Maybe I should put this in a beginners area or something but since I have a Corvette I'd figure I'd put it here.

I have never been a pinball person until about a year and a half ago. Really I had no intention of becoming one but I fell into a pinball machine by accident. I got a Corvette machine as a package deal when I bought a house, got a pool table and air hockey to go with it.

Everything worked for the first 6 months and then the left flipper quit. Anyway, I fumbled my way to fixing the left flipper with some really crappy soldering but now I just figured out these things have double AA batteries that like to leak. How did I figure out? Well mine leaked of course! I pulled the board holding the battery holder out. It looks like only corrosion on the actual holder itself. I went to planetary pinball retail to order another holder.

I'm not incredibly adept at soldering and just want to make sure I don't mess it up. Any suggestions, youtube videos or places to learn? I know there are ways to get rid of batteries but I don't think I'm at that place yet. I'm planning to just use lithium AA for now.

My wife thinks I'm developing another manic hobby.

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