Well, put my cyclone next to my led'ed high speed and boy did the lighting look bland. I installed cointakers kit for the GI, that made it much better, but i will certainly be at least getting the set for under the playfield. With that said, i really have no clue where all the bulbs they gave me were supposed to go. I put the blues under the blue playfied plastics, green, orange etc... But i had like 15 white bulbs left over. None were wedges, so that eliminated most of the places i could put them. Just stuck them in the back box.

Also cleaned a few dirty spots on the playfield while i was changing the rubber out. Much more time consuming on a cyclone than high speed.

Fiddled with ferris wheel to see what you guys are talking about and i can't for the life of me see how the ball could get stuck in it unless it was seriously bend up. I'm not sure i could get the back stuck in there if i tried.

BTW, do not drop any playfield rubber in the spook house, real PITA to get out.

Shot my first double-score million-point Comet ramp shot tonight! Nice to be rewarded with the special sound.

Mof, If your experiencing the ball not coming out of the ferris wheel onto the ramp but loops around, Jeff Z's Cyclone repair page has the fix about 1/2 way down. I had the same problem a while back, his remedy for the problem worked out perfect. Check it out:

http://www.jeff-z.com/pinball/cyclone/repair/repair.html

Terrific resource, Good Luck!

Now i see what you guys are talking about, it's not getting stuck in the wheel, it's just not rolling out properly.

Man, can't wait to get replacement ramps after seeing those perfectly clear ones on that link.

Yep. (From the CPR website):

Williams CYCLONE
Reproduction Plastics Set with Topper & Promos

Artwork by Mike Lorrain, CPR Art Team

25-piece set, genuine 10-color ink-silkscreened on laser cut PETG. Includes clears, double Spook House plastics, two rare promo pieces, a custom key fob, and huge topper piece. Vivid colors and brand new, perfect replacement for scratched, yellowed, broken, or incomplete Cyclone plastics sets. Protective coatings unpeeled.

viperrwk

It comes with mounting tabs - you screw it into the top of the head.

viperrwk

We have a winner ...

Cyclone_Topper.jpg

Sure, Home Depot has the L brackets, screws, washers and hex nuts. If you decide to mount it, I suggest you position it to the rear of the back box as to not see the hardware. I assume CPR did not include the hardware due to it might damage some of the plastic set.

Topper_(front).jpg Topper_(rear).jpg

To be honest with you, I do not remember if the holes were pre drilled (outlined) or I had to create the mounting holes on my own for the clown topper. Either way it should not be difficult. Just make sure you buy the L brackets first so you know where to drill the holes. Score the plastic first so your drill bit has something to grab onto!

Hey guys, found these yesterday.
Really good deal considering i paid $14 shipped for the ducks alone last month.

Must have more than one set, because i purchased already.
It has the ducks, cats and the spook house guy for $12 shipped total.

ebay.com link: Cyclone Pinball Target Stickers

BTW, put a few leds under my playfield. Would have said "all", but instead of buying a kit, i purchased my own, which i am clearly not qualified to do, didn't realize some are bayonet some are wedge. I got all wedges. It's ok, i will put the rest in the backboard.

I did however forget the circle/octagon multiplier lights right in the middle. Should i assume they should all be blue?

Also, the whites look sooooo much better with leds. I'd say the doing the white bulbs are a must.

Thanks,
Joe

Only this group would appreciate this. While at the Houston Arcade Expo last weekend, I found a NOS Williams Cyclone Comet ramp. No decals. I thought it was a remake, but it was an original Williams. Set me back a $120.00... I figured it was a score.

I will have to post my restored Cyclone on here. At this point it's more new than old. New CPR playfiled, plastics, new pop bumpers, LEDs, mantis protectors (which i had to modify), LED display, flipper rebuild, and the list goes on...

Yes, the octagon are all blue, but I mixed mine up and added some different colors to match the mystery wheel.

The whites do look much better LED'd. I did those on my EATPM first and now my Cyclone. Color matching under plastics looks nice too. Just don't overdo one color. The right side of the playfield can get a little color bombed blue.

PSA: Planetary has repros of the speaker panel now.

i put color changers in the octagon multiplier looks great

SOLVED thanks! I need to get the one with diode & transfer wireform or transfer diode instead.

I just started a new thread: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/need-help-identifying-a-williams-replacement-microswitch-please

But maybe someone here knows which replacement microswitch I need to order for the top rollover lanes?

Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

rabbits are for comet

i have three flags american canadian and one red ,white, blue, three verticle stripe how many flags does cyclone have total? and does any one have a pic of them all and where they should be thanks Freddy

It has 17 in the early production runs. I bought a set of NOS flags (all 17) on Ebay a couple months ago so i did my best to place them based on the original flyer:
http://www.arcadegamesuperstore.com/images/pinball/cyclone-flyer2.jpg
hope this helps.

btw, here is a photo of the flags.

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Anyone Cyclone owners here tell me where I can this part missing from my ramp? The part that reads "Ride the Cyclone three times to get Jackpot"

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rpageler thanks for the flag pics i belive i can fab some from your picture.

mof if the out lane drains bother you try adjusting your table in or out of level its your game make it so you enjoy playing it.

Cyclone targets.jpg jcar302 here are targets

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I agree, i find that i have too many plays where i never even get to hit the ball a single time. I'm getting tired of worrying every time that i hit the ball into the upper part of the playfield that i really have no control over what happens next.

Freddy, thanks for the pics, i got a couple sets back a month or two now.

Its all about nudging skills with cyclone to avoid side drains.

There is a discussion out there somewhere in which the person recreated the flags and founds some similar springs that worked...even gave a part # from home depot. wish i had book marked it.

I initially had some bright LEDs in those troublespots you mentioned but they were extremely blinding. I swapped in some dimmer color changing LEDs and now it's perfect. Your game looks great!

I picked up my Cyclone here just in the past couple months and just now have it back together, so havn't played too much. My biggest gripe so far is the boomerang. Are they supposed to be so darn loud when ejecting the ball? It's like metal hitting metal (which it is) just sounds awful IMO. Was thinking of modifying it to quiet it down a bit. Anyone else have issues with there's? Also, sometimes it takes 2 shots to even get the ball out. Fun game though. LEDS look good in this one.

Don't know if anyone has posted any info on this either, but calibrating the Mystery Wheel. Sometimes it's on, sometimes it's off. And sometimes before it even says "round and round she goes" , it already has decided want your reward is, and I forget what shows up on the display, but it doesn't seem normal. Just curious what other problems people have with this and what general maintenance is typical to keep them working as they should.

That's about exactly it. It's almost like it has to get warmed up. After about hour Xmas night, it was working fine every time, then the next day, you fire it up and it's all bleeped up again.

The Gate Jackpot has minimum and maximum values of 500k and 4M points and carries over from one game to the next. If the current Gate Jackpot is between 500k and 1M, an additional 1M points are added to the Jackpot after all earned credits have been exhausted. Thus each new player will have a starting Gate Jackpot value of at least around 1.5M points. The Gate Jackpot's value is displayed in lights on the left side of the backglass and is increased by 5k points with each pass through one of the three top rollover lanes.

I'm doing the lighted flipper buttons, you could do that next?

Since this is one of the few games if not the only one with red posts on the left side and blue posts on the right side of the playfield, I added some blue on the right and red on the left and threw in some nice green up top around and near the ferris wheel. Definitely add LEDS in the backbox, makes a big difference IMO.