I really need to get a new batch of photos on mine, it's come a long way since I first picked it up. CPR silver knight playfield, mayfair backglass, and I also went and had the coin door powder coated in black/yellow too. Currently waiting on a replacement power supply after the pinscore piece in there had died a couple months ago... blah.

I just love the artwork, where the theme is what you see coming through the most, instead of having a bunch of big text block inserts everywhere like most games these days have. The gameplay is also fantastic.... simple, fast, brutally unforgiving. Probably why I have a Firepower sitting next to it.

I will NEVER part with this machine.

-Hans

I've had mine for about 18-20 years, it had a very bad early life and had seen some dampness.

It's fully LED'd, backbox and playfield. I got tired of playing with 30 year old displays/connectors and also installed a full LED display kit into mine. It's an early model System 6 Power Supply with transformer in the head version.

I recently buffed out and rebuilt the coin door from better parts I had laying around.

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I'm finally in a club! My boards are coming back from Hans as I type and looks to be running within the week....summer project is the playfield swap with a CPR....update to follow. Oh also mine has system 6 power supply. Do we need our own special club?

The blue and greens on mine were almost translucent. LED's were a HOLY CRAP moment for them.

Good call MOF. Black Knight has a special place in my heart as well. It was the game I played most back in the 80's in the arcades. I just picked up one a couple of months ago and am currently restoring it. It's almost ready...to ride! Great classic game!

Mike

Can a BK owner, please check their BK and see if it has a label that declares what type of fuse should go on the back of the backglass board?
(see pic)
thanks!
-mof

10 amp 32V

Here is my PF, I bought this game NIB back in '06.
Steve played it and he liked it.

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Here's the topper I made for my Limited Edition BK.
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/black-knight-topper

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Can anyone tell me what LEDs I would need for black,knight....I want the ones that don't flicker preferably.....also anyone have an extra backglass or know where I can get one mine is trashed. Thanks.

I used Cointaker 90 degree for he inserts and warm white frosted for the GI. Their super bright and such are just too bright for me. Shouldn't have any flicker issues with any of the bayonet base pieces on the market, I haven't found any that aren't rectified except cheap wedge based stuff.

Mayfair amusements has nos back glasses from an early 90's re-run, very very nice

I think Mayfair is history, the link I have no longer works and I couldn't find them with a Google search.

This is the 4th Black Knight machine I have owned. I have had it since 1997.

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They are not pink they are salmon and should match the sticker on the cap.
AM repros were redder because Alan thought it was faded but it isn't fade it is supposed to be that color.

Look at Silverunicorn's pic, the original cap is hot stamped with a fleur de lis pattern and a sticker on the pop bumper cap.
Most of the originals were broken not in gameplay but from people soldiering them with the balls in the game.
The caps are unobtainium.

Always possible to make your own pop bumper caps. I did this a couple years ago for mine.

http://www.siegecraft.us/popbumper.htm

Look at Silverunicorn's pic, the original cap is hot stamped with a fleur de lis pattern and a sticker on the pop bumper cap.
Most of the originals were broken not in gameplay but from people soldiering them with the balls in the game.
The caps are unobtainium.

Mine was a repro.

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That is one of Alan's caps he used the original stamp to make them.
The color difference on the decal is very subtle and you don't see it unless they are side by side.
He gave me one at the Hollywood Park show, I put it on my game and the original is in the coinbox.

Nice job MOF. I had to do the same thing...fine-tune the cab switches and the EOS switches. Makes a huge difference. Also put a small amount of 3-in-1 oil on the spinner where metal meets metal and that sucker will spin like crazy and not slow down your ball as much too.

Mike

I am an official member of The Black Knight Club. I like that. Sounds cool.
I bought mine a few months back and it was a case of the good, the bad and the very ugly. The playfield looks great but the cabinet was carved and the wiring under the playfield was so scary I didnt even turn it on. I have never dove this deep into a pin but knew what had to be accomplished before I would be satisfied. After what seems like 1,000 hours of sanding I finally have it prepped for the stencils and a new bottom installed. I taught myself to solder correctly on this pin and went thru every connection, replacing the electrical tape with heatshrink to complete it. I bought a decent buffing wheel set up and currently in the process of making things shiny again. Oh yeah, I discovered that there are do's and don'ts to buffing.
I have to say that even though I have owned pins for over a dozen years I have learned more about them by tearing into Black Knight and attempting to bring it back to life. Although I have slowed down quite a bit lately, this thread has motivated me again to get back to it. I just hope I will be able to put it all back together again. I know I can count on my fellow Black Knight Club members for assistance.

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This pic always gives me pinwood!

I have been told Ron Kruzman is responsible for this beautiful playfield. Seeing is believing.

The tiny bit of oil is not going to splatter. Just put a tiny dab on the tip of a toothpick, then contact that to where the spinner meets the spinner frame. This is about the only place I use oil on any of my games. But it really makes a big difference.

Mike

Awesome picture...

Mike

anyone have an extra plastic ? Its the small half round plastic that goes above the three drop targets on the upper playfield .

Here's mine, the high score is 3,504,180
I bought it 7 years ago and playfield and the cabinet look like huo.

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Joined the club before there was one! Glad to make it official! Mine is a pretty rough one. Needs new flipper springs and bushings. Would love a new CPR playfield, but will probably just shop this one and sell it. Wait till a better one comes along. I love multiball and the bell in the cabinet scared the $HIT!! out of me the first time I got an extra ball! I have started hinting at selling it and my kids are rebelling. They don't trust that I will get another one someday.

Thanks for starting the thread mof. Can I stay in the club even if I am without a BK for a while?

Looks great!

What is your play strategy for reaching that high of a score?

Yay Black Knight club! Got mine in January for my theater lobby. Made enough money in it sfirst two months for LEDs after the GI connector melted. Wax that baby every month, seriously better than a sports car. People come by all the time to play for the first time, but most remember it and have an awesome story about their childhood and playing it every weekend. They bring their kids back and they'll play pinball for the first time. Very cool, a lot of smiles to go around.

wow is right!

Just put it a couple hours on my black knight that just had its boards repaired by Hans....it plays great...well great for the $325 I paid for it....tomorrow having a garage sale hoping to raise the funds for my CPR playfield.

Were you able to find one of the good playfields? Or are you buying one of the "seconds" left at CPR? Curious if it is a good one if there are more to be had.

Yes, where did you find a playfield? Haven't seen any seconds at CPR either.

Here is my Black Knight with a CPR playfield and Mayfair backglass.

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That is one nice BK Blazed!

Hey tracelifter,

we've talked about NIB Black Knights a while back. I am just wondering, did you do anything to your BK when you unboxed it in 2006? Did you strip the play field and clear coat the playfield? If not, how is your playfield holding up? Was there any battery corrosion? Did you do anything else or did you just take it out of the box and play it.

I'm only asking because I'm getting the itch to open mine up but I'm wondering if I should work on it before I play it.

Thanks,

QSS

We played it right out of the box, typical trough switch adjustments but the rubbers were dead and needed to be replaced.
I took off plastics and changed rubbers cleaned a few oxidized sockets and wax.
Drops were sticky but broke in playing it, they were real snappy after I took it to PPE.
Also after assembly the on/off switch was faulty, the rivet for the lug was on the edge instead of the hole in the middle and the wire fell off.
I had one on the shelf and just changed it out.
A few of the inserts are cupped, I just left it original, I don't want to ship the PF.
I also tuned the spinner and lubed it with Eezox.
You will just have to see, even though it is new it still has sat in the box now for 33 years.
It may need a Big Blue, I bought one from The Real Bob Roberts but haven't needed it so far.

So far it is holding up great with no signs of wear.
Personally I wouldn't clear it just keep it waxed and keep it original.