Quoted from TheArrrrrcade:

Anyone know where to buy a lockdown bar for the EM Fireball? On the game that I have the glass was held in place via a drywall screw (Although that seems to be the least of its problems)
I see the ones for sale on Pinball Life are for '74 and later so I'm guessing those won't work.

Quoted from Toads:

I had a game on the weekend and in 2 ball m/ball I had one ball coming down the playfield and the other trapped on the right flipper.
I've hit the flipper, the ball hits the other ball coming down the playfield, both balls split up with one going in the left saucer and the other straight into the right saucer.
What an amazing shot to make, even though it was a fluke

Quoted from Antennaejim:

I’ve got everything set up pretty well on this game now after getting it home a few weeks ago. One issue is still haunting me however.... occasionally after getting a ball locked into Odin or Wotan and releasing a ball into multiball if I drain a ball and still have the other in play and happen to knock one of the 2 balls back into the Odin or Wotan after the first one has drained, instead of releasing a new ball the machine advances to the next ball☹️. This is my first EM in my sea of solid states. Where should I look to correct this issue?

Quoted from Antennaejim:

Crap! Well that stinks.... thank you for the info though much appreciated. I’m guessing there isn’t a workaround other than to wait and listen for the score motor to reload? I have so many other pins on at the same time I’ll be lucky if I can hear it. You would think they would have used an interlocking relay or something similar to 4 million bc in order to avoid that annoyance. It would be a great tournament pin if that could be fixed.

Quoted from Antennaejim:

Ha anyone on here rebuilt the spinner motor and or gear box? I’m having issues with it spinning slowly and humming at the moment. Any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance!

Quoted from Antennaejim:

Thank you for the direction. I think I need more pics or something. I need to see what I’m taking apart. I’m a visual learner, the text I can read a hundred times, but without seeing, it just doesn’t always make sense to me. Any other examples or pics?

Quoted from Antennaejim:

Fixed the motor last night. Turned the game on today and I’m back to the same old crap! Motor is barley working again wtf..... lubed and cleaned. I guess I have to tear apart the motor and gearbox what a pita!

Quoted from adostrom:

I just joined Pinside, so I don't know if this is allowed, hopefully I'm not breaking any rules...
I'm looking to buy my first machine and playing a Fireball Home Edition machine was how I spent most of my college years. What should I expect to pay for a machine in good order (in not looking for a project)? I see one on eBay for $5K, but that just feels high.
Thanks!

Quoted from fingersport:

The one that broke on my Fireball is the plastic on the right in the machine. Its the smaller plastic ( the plastic on the left ) in the picture above. One other question. How do you remove and reinstall the metal stand offs that are attached to the plastic? Removal should be some what easy. (Maybe apply a little heat and wiggle the stand off out). Not sure how to reinstall on the new plastic and get a good fit. Anyone do this before?

Quoted from DanMarino:

I am still in the process of clear coating my Fireball. I can't wait to get it operational. That's an interesting observation about how Fireball is more fun when you are able to do it multi-player.

Quoted from mikeflan:

Question for everyone out there. Just picked up a Fireball but currently it has only one functioning coin mech, the rightmost coin slot. Upon inserting a quarter, the game awards three credits. I'd like to be able to set this at one coin/one credit as I'm considering putting it on location as a change of pace for my route, but have no idea how to change the coin settings to this as I'm clueless on EMs. Any advice?
Thanks-
Mike

Quoted from mikeflan:

Thanks -
Looks like I can adjust the third chute to give two credits for one quarter but not one. Hmm. Not sure if 12.5 cents a game makes sense. Have to think about this one.
Mike

Quoted from L3Enigma:

Hello All,
Noobie here. This is the first pin I fell hard for back in 1975.Local Bowling alley had one and i was hooked. Now I own one and it's functional but a little rough around the edges.
How many bells is this unit supposed to have? 10s and 1000s ring a bell, but the 100s do not. Also, the match function doesn't give the satisfying WHACK of a solenoid to the wood.
Any starting clues for me? Most internal labeling is long gone.

Quoted from jlbintn:

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Quoted from Ivanhoe:

Hey Guys, I'm trying to help a buddy who called me to say his Fireball shuts down when he hits the (left?) flipper. sounds like a flipper coil problem, can anyone tell me if they have had a similar experience and what they did to resolve it.

Quoted from DanMarino:

Am I the only one who gets frustrated when I have a multi-ball going and one of the balls drains down a side out lane....but it takes too long to get back into the ball trough under the apron, and I lock a ball in the Wotan or Odin holes, and suddenly the ball ends. Feels like a total ripoff. haha I need to adjust my strategy to try and delay locking balls like that.