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Hack of the Week - 2014-09-15

By ChrisHibler

9 years ago


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#1 9 years ago

Seen in the head of a pretty nice Gottlieb Solar Ride...Argh!
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#2 9 years ago

Probably has "Chris" in black sharpie on the back.

LTG : )™

#3 9 years ago
Quoted from LTG:

Probably has "Chris" in black sharpie on the back.
LTG : )™

You're killing me Lloyd...
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Chris Hibler - CARGPB #31
http://www.Team-EM.com
http://webpages.charter.net/chibler/Pinball/index.htm
http://www.PinWiki.com - The Place to go for Pinball Repair Info

#4 9 years ago

Guess he got real tired of bad edge connectors

#5 9 years ago
Quoted from Imeh:

Guess he got real tired of bad edge connectors

While we'd never think of doing something like this today, with the abundance of parts, "back in the day", it must have been more expedient to implement this "hack". I can almost understand it.
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Chris Hibler- CARGPB #31
http://www.Team-EM.com
http://webpages.charter.net/chibler/Pinball/index.htm
http://www.PinWiki.com - The Place to go for Pinball Repair Info

#7 9 years ago

All I can say is WOW

#8 9 years ago

That solder job takes skill. Soldering wires on header pins is for beginners.

#9 9 years ago

I think that he did a good job. Atleast he didnt switch all the wires over to the same color!!

#10 9 years ago

Ugh. If it was yours to repair, my condolences.

viperrwk

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#11 9 years ago
Quoted from ChrisHibler:

Seen in the head of a pretty nice Gottlieb Solar Ride...Argh!

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Chris Hibler - CARGPB #31
http://www.Team-EM.com
http://webpages.charter.net/chibler/Pinball/index.htm
http://www.PinWiki.com - The new place for pinball repair info

Well, the same guy must have worked on mine, amazing how much work people will do, when the fix is so simple!!hack.jpghack.jpg

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