to finish repairing or sell

maddog14

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I got a really nice playboy 35th that is 100% working and I just cleaned, stripped waxed etc. I need to get a new display. The original needs one numeric and there is a line out on the alpha.

Should I finish it and buy new display or sell as is unfinished?
 
in too deep?

Are you upside down already? That could make all the difference. The sale would definitely open up to buyers that know nothing about pins and being that it playboy you will get a good price based on the theme. I would probably have to fix it even if it is my money back on the part. Faster sale and a broader market.
 
From my experience, I'd absolutely say replace that DMD.

When I had my Twister up for sale, with a detailed description of the fuse-blowing issue it had (that I had spent a year-and-a-half and $700 on trying to fix), THE problem that all interested buyers seemed most concerned with was that the DMD had 5 vertical lines out on it.

Even had one guy tell me that he wasn't "worried" about the fuse issue because it was an "easy fix", but that the DMD was a deal-breaker, because replacing displays was "one of the more costly repairs that can be done to a pinball machine". I explained to him how that wasn't exactly the case, but he said his "repair guy" assured him otherwise.
 
From my experience, I'd absolutely say replace that DMD.

When I had my Twister up for sale, with a detailed description of the fuse-blowing issue it had (that I had spent a year-and-a-half and $700 on trying to fix), THE problem that all interested buyers seemed most concerned with was that the DMD had 5 vertical lines out on it.

Even had one guy tell me that he wasn't "worried" about the fuse issue because it was an "easy fix", but that the DMD was a deal-breaker, because replacing displays was "one of the more costly repairs that can be done to a pinball machine". I explained to him how that wasn't exactly the case, but he said his "repair guy" assured him otherwise.

OK, That seals it. I am ordering a new display instead of spending anymore time on mine. I at least need to replace the right side numeric portion, and replace two of the UDN7180A chips.

and I guess I am waiting 3-4 weeks now. Out of stock LOL
 
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