Earthshaker
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Will be traveling quite a bit for the next few months. May be a while before I can jump back in here.
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone.
Here is the manual
https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuals-pinball/T/Taxi_OPS.pdf
If the switch is broken and you just need the switch and not the actuator (arm), then it is available here
https://www.pinballlife.com/williamsbally-sub-microswitch-5647-12693.html
You will need a diode with any...
I have and have owned mostly Williams System 11 and WPC games over 27 years. I have replaced more microswitches than anything else by a mile. Cleaning up weekend warrior hacks would probably be the second most frequent repair.
Because your game lamp sockets are wired differently. You can't change the polarity on a bayonet base bulb. You can change the polarity on a wedge base bulb. If you desoldered the wires on one of your bayonet sockets and switched them around, these bulbs would work. Comet pinball bulbs are...
Week 3. Shitty day at work, but good night to escape with the silver ball, evidently.
Beat my all time best on FunHouse by 3 million
FunHouse - 83,000,530
Whitewater - 884,449,940
You have the right wires going to the right lugs on the coil. The soldering on the violet and green wire looks cold (dull) and cracked. Hit that with some flux and flow some fresh solder on that connection. The stripped wire should go through the hole on the lug and wind around before soldering...