First off, thanks for letting me post here. I know this is not a pinball, but pinside are my people, so please don't kick me off!
So I've been itching to work on another EM and I wanted something different. GIGI was a fun challenge and I thought...."boy...those pitch n bats look fun"! So our good friend Pafasa set me up with a guy that had one in descent shape and the wedding was on! I picked it up last week and I was happy to see the backglass and cabinet looked great! The playing field was not bad either, so now it's a matter of figuring out the inside.
I have had some issues that I posted here:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/chicago-coin-bullseye-pitch-n-bat-need-help-please

Other than that, I have everything pretty well cleaned out. The artwork on the inside of the machine on the sides is pretty scratched up from the playing field being lifted. Looks like the "cardboard" has warped and rubs against it each time.

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So all the stepper units were gummed up so I disassembled and cleaned those. Work great now! I found a ton of glass and a few balls inside the ball trough....never a good sign.....and noticed one ball was not quiet the right size! HA!

Made a oak bat from 1/2 doll rod. Worse that can happen....crack! Worth a shot for a while.

But over all, all the gaps on the machine look great, the coils look good (mostly unburt). I'm hoping to plug this bad boy in this weekend....figures crossed of course!

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AlexF. I think you're right, but talking to a pitch n bat buddy, he thinks the coils themselves in that possition would act as the magnetic current. Your thoughts?

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And I too agree that is a "fast ball" hack! I'm assuming the coils themselves would act as resistors in this situation. I'm not the type where I have to get the coin door to work since it's on free play, but it would be nice to get the machine in original working condition with the pitching and bat.

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Alex...you da man! This is great! So since that Yankee Baseball is also a chicago coin, I bet those would be the match. I sent Pinball Resource an email and we'll see what they come up with. I also think I'll go on pinballowners and find guys that have this same machine and see if they can send me picks also.
I don't think those ones from Marco will work, but I could be wrong. I guess if I'm desperate enough, anything should work!

Thanks again guys!
Joe

When I showed these pictures to my friend Mike at Pinball Past here in Omaha, we both agreed that the mods looked like they were done by an "operator" back in the day. In a way, that makes me feel a little better.

I can't believe it. After cleaning out the stepper units, the sucker fired up!

Still don't have the curve ball thing figured out but schematics will be coming soon. The power of the bat is NUTS. The guy that sold me the machine gave me the wrong glass but LUCKILY I put it on top and man, I am glad I did....that ball would of broke the backglass if it shot out of there. So that needs to be adjusted, but over all.....it's starting to work. Have to make a few more adjustments and get some glass cut...but very happy!
Joe

It's coming along. I just got the schematics and it looks like Pinball Resource and Marco has lots of the coils I need to make that curveball to work. Also ordered a few of those coils to bring the bat power down...it could break a finger!

BTW...the same coil that is used for the bat coil is used for the curveball and slider.

alb0711 - You make a good point! Four that came with it work fine, but when I went to PBR, it mentions the 3/4 size balls. So I ordered those and they are a lot bigger than what I have. And your 7/8 would be even larger! So now I'm totally confused.

CHAMP1973 - Would you PLEASE take photos of where the wires go to the slider coil and curve coil. Also can you take a picture of what wires go to what buttons on the panel. There are 7 wires and I "think" I have it figured out by looking at the schematics, but not positive.
Thanks folks!
Joe

Thanks Allen!
This is actually what PBR say, "Used on Williams Baseball games starting with Deluxe Official through Slugfest!" So that doesn't necessary mean that Chicago Coin was using the same size.

Well...it's official! I'm a moron!

On PBR website there is the little writing by the 13/16" balls: Used on most Chicago Coin Baseballs!

And that would be correct! That's what I have in the machine now and since I've found five, I'm set!

Now I wait for parts for the power on the bat and curve balls!

Pafasa...you're brutal!

I sat down with the schematics and made a lot of headway today. I couldn't make sense because my yellow wires looked red to me and my gray wires looked yellow. But after unwinding the wires I could see the true colors and everything started to match the schematics...yeah!

So now I await more parts from PBR - lots of coils and a few other parts. I wished I lived closer to NJ!

Darn post service slowed down by the holidays....bah, humbug!

So I got the parts.....and put in the coils and all be darn....it works! Adjustments on the bat power (I went to half and its just right). And I put in the coils for the curve ball / slider and I didn't think it was actually work (guess I was expecting some crazy cartoonish curve ball...ha)....but when I watched it go down the shoot there was definitely changes on where the ball would hit the bat.

Now I'm happy! I will now work on other issues. The playing field lights down work and sometimes the players down reset when you start a new game (guys still on the bases). But overall, I'm pretty happy how far it's come. It's a very addicting game....that's for sure!
Joe

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Finally I got this machine working 100% right! I was having problems that the players on the bases wouldn't reset when I started a new game. Ended up being the score motor running the "animation". It's nice when a machine has the sequence of the score score motor inside!
As always - here's the video of it working!

Well, thanks to you Pafasa for hooking me up with this guy. It was kind of like any project....looked like a mess before and now that it's all cleaned up...I'm loving it. The biggest challenges was getting the curve ball, slider working and getting the power of the bat under control. (Also finding a bat but I like the oak bat better)! Other than that, it was like fixing up any EM game.
The novus and wax really shined up the "playing field". I was going to replace the players that get smacked by the balls but decided to leave it and let the wear show it's age. Now I just have to get some room in my basement so I can move it down. The main cabinet on these weigh nothing, but the header weighs a ton! It's impossible for me to lift it myself.

So I think this project is done. I am now an official Pitch-n-bat mechanic!
Joe

HA! No F-14 Tomcat is going to fly out of here soon!

I just traded out my Hokus Pokus and Space Mission for a solid state (sorry guys)....for a Time Machine which I'm really pumped about....so the collection will be:
Gigi
Dodge City
Bullseye Baseball
Dixieland
F-14
Time Machine

Pretty happy with the variety....old and slightly new!

If it was up to me, I would just have old...but the kids like the newer (sounds and lights)...and it's all about the children, right!

Because it's "COOL"!
Sorry....I need to expand my pinball vocabulary...ha!

Now Pafasa...stop giving me a hard time! You're starting to make me cry!

I bought the Time Machine from Mike Cavalier at Pinball Past here in Omaha and he will have Hokus Pokus and Space Mission. I like them both, but was itching to get another modern. You can come down from Oakland anytime and play it!

O.K...back to talking baseball! It's pretty COOL!