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Checkpoint
Data East, 1991
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Mississauga, ON
Luxemburg, WI
Quoted from Hrvat9:Any one know what these wires are for ? They’re cut
Purple -yellow band
Brown - yellow band[quoted image]
Your knocker’s been cut out, like most of them. I am suspecting that the knocker was causing the transistor to blow or something since it’s so common in DEs
Quoted from joelw23:Ordered a resistor for r95 to see if that fixes it...
Anyone else’s wheel spinner off center?
Mine is off center also. Could have sworn someone posted in this thread a solution with some wood to fix it .
Quoted from MJW:Mine is off center also. Could have sworn someone posted in this thread a solution with some wood to fix it .
Quoted from joelw23:Ordered a resistor for r95 to see if that fixes it...
Anyone else’s wheel spinner off center?
try tightening the hinge screws on the light board.
Quoted from joelw23:Think I may have found the issue on the power supply board...[quoted image]
All of the power supplies usually look like that. They were so crappy. Get a rottendog see if that fixes it. The high voltage section is probably going bad. Someone could rebuild it for you too
Quoted from joelw23:[quoted image][quoted image]
Do you have the ability to re-burn your game & display ROMs or have anyone nearby?
save you self some fight gut the power supply and replace all caps any burned header connectors on the power supply that little heat damage is nothing to some of the of the boards i have seen with holes burned through them. check the fuse clips also a known bad spot.
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Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Okay where did you all get those great air ball deflectors? I really could use one
My machine did not come with one either. Go back one page in this forum to page 8 and you can see how I built one super fast and easy to replace it.
So I changed my speakers and still only the right side is loud/works properly. Left speaker in adjustments menu is super low And the in cab speaker is pretty much not working at all. On the sound board, the top heatsink/amp is Scorching hot, it will burn your finger. Caps look new but I’ll change them anyways. I saw here that you should recap the power supply also so I’ll do that too. should that amp be replaced on the sound board?
Quoted from Hrvat9:Am I missing that big transistor and a resistor at Q1 and R19?[quoted image]
No that board was used for several games. It was meant to be modular, they could use as much or as little as needed
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Your knocker’s been cut out, like most of them. I am suspecting that the knocker was causing the transistor to blow or something since it’s so common in DEs
I had always heard they were missing because ops would just cut them out and use them when they needed another coil for something.
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Quoted from freddy:nice check point
Nice example of how the spinner block mounts, and also the centre drops/air ball deflector/cresent shaped plastic.
Quoted from pocketscience:Nice example of how the spinner block mounts, and also the centre drops/air ball deflector/cresent shaped plastic.
Wow my center deflector Is incorrect ,never knew the block had a mounting bracket -and never saw that casino sign under the block before. Thanks.
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I replaced the left flipper coil because the sleeve was seized inside the coil (found out during a rebuild). Now when I press the right flipper button, both the flippers move together and very weak , but if I press the left flipper button the left side moves only. What did I do wrong?
Also my vuk Eject stopped working , is the coil supposed to be energized always until the ball sinks and hits the switch? (Someone taped up a diff switch to the rail, switch registers when I press it)
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Thanks for your patience on the Checkpoint ramps, everyone. I have some major home projects I am getting close to wrapping up soon, and will get back on this one shortly. I am hoping to make the ramp screw holes a bit more turnkey on the finished product before I start running them.
Quoted from JodyG:Thanks for your patience on the Checkpoint ramps, everyone. I have some major home projects I am getting close to wrapping up soon, and will get back on this one shortly. I am hoping to make the ramp screw holes a bit more turnkey on the finished product before I start running them.
Great news.
Quoted from BMHouze:I just got notice.
Checkpoint ramp on ebay 100 bucks....
That's Freddy's...he put one of mine in his game to test fit. Buy with confidence!
That would be great, Thanks!
Quoted from pocketscience:I don't have a scan, but need to move the boxes that my spares are in tonight. I'll try dig it out.
Quoted from dpannell:Does anyone have a scan of the center plastic? Mine is 90% gone. If anyone is willing to scan it at 600dpi on a flatbed scanner, I would be appreciate. I've attached a pic of the plastic that I need. Thanks.[quoted image]
I could use one of those too!!
Quoted from pocketscience:I got caught up in painting my garage floor and so my box of bits with the plastic is still untouched. Will get to it this week.
Thanks! Very much appreciated.
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New to the club, just finally acquired a Checkpoint after patiently holding out for about 3 years. I played one at Allentown Pinfest last year, that was pretty beat up, so it was nice to find a nicer example of the game. I love the Porsche theme and the overall look and playability of the game. Looking for some help on a couple things...
1) Plastic #34(in pic)on my game is banged up. Wondering if any of you might have a nice one you’d be willing to part with?
2) My DMD is missing some bars/pixels on the upper right. Can this be fixed or is this screen ready to be replaced?
Thank you for any help
9E438358-D1CB-460F-917F-C5F13F1ED7BE (resized).jpegA59BB05D-5CE5-4AB6-ABCB-5920C2DBCCB9 (resized).jpegB74E4AA7-3C00-4F78-92F9-DF569E0EB5BA (resized).pngMy dmd problem was covered in the online repair guide for data east.
They do make replacements dmds in that size.
Fun game, loved the choice of music and winners circle.
To me it was all about the ramp. I couldn't find a decent one to replace the repaired original....
Stepped up to Nascar.
Quoted from BMHouze:My dmd problem was covered in the online repair guide for data east.
They do make replacements dmds in that size.
Fun game, loved the choice of music and winners circle.
To me it was all about the ramp. I couldn't find a decent one to replace the repaired original....
Stepped up to Nascar.
Pinsider finally doing a run of Ramps is great news to current owners.
Quoted from pocketscience:Details on this?
I have sent out a couple ramps to be installed on Pinsiders machines. I have one more to send out and then will be running the rest. I can check for you, but delivery to Australia bay be fairly salty. I know that due to dimensional weight charges UPS and Fedex xharge here in the states now, its $50-$60 just to ship them from the east coast to the west coast of the US. This will will most likely preclude me from doing more of the larger ramps in the future.
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