Steelhorse
New member
Overwhelmed when I first looked under a pf was like there is no way I could work on this, and looking behind the backglass at the boards and circuits, the soldering involved ( I have never soldered NOTHING before). I was like maybe I should not own one of these pinball machine's. Well after searching the web and finally finding this forum I have grown more confident in service for my first pinball machine. Iam still abit hesitant on any board work or anything behind the backglass, I haven't had any issues with nothing behind the backglass from looking at everything seems fairly NEW like conditions, no battery acid or burnt marks on the boards. My point is newbie's it will get better if you allow yourself to learn, I was working under the pf one day and my wife says looks like I was having fun as I had a smile on my face as I was under there, and thats what I never did at first, but it's what I do now
thanks to Lindsey, tomdotcom, rare hero, jar155, Ken Layton, Quattrohead, and a few others I want to thank you for the help! Newbies DONT GIVE UP on your machine(s), the internet is your best friend, read, read and read more, your confidence will rise. I learned how to solder by watching Youtube videos, and put on 2 new EOS switches with ease and confidence when I did my flipper rebuild kit. If I didn't own a pin I would not even wanted to learned to solder. Stick with it and smile while you are repairing, put the radio on and just think when everything is put together, fixed, etc. it gonna be fun to see the fun that people get from these machines while playing. I need more tools for this hobby as I dont have everything to diagnose everything on a pin, but I'am collecting tools here and there. Newbies hang in there, learn to fix your own machine
THE PARTS ARE CHEAP!