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gilligan's island pinball
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Phetishboy
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Ahahahahahaha, Skipper T-Rex. Awesome.
7146aaron
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That blue is very bright and vibrant. The cabs are usually faded more than that. It must have stayed away from windows most of it's life.
That blue is very bright and vibrant. The cabs are usually faded more than that. It must have stayed away from windows most of it's life.
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pudluther
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the other side is faded....i just couldn't get a pic of it due to where it's currently sitting in my garage.
but it's not the blue...that looks fine. it's actually gilligan's shirt that's faded. instead of being red, it's almost white. lol.
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pudluther
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here's a pic of the faded side, aaron....couldn't get a better angle due to where it's sitting, but you can see the difference in the shirt color:
Steelhorse
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Nice machine! For $750 right? Your playfield and DMD would come to about that, so yes great buy!. Hope you find it was something simple to fix, as I'am sure the kids are wanting to play and then you have to explain "Daddy's gotta fix it first", then you can play, I have kids too and know how excited they get when you bring something fun to do home. The playfield looks really clean, I'am sure your gonna do a once over with novus 2 and wax, I'd also buy some balls for it too, rubber kit, coil sleeves, fuses etc. these are things for just in case. Put an order in with Terry at Pbl (pinballlife.com).
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pudluther
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thanks, man....yep, paid $750.
and you're right about the kids - my (almost) 5 year old has asked again today....had to give him the famous "daddy's got to fix it first" line. LOL.
as for what's wrong with it:
Steelhorse
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Do you do the repairs on your video games? I'am sure it's something simple. Theres no battery corrosion on the boards is there? From the picture it seems to be contained just in the holder but you will need to pull the battery holder off and check behind there and see to make sure. Since you would have the battery holder off it would be a good time to re-locate the holder off the board, Why on earth did the manufactures do this is beyond me. When you turn the pin on what do you get? I would break out your digital MM (multi-meter) and your manual and start check readings off things, fuses, coils, resistors, etc. Fingers crossed for ya, let us know whats going on?
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pudluther
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i've never worked on a pin before, but in general, i'm not very good at repairs. i muddle around a bit though.
there's no corrosion on the board from what i can tell, but relocating the battery holder sounds like a good idea.
when i turn the pin on, i get a whole lotta nothing....no lights/etc. the DMD briefly comes on, but then goes immediately back off. i haven't left it on for more than a minute or two for fear of messing something else up (since it's not working).
i've never worked on a pin before, but in general, i'm not very good at repairs. i muddle around a bit though.
there's no corrosion on the board from what i can tell, but relocating the battery holder sounds like a good idea.
when i turn the pin on, i get a whole lotta nothing....no lights/etc. the DMD briefly comes on, but then goes immediately back off. i haven't left it on for more than a minute or two for fear of messing something else up (since it's not working).
Yup that's a GI connector. You have to pull the entire board and replace the header pins on the PCB and the connector.
For the CPU board you need to remove the battery holder. Even if you aren't good with board repair removing the battery holder is pretty easy. Make sure that the alkaline from the battery has not leaked onto any of the chips. If it has you need to replace everything it came in contact with. You can use vinegar to neutralize it.
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pudluther
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i guess that would cause the problem with none of the lights coming on....what about the fact that the machine won't "do" anything (won't start a game)? is that related?
So you get nothing at all? The game when it boots up should bong to tell you that the sound board is working. There are status LEDs on the driver and CPU boards, I would look to see if they function.
Once thing, make certain that the ribbon cables are connected properly. If you haven't already I would reseat those cables as a first step. It is very common to see the small ribbon cable between the CPU and Driver boards off by one row. Make sure that is connected, that allows the CPU board to communicate with the driver board which runs all of the coils in the game. Also look at the driver board. if the voltage lights are not on then that is your biggest problem.
I would head here and start from the beginning:
http://www.pinrepair.com/wpc/index.htm
Follow it step by step and let us know what you find.
