keithsarcade
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Tonight I finally installed new rubbers and cleaned & waxed the playfield. Also made a new gasket out of cardboard for the led display in the playfield (the ball was hopping around and hitting the glass, that panel cover was part of the cause, sunk in just deep enough).
Wow, I knew this would bring some life to the game, but damn. The ball moves almost double the speed it did before. More improtantly, I've played about a dozen games so far and it hasnt hopped once. Nice.
On a side note, I finally started using the flippers one at a time last month. That makes a huge difference, and now I understand why collectors were giving me a hard time about using both flippers simultaneously.
Heres the playfield. Still far from showroom, but she's good enough for me.
Also swapped the left/right slingshot coils around to determing if my left coil (which is blowing fuses unless I cut the wires, rendering it useless) and determined the coil is fine. So I know now the problem is definitely in the Solenoid PCB, which I've already looked over a dozen times. Guess it's time for a new one. Who's got an extra?
Wow, I knew this would bring some life to the game, but damn. The ball moves almost double the speed it did before. More improtantly, I've played about a dozen games so far and it hasnt hopped once. Nice.
On a side note, I finally started using the flippers one at a time last month. That makes a huge difference, and now I understand why collectors were giving me a hard time about using both flippers simultaneously.
Heres the playfield. Still far from showroom, but she's good enough for me.
Also swapped the left/right slingshot coils around to determing if my left coil (which is blowing fuses unless I cut the wires, rendering it useless) and determined the coil is fine. So I know now the problem is definitely in the Solenoid PCB, which I've already looked over a dozen times. Guess it's time for a new one. Who's got an extra?

