Centaur
Bally, 1981
Centaur II
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I did a full restroation with New CPR PF, Mirror Plastics, Original Backglass, New Cabinet Paint (with Metallic Silver Paint) and I installed Real Metal Studs on every cabinet artwork Stud Including the Apron as shown in the pictures....Everyone that sees it has to touch it as it's just like a Studded Leather Jacket....
Stu
check the plunger to see if it's 'mushroomed' even a little bit & also check the coil-stop, both of those will cause this reaction.....
mine was original and when I restored it I had all the balls in a baggie and noticed 1 of the balls was larger so I pulled it out & compared it to a regular ball and there it was > larger....
I have since replaced it with a Black Pearl and I have to say it is actually more functional as well as looking badass...the Black Pearl is a bit heavier and thus carries more Momemtum when struck so making the Stationary Target (Release) shot is much easier (I have my game on a very steep incline for speed games).....
I guess I should add that the Larger 'original' ball is heavier as well and would carry a similar momemtum to make the shot....
I have seen at least 7 Centaurs ( + mine ) with a larger ball in the Queen's Chamber....And to clarify: I have a Black Pearl in mine now which is the exact same size as a "regular" pinball which fits just fine, the original factory plastics had no damage and were not expanded/widended through use of play......I guess it's possible that all 8 of the Centaurs I have seen with a larger ball in the Queens Chamber were not original but " I " tend to doubt it, then again anything is possible.....
Quoted from shock_me:Stu,
I restored two original playfields and the ball size in the Queen's Chamber was standard. I'm going to investigate this some more, but do you think the previous owner of your game added the bigger ball because the clear retaining plastics were widened a bit from play, and not holding the ball anymore
Also, Not sure about this, but the Flyer refers to the Ball in the Queens Chamber as a "Boot-A-Ball" and also makes note of the "Game Ball" in the same sentence....see Link for the Flyer Refference:
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=476&picno=3809&zoom=1
This same reference ( Boot-A-Ball ) is made in the Official Bally Press Release:
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=476&picno=11056&zoom=1
Stu
Multi-Ball launches from under the pf via this habitrail....
Quoted from jibmums:I see a wireform/habitrail/subway running the length of the shooter lane under the playfield. It's been a long time since I've played a Centaur, what's the purpose of this
And here I did that treatment as a "One-Of-A-Kind" mod.....there goes the neighborhood......
Quoted from thedefog:I'm liking what Stu did with the rivets. I may just have to do that myself
Well, guess I'll stop posting pictures of my mod work......FYI: Stencils are available at twisted pins for $124
Quoted from thedefog:Honestly, this is more because I want to be lazy and not frisket out every one of the fake rivets before spraying and also have to do touch-up paint them all. These rivets look way better. Picked up a pack of 400 of these tack-in kind for $20 at 1/2". Hopefully they work well.
There is No Free Play on the oem board, however, you do have 2 options...
1. Install an Alltek Board and set it to free play
2. on your oem board set the free game threshhold to something like 3,000 points
Quoted from Hazoff:How do you set FreePlay option?
Everybody loves me...except the people that don't, which is most people > they hate me, But I could care less.... 
Quoted from Hougie:Stu, I love you. In a totally bro hug way.
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