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semicolin wrote:With Tombiosis' help, was able to finally get my lineup back in the games room and running again.
Feels so good to have that out of the way.
Nice! Sorry my schedule did not match yours. Glad you got your gameroom back
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Upper cabinet de-painted yesterday!
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Good job!

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After having it for the last 5 months in the shop :FP: , to swap the PF for a CPR, i finally powered up Captain Fantastic !!! :jumpy

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Managed to figure out why my Speakeasy was tilting by itself when I had people over. Of course, it always worked fine the next day...

I finally left it on all day without playing it and it happened. The heat was causing one of the eproms to become flaky. Power cycling it while it was hot resulted in a failed rom test on the MPU.

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Played pinball at home, played pinball at a friend's house, fixed a bonus counter, and got these sweet glass marquees delivered from Pinburgh
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'Upgraded' my Coleco Electronic Quarterback (1978) with new instruction decal and 9v ac adapter.

GAME ON!
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Chnillapoil wrote: I would like to see a video of this. I was so bad at this game and would like to see how to play this thing....
Here's a gameplay video!


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I received a package today. A very special package.
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Seems to be in good shape. I wonder what's inside?

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Hrm. Seems to be another box.

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Can you recognize the game from the reverse? What's going on here? What could it possibly be?

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Yes! That's right! It's a Meteor playfield, new old stock. In fact, it's the one CPR scanned for their unreleased reproduction. Ready for a very minor touch up and clear coat. Excited!

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As a total Meteor-head, I can say you are ONE LUCKY BASTARD!
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best post.
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Spotted on Twitter...
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Just received my Pinball Skates Dolly and tested it... It work very well so far! Easy to use and it will help me move my pinball around in my new bar(Opening soon!).
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Make sure you let us know when you're open!

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These puppy's go on sale all the time for 5-6.99

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Pulled 4 machines out of the basement!

Ahead of schedule, for once. Time for a nap. :)
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pharoah007 wrote:These puppy's go on sale all the time for 5-6.99

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On sale where and what are they called?

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Fifty wrote:
pharoah007 wrote:These puppy's go on sale all the time for 5-6.99

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/imag ... xgh56iEGsQ
On sale where and what are they called?

Dunno... I will make up a name. "Tri wheel dolly"

Find them at princess auto. You can also find them at Canadian Tire or Rona for 2-3X the price of Princess Auto.

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Just finished a shop job on my Quick Draw, pretty fun EM !!!! :D
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pharoah007 wrote:
Fifty wrote:
pharoah007 wrote:These puppy's go on sale all the time for 5-6.99

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/imag ... xgh56iEGsQ
On sale where and what are they called?

Dunno... I will make up a name. "Tri wheel dolly"

Find them at princess auto. You can also find them at Canadian Tire or Rona for 2-3X the price of Princess Auto.
Nailed it! Also known as leg dollies.
https://www.princessauto.com/en/search? ... =tri-dolly

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Freshened up the LEDs in both Tag Team and Dragon before this weekend's show. They are now both bright and beautiful and ready to go.

Hrm, almost. Still have to reconnect the tilt bob in Dragon to protect it from you hooligans.

As an aside, anyone who can bring three Comet Optix Maximus in Sunlight White will be a real hero: I miscounted before ordering.

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Ready to go for this weekend's show. Monty and I could still probably use a hand tomorrow morning to get them upstairs.
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Solved the mystery of why no two meteors have the Kirk post in exactly the same place... It was never part of the drilling registration in the factory. The NOS playfield doesn't have the hole!
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semicolin wrote:Solved the mystery of why no two meteors have the Kirk post in exactly the same place... It was never part of the drilling registration in the factory. The NOS playfield doesn't have the hole!IMG_4851.JPG
Super cool! The position of the post has such a tremendous influence on the play of the game (I call using Steve's out-hole post "the parachute shot": Assume that your parachute is going to open and DO NOT touch those flippers!), so this is surprising. Very weird.
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Worked to fix the weak red bumpers on Heat Wave. The problem was that one bumper was not getting enough power and so it would just jiggle around never opening the EOS switch.

I took the switch stack off the bumper relay and disassembled the high power switches that feed the red bumpers (both fire simultaneously).

Both switch contacts were filed with 400 grit sandpaper wrapped around a little file to keep the face of the contact flat.

The most important thing was that one contact was loose and just flopping around on the leaf switch. I temporarily taped the switch blade to a metal block and gently re-peened the contact w. a hammer. Now it is firmly adhered to the leaf switch.

Back in business, the red bumpers are now bumping furiously -- a good lesson for me that bumpers are only as strong as their weakest link!
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