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Its really easy to replace the #89 flasher bulbs, just cut the ground wire on the resistor boards. Very easy, and easily reversible. That would only leave 6 #1251 bulbs, the 2 eyes in the back box, and the 4 under the visor. Looks great. Good luck
Quoted from Plumonium:If I remember the key was adding some yellow to pretty much all the mix I did. Pure white is just too much. So most of the time, a bit of blue and yellow was the key.
Yellow was the key to the one I did.
Quoted from dudah:Got the flippers soldered on! Powered up a game.
Few things:
Ball eject solenoid seems to be not working
Shooter spring barely gets to the middle hole of the Vortex ramp, where's the skill!? I'm using the blue spring, but still have the one that came with it
Fixed the blue LED's under the apron
Few LED's not working - need to remove bases and spray them with contact cleaner, maybe replace some diodes
The bracket the target bank slides in is pretty fucked. My plan was to reuse the hack but I can't even get it to sit right in there. Ordered a new one - https://www.pinballinc.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=34_100&product_id=148
$277 + $1 home depot + $33 PinballLife pt. 2 (some parts weren't for Pinbot) + $9 Createx black + $24 target bracket = $344
And a lot of time.
A lot more than I was expecting. But I used to take the easy way out with my restorations, now I do as much as I can.
With this I've bulletproofed the electronics and displays, cleaned every mech, new solenoid sleeves all around - should stay great for a very long time!
I'm sure there will be some haters on the LED's, but I love 'em all!
My camera makes it look very washed out, but in person the color is vibrant and awesome!
The under the apron LED's only really illuminate the lower half, may add some spotlights to help illuminate the planets area
On that note, the LED strips add an extra 700mA to the 12V circuit. Not sure if I should run this off the power supply or have a wall wart plugged into the service outlet. Paging zaza?
Looks cool, I would think that the Led's would be fine, since you have probably dropped the amps with all the other led's over regular bulbs. But I'm NO expert.
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