Not a real big post here but I hate to see this thread lag in the depths of Pinside.
Finally got around to repainting the inside of my cabinet as well as the front part of the backbox.
Horrible photo, but it is the only one I took.
It looks fantastic in person.

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Hello Folks,

Just started working on my Baracorra. Recaped the power supply and sound board and was checking fuses (of course there were several incorrect fuses installed!) The only two fuses that I cannot determine the value required are the two on the sound board. There were two 4 amp slow blow but that doesn't mean anything. I checked my documentation and can't find the required value. Can anyone advise? Thanks.

Al

Charleston. Sorry, just saw your post above. If you still need the values I can check when I get home later.

Question for all of you Barracora owners. Does the spinner make more than one type of noise?
Mine does and it drives me crazy.
Sometimes it is a high pitched seperated spinner noise, some times it is very low pitched, and sometimes it is just one long drawl, like someone throwing up. lol.
I have put in a new sound chip with no help. I have changed out every cap on the sound board with no help.
What would cause this? or is this just normal behavior I am trying to fix?

Bump for any ideas before I start a separate tech thread.

Finally able to join the club! I picked up a project from a very nice guy named Fred in Kansas and worked has finally slowed down so I can spend some time with her. Fred disclosed the cpu board and driver boards were going to need some work and that he needed to replace the displays. There was a bunch of corroded parts and burns on the boards so I picked up 2 used ones for $20 each. Now the game powers on with all the GI and inserts working in attract mode. The diagnostic on the cpu reads 0 and disappears as it should but all displays are out. The sounds work if I press the test button on the sound card. This is my first system 7 game so please be gentle with the noob. I don't see a test point on the main display board that the displays plug into. Could someone point me in the right direction on how to determine if my displays need to be replaced or aren't getting power.I can't run the game diagnostics without the displays. Also I have 2 wires that come from the harness labeled "D" on the power supply board that aren't attached to anything. I also don't have a 10Amp SB fuse in F4 for the flippers.Someone has put NU I'm guessing for not used across the fuse space but I see in the manual it's required. Since I can't start a game or add credits I can't check the flippers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.20140519_143429.jpg20140519_215023.jpg20140524_102325.jpg

Did some reading on pinwiki and found that the .25 amp fuse that is associated with the displays is burnt. Both radio shacks and 2auto supply stores later to find that no one carries smaller than 1 amp around here. While waiting for the fuse to come in I'll see if I can find a shorted chip on the display driver that usually is the culprit. Anyone have an idea where the 2 unconnected wires that come from that harness marked "D" should be going to?

The two wires look like they should go to the connector in the bottom right corner "GI In". The GI fuse has been replaced by a yellow wire link - that needs to be fixed! Replace the wire with a good quality fuse holder.

FYI Flipper Fuse F4 is installed in my game.

What's the deal with the cabinet?

I was wondering the same thing about the cabinet. Then I noticed it is crated. I'm pretty sure that is shipping crate that is custom built to hold the body and head. Let me know if I'm wrong

The cabinet is a 7.5 There are nicks and scratches and some areas that were touched up. Instead of trying to fix the GI area and the upper left hand side of the power supply board,(which someone already sloppily worked on,) I'm buying a new board.

Yes King, Fred custom built a crate around the pin for safe shipping.

I'm starting a new thread about some questions I still have trying to get her up and running. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, thanks

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/barracora-help-needed

Thanks Arcade

Thanks to a Cosmic Gunfight, which was a gift for me... I shot a Barracora on ebay for about 460 €.
Actually I went only for Bally and Stern early solid states, but I am happy with those two Williams gems.

Overall condition is really okay, backglass is super! The only thing I am wondering, why my bumpercaps are white...
They look original (at least to me). It is not a big thing, but still... would be nice to have an idea why...

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No idea on those caps, but that playfield looks sweet.
Lets see some pics of the rest of it.

There we go

very nice backglass

minor wears at some bonus inserts... hopefully the decals right before the slings were for protection, we will see

cabinet is also okay

so is the front incl. the coin door

and... look at the documents included - a dream! even the schematics and the checklist were translated in those days!

Awesome. Thanks for the picks.
Love the Deutsche Mark on the coin door.

I don't know but I do know that two of them are upside down lol

Those aren't original. The original ones are yellow and the scroll work on the outside of the center cap is engraved into the plastic not printed on top BUUUUUT..... who the F!%# cares that playfield and backglass are in amazing shape!!!! What a score!!! Congrats!!

I'm pretty certain I have seen white bumper caps on Barracora as well as yellow so they may well be factory originals.

Check out the white bumper caps on this game:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/barracora-pics

ditto on what woz said ... I've seen both yellow (more times) and white on Barracora's. Any idea if PPP intends to create more of the caps ?

Just redid the stencils on mine, did a color change and had to make new plastics as well, It started as a $300 projectbarracuda 001.JPGbarracuda 001.JPG

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Was looking to use purple chrome on a project, the playfield, plastics, and box were all in need of help, so I scanned the playfield, and plastics. Had both computer redrawn using purple instead of blue, did all the stainless, posts, flippers and pop cap bumpers in purple as well. Basically just for fun. It's about a week from complete including led posts, flippers and a etched topper.

Hi guys -- I'm new to the party here. I recently scored a fantastic Barracora, but it has a small list of things that need fixing before it's fully operational. (Two target solenoids and sound, mostly.) For looks, the playfield and most artwork is in reasonably good shape for it's age. But...it's missing the backglass!

Reading another thread, it looks like I missed the opportunity for a reproduction backglass by roughly a year. I can't find any available elsewhere. I'm betting it'll be a while before there's another run of these. If anyone knows of a source, I'm all ears!

In the meantime, I have some plexiglass and a local printshop that is willing to print that size of photo for a temporary solution. But, a decent resolution photo doesn't seem to exist. If someone has a good camera, good front-lighting, and a nice backglass, I'd very much appreciate a clear high-resolution photo!

I don't think a repro backglass has been done yet. I do recall Stu at CPR looking for a Barracora bg to scan (and I believe he found one). Hopefully there is a repro in the works as mine is a bit funky in the blacks.

Yep. artwork is Done, just waiting on B/W Licensing......

Playfields?
We can dream, right?

dreaming is good

I wish I'd scanned my NOS Playfield before I installed it That was back in the early days of CPR.

Here's a pic of my Barracora pf (just cc'd) and my friends CPR Centaur pf back in 2006.

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I just had an artist redraw this one for a custom I'm doingbarracora test.jpg

picked this up from a neighbor yesterday

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Finally started to tear mine down today.. Still haven't played it yet... Finally came up in queue of things to do... Vacuumed out inside, LED the controlled inserts, and the started to tear down PF...

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Making progress ... Back together ... Now the TLC and bulletproofing...

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Finally got to play a few games on her!!! Barracora really rips! Awesome rules / scoring!!

Had never played before! Glad I bought her!!!

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Lol... Saw that too

Not in the club yet, but played this for the first time today. What an awesome game! I really need to find one of these someday. Once I learned the rules, I couldn't stop playing. Would love to have one next to my Firepower.

Hi guys! Looking for a Barracora playfield. Restorable condition if possible, but I'll consider anything at this point. Anyone have a spare lying around? Thanks for the help.

I'd had paid $500 for that glass had I seen it first......ugh !! I just hope now that if someone does repo this glass that they do it right with the silk screening and all. Same goes for the playfield as I need one of those too. I can't put down money on junk repo's no matter how bad I need one.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836

Have come across a Barracora project that needs a few things but haven't been able to source plastics or bumper caps. Looking for top left plastics as in picture and pop bumper caps if anyone has any for sale thanks.
Also how do I join the club?

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Gang:

CPR appears to have a new wish list for boutique runs where the art is already in house. One of the playfields you can vote for production is...BARRACORA!

Please make sure you cast your vote so we can get this title in the queue.

Note, CPR makes it clear that there are no guarantees these will be produced, but want to measure interest. Enough interest = probable production.

Go to the following link and scroll to the bottom of the page: http://www.classicplayfields.com/order.html

Do it!

Done

Hopefully they will produce the backglass as well. Mine's pretty badly flaked.

Such a great game....I'm on the request for a playfield and could use a backglass!

Don't need a playfield but I would love a new Barracora backglass!