I just picked up a Cyclone the weekend before last that a friend found for free in a driveway during a community yard sale (original post here: http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/it-pays-to-have-friends-looking-out-for-you ). The machine was only about 20% functional with no working GI, no working controlled lights, no working slings or kickers, no working ferris wheel, a burned up power supply socket and just absolutely filthy however everything was intact, after working on it almost every night for the past week I've fixed all the issues and it is back to it's former glory. I've added a few lighting mods to the Tram score, subway skill shot tunnel and under some of the right side plastics to make them more legible. I have caught some heat for the GI lighting but the phone makes it look far more blown out than it really is and I am still experimenting with GI placement to find a happy medium. I am bringing this one to the GSPF in Lodi Ca. this coming friday - sunday to give her a proper break in, hope to see some of you there!

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I'm in agreement with Jaytrem, looks like it was put in place due to a broken plastic. My plastic was broken in that exact place, luckily I found it in the bottom of my machine, I have seen a few other pictures with the plastic missing in the same place. I'd remove it and attempt to repair the broken plastic if possible.

Ha, great minds think alike! I did purple GI and flasher (more lavender) as well, looks great & spooky under that plastic!

I used LED strings made for Neon sign retrofitting (Street Fighter brand) that I had leftover from a recent job. Each self adhesive module has 2 LEDs and the spacing between modules was perfect for the tram and tunnel. They are rated for 12vdc but the light output is about 1/4 the brightness when tied into the GI which was perfect for that mod.

So if I follow you lit from under to make the gobblehole glow or are you glowing the boomerang inserts? Did you go regular purple or UV purple? Great idea BTW!

I also get airballs off the Comet ramp on occasion, freaks me out when that ball strikes the glass! I was thinking of cutting some blister pack material to fashion a shield on the ramp where it has a sharp lift after the ramp entry switch to stop the glass strikes.

Yes, I color matched the flashers. Yellow for jackpot, whites for back box fireworks and coaster, blue for top right and under right plastic, orange for playfield and back board, reds for left behind and under ball shoot plastic, whites for boomerang (had issues which caused two leds to burn out, put regular flashers back in) and I used a purple for the spook house.

Here you go, I had to drill out the lock that was in mine due to no keys. Installing that cam plate was a PITA! I must have dropped it down the black hole in the head three times and had to fish it out of the bottom box. Hope these help ya!

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All controlled are wedge. The lamps under the coaster on the right and Williams sign & clown are bayonets. The Comet 20k - 1M controlled are wedge in my machine. The configuration can vary depending on when the machine was made but this is the configuration in my machine.
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Thanks for sharing these! I recently purchased some laser printable vinyl to make some replacement target decals and the vinyl will work perfectly for these flags!

You definitely need to check the power supply but if you aren’t familiar with testing electronics you may want to consult with somebody familiar with that type of work. There are hazardous voltages present in power supplies and you can get bit poking around. Schematics are readily available and you may want to read the pin wiki for system 11 games which should cover common issues and troubleshooting. It’s likely that if your power supply is original it needs to be rebuilt with new capacitors which is pretty straightforward if you are good with a soldering iron.

When Caps blow they are pretty obvious and usually stink very bad. You need to verify the 5vdc section (MPU unplugged then plugged in) first.