Here are a few older threads that have some of the info you are looking for.

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/taf-owners-club

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/addams-family-mods

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-addams-family-members-only

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/addams-family-upper-playfield-lighting

Managed to buy mine for $1700 shopped out from a retailer back in 2001.
Those were the good old days

interesting. First time seeing swamp grass in the swamp.

Different text style on some mansion windows, the electric chair lights are reversed, and cousin It does not appear to be on his insert.
And also, thanks to the poor quality of video, the first TAF color DMD.

Mine did the same thing with LED's.
I removed the chair and used a dremel tool to enlarge the chair hole a bit. Have not had the bulb pop out since.
At first I thought it was the socket, but the problem turned out to be the hole was not lined up right with the socket.

The biggest two differences are the addition of Super Seance and finding Cousin It's hidden objects in certain mansion rooms for big points.
Also Things wagon on the DMD for the match sequence says "Gold" on it.

The quality on Lee's stuff is top notch.

Swapped out my old smokey ramp for a new crystal clear one.
Looks and plays awesome.

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Sure.
PM sent.

I have not played an Addams that does not make the slap sound on the wall. Personally I love it.
But I suppose you could put the felt side of a velcro tape strip on the cabinet wall to quiet it down.

Very nice of you sir

I am using green super bands at the moment.
They look great.

Found a photo of my green flipper bands installed. I have green on the lower flippers and red on the upper ones.

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Wow.
It does not get more specific then that.
Epic post sir.
I think a monkey could figure it out now.

You monkey.

No drawback that I know of with the regular roms.
I like the Gold roms, but yes they make tournament play a bit difficult.
Especially if someone gets Cousin It's gold watch and the next player gets Cousin It's toe nails.
But I do like to hear Gomez say "Suuuper Seance"

The speaker has a see through cone.

Came with white rubber rings from the factory.
But I don't doubt they are old.

I just took mine off a couple months ago and don't remember any hard to get to screws.
Certainly did not have to remove the playfield.
But I do remember the pain in my lower back from leaning in the damn cabinet. lol

They do.
I'm still betting they are black rubber rings.
The color is just too uniform to be dirty white rings to me.
But if they are I would love to know.
The owner can tell us as soon as he pulls them off.

Yes I have a magnetic ratcheting screwdriver that I can put a magnet socket on.
If you do any pinball work at all I highly recommend getting one. They are a lifesaver.
These are what I use.

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Also on the ball shooter problem. I have seen games where the two little metal tabs that the ball rests on have been bent so far forward that the shooter tip has to travel to far to connect with the ball well.
Probably not your problem but it s something to check and is an easy fix.

Remove the big metal bin at the bottom of the game and make sure no screws or other object has fallen in it and blocking the ball.
Also there is a switch under there near the box where the ball exits that the center wire likes to fall off of. It just pushes on and off.

Yes. Those are the tabs.
Yours don't look too bad from the photo. The one on the right may need to be slightly bent inwards towards the plunger. They should be level.
It is hard to tell how far back your shooter tip is from the ball.
It should be pretty close so you get the full effect of the plunge. If it is sitting to far back it will not matter how hard you pull the plunger back because it will not have enough follow through to push the ball.

The switch I am referring to is not in that pick.
If I were home I would take a quick photo for you, but I'm stuck at work until 4:00
Anyway from memory it is a small black microswitch. If has three lugs on the bottom and the middle lug has a push on connector. On my game that connector has shaken itself loose twice.
Again, it may not be your problem, but worth checking because it comes off pretty easily.

Ok.
I just happened to have this pic on my phone.
It is NOT from an Addams Family but shows the type of switch and middle connector.
This pic is from a Diner pinball.
Hopefully it will help some in locating the one that is on your Thing ball exit under the playfield.
And yes, I'll take a real pic of the area when I get home.

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Pretty nice looking playfield.
Not much wear in the skill shot hole or the chair scoop.
Also looks like the pads on all the switches are in great shape. Did you replace them?
Great work. No go clean that horrible lockdown bar mech. lol.

Interesting question. I have seen these mixed up on lots of peoples games. So not sure many care.
I do know the clear one I think, has a flat cut on it to help it screw into place around an obstruction.

Photo for Kornfreak.
Here is the switch I am referring to sir.

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1. Make sure the green wire is plugged in.
2. Put the game in switch test and see if the switch works when activated by hand.
3. I would check all the switches that the ball hits after being dropped by Thing while in the switch test.
You may have a faulty one.

You may want to take a fine grit sand paper and clean the end caps on all of those fuses while you are in there.
With that much build up it can cause intermittent connection problems.
Or just replace them entirely if that is easier.
Also lets see a photo of J120 connector. It may be the connection.
The ones in the photo look good.

No.

Wow. 3 answers within 10 seconds of each other.
New record. lol

Hey guys.
I am looking for a photo of the Addams Family high score screen that says "Congratulations, you are a family member" or something like that.
A color DMD photo would be the bomb but orange dots are cool as well.
Can anyone post one of these up or message me if you have one.
Thanks.
Normally I would just take one myself but mine is down at the moment and my friends is out getting the Hep treatment.

Good question. But not one that I asked.

Always.
Thanks for posting.

I had mine painted by Modfather here on Pinside.
He did a great job.
Check out his web page.

It is simply modfatherpinball.com.
He did my chair and the Thing hand.
He had photos of a lot of his work.

First tin foil covered chair I have ever seen.

Those pop designs are very nice.
Are they available without the outer ring?
I think I would not like to cover up that much of the pop color.
And yes, I realize I could just not install the ring part, but I hate to waste stuff.

Great. Thanks.
I won't make you do a special set.
I will find a use for the rings.
Appreciate it and nice work by the way

Oh. How much and where to order?
I found the Addams Family with The AF, but not these yet.

That is crazy just to have corrosion in that spot.
Nothing on the underside of the playfield near that corner has anything either.
Have not seen this before.

That is some awesome work sir.
I do believe there is a mod kit for this already.
But I'm sure your do it yourself way is much cheaper.

Well, we're waiting....

Holy crap on that original Youssi pencil backglass!!!!
I would kill to own that.
Tell the story behind how you came to get it.
If any copies turn up Put me on the list.

Dude. You are killing me.
Very jealous.
Tapping fingers waiting to see what else you are after.

You will love the clear ramp.
Put mine in over a year ago.
Really clears up a large area of the game.
Also after I did a complete playfield tear down and rebuild of my flippers, the ball would sail off the smoky ramp a lot.
After installing the clear one the ball has not flown off once. Very solid ramp.

Funny, as that was the first thing I suspected when the guy above posted the photo with all those screws around the speakers. lol
Mine rattles as well, during Showtime mostly.
I took some small strips of cardboard like you would find on the back of any notepad and tucked them down in the bottom between the panel and the game head.
Worked for me, but I suppose it all depends on what part is rattling.

As SeaLawyer said. Only when you score zero points.
The best way to take advantage of this is on the skill shot plunge.
Always go for the skill shot.
If the ball misses the saucer, simply hold up the left flipper and the ball will drain, scoring no points.
The machine will kick a new ball into the shooter lane.
You can keep doing this over and over until you hit the skill shot.

That is the swamp ball accelerator. Helps the ball to not get stuck and gets it where it is going faster.

It is a mod. But highly recommended.
I would leave it.

Just make sure you get the Color DMD LED and not the LCD and it will fit perfectly and let you keep your existing Thing Light board.
You will be giving up the ability to change modes like scan line, large dots and the like but the LED's have brighter colors and look awesome.

I agree. Large dots are the best for the LCD's I own.
But on Games like Addams and Doctor Who that have light boards underneath, the LED's are awesome.

About to live stream our Addams Family with newly chromed Ramps, lockdown bar and switch plate covers on the Ramps. From Pinball Plating
9-11 PM central
Twitch.tv/thepinballmafia

After a fresh cleaning I used the have the ball fly off.
But ever since I put the replacement clear ramp on my game it has never happened.

Looks great and very similar to my game.
I have the clear ramp, same thing box decal and book mod for the vault.
But my vault floor is the stone decal and I left off Uncle Lester because I had my electric chair painted and did not want to hide all the cool detailing.
I do like the stand up decals you used and may add those at some point.

I trust that Loyd would be correct on it's orientation.
But when I shopped out my Addams Family for the first time I took tons of photos as I tore it down.
This is how it was as I took mine apart. I put it back together the same way and have had zero issues.
It is probably wrong because Loyd says so. Lol. But it does work just fine this way.

Also my top eject hole has no hole drilled in that spot.

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Thanks for the photos snowvictim.
Not easy to rebuild an entire game from scratch.
The only issue that jumped out at me is your clear pop cap.
If I remember correctly it should have one flat edge so the ramp will fit better.

This is so true.
Make sure you do that.

While I see what you are referring to I know tons of people that would kill to have a mansion that looks that good.
I say play on and enjoy the game.

Same here. Just use a regular clear cap.
It looks a bit odd with the ring sticking out like that.

I have these in my Twilight Zone.
They are great, but must be hot glued into the cap. if not they will jostle around and short out when the metal ring comes back up.
Trust me, I have been through 3 replacements before I took the instructions to heart and glued them in place.
Since then no issues at all and they look great. love the white light that shines down.
However I do agree with the above poster that the other kind should probably be used in Addams family because of the cut on the clear cap.

Yes

The gold Roms are awesome. But only for casual play. If you like competition or tournament play then the regular roms are the way to go.
The problems are many with using gold Roms for tournaments but here are a couple:
Cousin it’s hidden items in the rooms are worth a wide range of points and if someone gets the gold watch compared to say a hair dryer then they have a huge scoring advantage.
Also the game randomly gives out Super Seance where all shots are worth a lot more then the regular Seance someone else may get.
But if just playing for fun all the extra voice callouts and modes are fun.

Just went and looked at their site.
Awesome idea.
Hopefully they will bring some of these to TPF so we can see them in person.

Yep.
Got mine, shopped out for $1700 in the 90's.
But I still have it.
Love this game to much to ever sell it.

Nice.
I got a Funhouse for that same price.
Sold it though.
That is one I would get back if I could.