this is a cracker.
I have to show you folks the state of how rough this was
Srap pile
Managed to fix the reset issue I think (so far so good), a corroded lifted leg on an IC in the reset area on the MPU (which has had battery corrosion and previously repaired badly.
Internally there is also a DC PSU that has been installed at some point feeding a credit board (which is not wired correctly), and the PSU has been spliced into the supply cable. Not only that there was also one of those plasma ball things used as a topper, and the cabling was run inside also connected to the supply cable, so that was checked out also.
This Pin has been nothing but issues since I got it, and I embarrassed to say I should have checked this out earlier tbh. But I knew there were going to be some bodge jobs here when I eventually pulled back this insulation tape but this is a cracker.
I have to show you folks the state of how rough this was
Srap pile
could be worse. at least the fecker had a go at soldering them on.
could be worse. at least the fecker had a go at soldering them on.
I don't dare investigate much on this machine unless I have to when there are issues, as I love the game. Yesterday however I was close to taking it to the Tip 
It is unbelievable the hack some people do on pinball, that power adaptor is a joke. I remember getting a pin with a screw screwed into the playfield to stop a ball going into a scoop that did not kick out the ball, crazyI spent yesterday looking at the state of my first overpaid for pin Data East TM, as there is an issue with it tripping the breaker in the house, and also the display would sometimes reset.
Managed to fix the reset issue I think (so far so good), a corroded lifted leg on an IC in the reset area on the MPU (which has had battery corrosion and previously repaired badly.
Internally there is also a DC PSU that has been installed at some point feeding a credit board (which is not wired correctly), and the PSU has been spliced into the supply cable. Not only that there was also one of those plasma ball things used as a topper, and the cabling was run inside also connected to the supply cable, so that was checked out also.
This Pin has been nothing but issues since I got it, and I embarrassed to say I should have checked this out earlier tbh. But I knew there were going to be some bodge jobs here when I eventually pulled back this insulation tape but this is a cracker.
I have to show you folks the state of how rough this was
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Nearly killed myself. 1kg of meat plus fried egg, bacon, cheese, salad. think the salad was the problem! Barbican Steakhouse, Plymouth. they have some monster meals.
Food challenge was it Alan, eat all of it and the meal is free. Loads on YouTube. looks delicious
no i had to pay.
. they do a 60oz steak. that i can’t even imagine.
Wow I would love to have a go at thatno i had to pay.
I pity the next person to use the toilet after you tomorrow morning! Although I'm guessing the next person will probably be you for rounds 2 through 4 to expel that lot.
Drew Taylor
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Asiapinball
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I was about to ask what reflective paint you used for that as the chrome looks awesome... until i realised from the above that it wasnt quite what i thought......
Asiapinball
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It was just catching the light. The satin black is just toolstation industrial. I prefer it to plasticote
Ant-H
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Looking good mateEspecially having a left and right side back box hinge in white
yeah its way better then having 2 left hand hinges.Wow that looks great!!!!
Drew Taylor
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I need one of these toppers.
Ant-H
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Yeah I agree, the white T-moulding really does finish it off.