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Black Knight Club...Members Only!

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10 years ago


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#978 5 years ago

Hello BK Club! I just bought my first black knight and I love it!! So punishing! It keeps me coming back for more. It’s not in too bad of shape, except I’m going to redo the lighting (has some LEDs in the playfield but they aren’t bright enough), took some steel wool to the legs so I could remove the rust and adjust the pitch (which was set at a menacing 8 degrees) and finally I ordered a new backglass from mayfair which was apparently a rerelease from Williams in 1991 I believe, it has the silkscreen paint with a clear overcoat.

Otherwise all of the sounds and solenoids work great except the bell. I can see the Bell is installed and all the wiring is intact but when I do the solenoid test it doesn’t ring. Any thoughts? I’ll double check the wire connections, I just want to make sure there’s not a switch somewhere I missed.

#982 5 years ago

Thanks guys. I made sure it was turned on in the setting and I checked the bell again and compared it to pics posted on another post.

It looks like someone removed the clapper arm. Luckily those are only $5 bucks online. I’ll post back with an update after it’s installed.

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#983 5 years ago
Quoted from troxel:

Can someone snap a photo of the area around the bottom lock? I shot the ball to lock and went straight down to the speaker. I imagine that isn't what should happen .
Thanks!

I’m newer to pinball but would like to help! I’m not sure which part you are talking about. Can you take a pic?

#990 5 years ago

Good evening! I got my BK a few weeks ago and noticed the pop bumper light doesn’t work. I’ve tried switching out the bulb with another LED but still didn’t work. The bumper otherwise works great. I posted a pic of the wireing below. I don’t see anything disconnected.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

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#991 5 years ago
Quoted from Travish:

Once the pop bumper light sockets start failing just change it. You will be messing with it forever probably.
Better yet change it to a 555 bulb base. You'll be happier in the long run.

Sorry guys just read this post above. If I wanted to keep it as a baynet bulb, is it as simple as unscrewing the screws on the side of the socket and removing it? Is there any soldering involved? I haven’t changed one in a pop bumper before.

Thanks!

#993 5 years ago
Quoted from gutz:

I'm too lazy to download your pics and circle shit
The two leads from the pop bumper lamp should go to 1) the non banded side of the diode you see mounted to the playfield to the top right of the pop bumper in the first pic 2) the double yellow wires to the left of the lock lamp in the second pic.
The pop bumper lamp is cpu controlled. It appears, for no apparent reason, someone had installed a jumper wire between the two connection points for the pop bumper light. This needs to be removed.

Haha I totally get it! How about I do the circling! So is this the wire I need to
Remove in the pic?

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#994 5 years ago

Also am I missing a lamp wire here?

There’s some other weird wiring toonin the back box but everything else seems to work fine. Except for the glitchy displays but I haven’t cleaned the contacts yet

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#997 5 years ago

Yep that’s the other end. I can’t tell where the other end went. I didn’t see any loose wires. I’ll look again, I’m thinking it must have been soldered to something else incorrectly

#998 5 years ago

I was looking at the manual last night. I’m super novice at this stuff so please let me know if I’m way off base. It looks like the jet bumper is missing the green/black wire connection at the nonbanded side of the diode. It looks like the green/black is supposed to go from the top left 3 bank upper target to the jet bumper (34 to 35).

I’ve uploaded a pic of the manual and my playfield.

Does that seem correct?

If so, can I just disconnect the jumper wire at the yellow/white side of the jet bumper and connect it to the green/black wire of the upper target on the top left 3 bank (which I’m assuming is the drop targets?)

Thanks in advance!

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#1000 5 years ago

Got it! Nope no new problem I had the wrong matrix. That makes sense now. I loaded the pic of the lamp matrix from the manual.

The yellow/green wire appear to be hooked up correctly.

There are 2 red/yellow wires hooked up on the banded side of the diode. I’m not sure if that’s correct or if one/both should be on the nonbanded side.

I’ll take a look tonight when I get home and see if I can trace the red/yellow wire from the board to the matrix. If I’m interpreting the matrix right, it looks like the red/yellow wire should start at 2J7-4 and go to the game over lamp, then right out lane lamp, top right 3 bank lamp, then finally the jet bumper lamp.

Thank you!

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#1001 5 years ago
Quoted from gutz:

That table is for the SWITCH matrix. Find the table for the LAMP matrix.
Edit: are you working on a different problem now?

Or should I just cut the unecessary jumper cable first and see what happens?

#1004 5 years ago
Quoted from Pintor:

Or should I just cut the unecessary jumper cable first and see what happens?

I clipped that jumper cable off and still doesn’t light. I’ll trace the wiring and see if there’s a connection broken somewhere. I’m starting to wonder if it’s the lamp socket

#1005 5 years ago

Got it! The prong from the lamp socket on the yellow/green wire side is broken. I tried to take a pic but it’s too hard to get the right angle. It looks like an entire piece of the prong just broke off. I don’t think I can get to it with my soldering iron so I think I’ll just replace the entire lamp socket.

Thanks again for the help!

#1007 5 years ago
Quoted from troxel:

I have a system 7 BK and wondering what type of coils should be used for the flippers. I have three different ones installed in my current game, and was curious to know what is the correct ones.
One other question...my player 3 and 4 commas are always on. Where to I begin to troubleshoot this?
Thanks!

I’m no expert but I dug through my photos and found a couple of them. The bottom pic is the bottom flipper solenoid and the upper pic is the pop up/jet bumper in the upper playfield (sorry part of the number got cut off). By all means if someone else wants to comment please do

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3 weeks later
#1057 5 years ago
Quoted from Spacemanratso09:

So I was looking at the EOS switch that corresponds to the weak right flipper
It is not the right one the metal leg is 2 inches where the good one is 1 1/2 inches
Is this the problem? Whoever put it there moved it back a little so it would hit in the right place
So,if that is a problem,should I just go ahead and change them all?or leave well enough alone
Annnd I want 2 displays just the glass display part anyone know a good place to get a couple all I can find are LED ones I would like to keep it original
Any help would be appreciated

I agree with black_knight, both of mine are weak so I’m replacing them with the prebuilt fliptronic like flippers from pinball life mentioned in Vids guide

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/vids-guide-to-upgradingrebuilding-flippers/page/3#post-773606

I’ll post back when I’m done but I’m sure it’ll be a huge improvement

2 weeks later
#1093 5 years ago

Same here, I’ll never get the money back that I put into this pin, including the new Mayfair backglass. But at the end of the day the game makes me happy and I plan on keeping it forever. If you have the time and $$$ to spare then why not!

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#1111 5 years ago
Quoted from Spacemanratso09:

Don’t ever...I mean ever send a fucking backglass with Fedex
This is what showed up when I received my Mayfair purchased from a good man in PA so freaking bummed

That is heartbreaking

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