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Data East - Lethal Weapon 3 (LW3) Club

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10 years ago


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“I am planing to make my self a set of repro plastics and are considering a making a very very limited run of sets. Are there any interest out there for this?”

  • I would run and grab me a set since there are no NOS made for this pin 69 votes
    47%
  • I would want to get a few single plastics, some are missing on my pin 54 votes
    37%
  • My pin has some beaten up plastics but I prefeer original plastics 5 votes
    3%
  • Nah, waste of moey. the pin plays well without / with warped and beaten up -plastics. 18 votes
    12%

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Post #955 LW3 3.0 Chad Code Released! Posted by ChadH (3 years ago)

Post #1536 LW3 Apron Cards Posted by Malenko (2 years ago)

Post #1559 LW3 Lamp Layout Posted by AlexRogan84 (2 years ago)


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#321 6 years ago

Hello to all,
I am a new member, I write from Italy and the LETHAL WEAPON 3 is one of my 3 pinballs together with JURASSIC PARK and TALES FROM THE CRYPT

1 year later
#619 4 years ago

This is my lw3, I'm looking for some nice mods .. But this pinball is very underrated and not very considered

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#621 4 years ago

Thanks, very beautiful the dynamite mod,

#623 4 years ago

Thanks

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#625 4 years ago

Your mods are spectacular, congratulations. It would be a dream for me to be able to install some of them on my lw3 but I am not able to build them

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#628 4 years ago

Do you sell ready-to-install kits? The train and the car are amazing

#630 4 years ago

Very beautiful

3 months later
#838 3 years ago

I have tales from the crypt, jurassic park, letal weapon 3. For the first 2 I have already purchased the updated roms, I can't wait to have them for lw3 as well (I currently have 2.08). I hope for a multiball script instead of tri-ball, super Leo during the disabled multiball, a 2 ball multiball and a timed save ball .. Or any other wonderful modification you can do

#856 3 years ago
Quoted from shaub:

Is it possible to patch or modify the rom to prevent LED ghosting, like the WPC patch does?

Unfortunately I don't think it's possible, I'd be very happy to be wrong

#861 3 years ago
Quoted from Mahoyvan:

Did you guys color match ur leds?
Im thinkin of doin a top to bottom on mine but might just warm-white the whole thing and caller a day

I do not use colored LEDs, warm white for Orange, red, yellow Gems, white natural 4000k on other gems and for GI

2 months later
#950 3 years ago

How does proceed the development and testing of the new code?

4 months later
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#1263 3 years ago

I have had this pinball machine since 2010 and I love the gameplay, it will stay in my house forever

8 months later
#1548 2 years ago

Hi, can someone please tell me the codes of the lamp socket in the backbox? For
flash and normal lamps. Thanks

#1557 2 years ago
Quoted from jamex:

Hi, can someone please tell me the codes of the lamp socket in the backbox? For
flash and normal lamps. Thanks

This

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#1561 2 years ago
Quoted from AlexRogan84:

Try this. Very helpful. I didn't create the original, but don't remember where I found it so can't give the proper credit.
EDIT: I am trying to add the Excel file that has these images plus the list of what type of bulb each of those is, but can't seem to add an Excel file here. Sorry!
Basically, for the backbox, it's all wedge base bulbs. The green circles are regular bulbs and the orange circles are the flashers.
For the playfield, same idea except the additional purple circles are for round base bulbs. Green is still wedge base and the orange circles are flashers.
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First of all I thank you

I need the code of the lamp holder and not the lamp. The one circled in red is broken and I can't find the code to order the spare part

#1565 2 years ago
Quoted from AlexRogan84:

lol, scusa. L'ho guardato dopo averlo scritto e ho pensato che potresti aver provato a sostituire il supporto e non le lampadine stesse.
Non sono sicuro di quale sia il codice fuori mano. Fammi vedere se posso aiutarti a capirlo.

Very thanks

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#1622 2 years ago

Finally after 11 years of Research, I managed to find the original dome not broken

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#1624 2 years ago
Quoted from gdonovan:

Should post that in "rare and prototype" parts thread.

I did not know the existence of that thread. I had lost all hope of being able to find it

#1628 2 years ago
Quoted from trueno92:

Doveva essere costoso!! È super raro.

It's absurd but I found it from a guy who lives 1 hour from my house at a cost of 40 euros (about 45 dollars), there are a few superficial scratches but it is perfect

#1630 2 years ago
Quoted from trueno92:

Keep it nice!! Mine had an original but it was dented and cracked at the very very top and not visible when the head is up.

My first dome is also broken at the top, as I will never sell the pinball, I will keep this dome in the best possible way

#1633 2 years ago
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:

Is it possible for someone State-side to acquire one of the rare NOS domes and send them to one of the ramp makers for them to make new plastic domes?

For many years I have been asking all spare parts manufacturers if it was possible to produce a replacement dome and never received a positive response. I never understood why

#1635 2 years ago
Quoted from gdonovan:

A lot of LW3 missing the whole assembly so the dome itself does little good. Add to the fact, auto blue lamp assemblies are only 20 to 30 dollars.. a new dome might actually be a very small market slice.

Luckily I have the original and fully functional mechanism of the flashing light. I was just missing the dome. I understand that only the dome could be a slice of the market not very large, but not too small either. All LW3 owners would like one, in my opinion

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#1655 2 years ago

I just installed the pin2dmd colors, Truly a beautiful upgrade for our pinball

#1657 2 years ago

I also used the chad code on my jurassic park and tales from the crypt but in this case I have big doubts:

I don't like that the fight mode isn't totally random as before, I loved this randomness and I don't like having to do the holes 1 2 3 in sequence, can i change these 2 Modality?

Thank you

#1660 2 years ago

Thank you very much, is it possible to restore the fight mode as in the original code?

#1661 2 years ago

HI, from this morning the knocker no longer works, What can I check? The wires are attached and from the coil test you do not activate

It's the only thing that doesn't work, I don't have the manual and even from the one downloaded from ipdb I couldn't understand much

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#1664 2 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

This is a good schematic of your knocker coil. Start by checking that your wires are soldered to the coil. Then check and make sure your diode on the coil is still good. Next go to your PPB board and check for burnt connections Q5 (TIP 36C) & Diode D16. Last check CPU board for burnt connections and transistor Q39
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Really thank you, Although I understand little about electronics, your sequence of elements to check is really clear, now the pinball machine is at my parents' house, as soon as I return to them I will do exactly as you wrote to me. Is there no fuse to check? Thanks again

I have the Tip36c in stock, for safety I would also like to buy the transistor q39 but it is so small that I can not understand the model, you would know, please, Which transistor to buy Looking at the photo I took to the JP I have in my house (it will be the same as the lw3) ? ? Thank you
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#1665 2 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

Additionally, the knocker and laser kick run off your 50 volt and have potential of blowing your F5 fuse on the PPB. I'd check to see if your laser kick is working.

The laser kick works perfectly, I've been playing it all day and it's always worked great

#1668 2 years ago

Thanks again, ok I spotted the correct q5 in pbb Board E Q39 in CPU board, But I can't understand the Q39 what a transistor model it is. The movement of the coil is totally free, first I will try to replace the coil.

#1670 2 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

The knocker and laser kick operate off the 50 volt. Both have pre and post transistors that go to the PBB board.
Your coil is probably fine. Unless it’s burnt or the plunger won’t move freely in and out. Does it lock on when you start a game or does it not do anything? Did you try to test it in settings on the coin door?

The plunger it moves freely, it is not blocked. When a game starts it does absolutely nothing, even from the test in the coin door it does nothing when I try to start it

#1673 2 years ago

Very thanks, I'll start by checking what you listed, this is the only thing that in pinball doesn't work

1 week later
#1674 2 years ago

@trk12fire

Hello and thanks for the help you give me. Next week I will be at my parents' house where I have the lw3 pinball and I will try to fix it (now I am stuck in my house due to an illness). I have to order the screws that are used to screw the boards into the backbox. Can you tell me, please, which one to order? With inch measurements I'm not practical and I don't understand

Thanks

#1676 2 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

Sorry, I’m not for sure. 1/4” or 3/8 maybe. 1/2” long. Guessing

Thank you very much, if the length is definitely that, I will take both measurements

#1678 2 years ago

Thank you very much, in the link name the williams, are they the same for the Data East?

#1680 2 years ago
Quoted from gdonovan:

They will work fine.

Thank you very much, I had taken pictures anyway for confirmation

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#1708 2 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

This is a good schematic of your knocker coil. Start by checking that your wires are soldered to the coil. Then check and make sure your diode on the coil is still good. Next go to your PPB board and check for burnt connections, transistor Q5 (TIP 36C) & Diode D16. Last check CPU board for burnt connections and transistor Q39
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Da-Shaker I tested the Q5 transistors on the pbbb and the Q39 transistor on the CPU. Both are perfect.... I disassembled the CPU to be able to test Q39.. Once I verified that it was fully functional I reassembled the CPU.... And the knocker is back to working properly.. I don't know what may have happened

#1710 2 years ago

I confirm that the screws 8-32 x3/8 are perfect, thank you very much

#1711 2 years ago
Quoted from Da-Shaker:

Probably a loose wire or diode, bad molex connection or cracked solder joint.

So the problem is bound to recur in the short term

#1713 2 years ago
Quoted from kba78:

No problem on the screws

Screws are perfect for boards. Thank you very much

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#2247 7 months ago

Hi, during a game I found the piece you see in the first photo on the playfield. The dimensions are the same as the one in the third photo, do you have any idea where it can be unscrewed from? Thank you

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#2249 7 months ago
Quoted from harig:

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First of all thank you for answering me, unfortunately it's not the one because it is regularly screwed in place

#2254 7 months ago
Quoted from harig:

I only found the 2 in my game

Also I found only those 2

#2255 7 months ago
Quoted from slizzap:

I have the same 2 you guys already mentioned. Also have this one, which is a different size, but might be worth verifying.
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Also to you first of all thanks for answering me, that is bigger and is regularly installed on my

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