Does anyone have a decent list of what LED's to put into POTC? I could map it out but if someone has already done so it would save me some time. I've had the machine for a couple months now and it turns out the game is a lot more interesting than originally expected hence the willingness to now swap all bulbs to LED.

Do owners of this machine swap the flashers that go off simulating the cannon ball strikes to LED flashers?

Still haven’t solved the snowing problem with tiny white shavings. They are definitely plastic. I’m convinced it’s the spinning disc. Only something moving that fast could produce so much white debris after one game. So strange. I’m too lazy and busy with a newborn to take it apart. The game plays great! I just completed the compass for the first time ever and played Four Winds Multiball. It gives you several lit shots to complete. Naturally, I lost my ball and didn’t complete the wizard mode. But I came close! Ranked top 50 in score finally.

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Great score! Haven’t come close to that even with 5 ball. You’ll figure out the snow thing, as you said, just need time to dismantle. And it takes a lot of time.

Get a can of air and use it like a SNOW BLOWER. Great Game, I'm still a long way from Four Winds.

Don’t own my machine anymore but need to buy some bulbs as a gift for a relative.

Off the top of my head, do I need anything other that #44,89 and 555’s? The red and greens on back, are they 555’s as well?

Thanks

If you suspect the disc, then just block off the ramp with a small towel or something so the ball can't get up there. Now play several games and see if it still snows.

I had tons of white debris as well. Then I covered my spinning disc decal with 3M car bra vinyl, just cut myself a piece to fit. Amazon sells 6 inch wide pieces. The great thing about the vinyl is it has an almost rubbery feel so the ball still spins well and does not float like it would do on mylar.

I’m not sure what you mean with 44,89 but 555 is wedge socket right? The backboard lamps all have bayonet sockets.

If I remember correctly all inserts have wedge sockets and all GI are bayonets.
Also all flashers are bayonet as well.

And then there’s that odd tiny sockets of the tournament button lamp which I’ve never replaced with LED.

I just replaced my playfield lights with LED's. #555. But they were ghosting. Went to Comets and picked up NON GHOSTING with FACETED LENS - Faceted - #555 Wedge - Natural White. All good now. The 12v flashers are bayonets as are the 10, 6v ones used on the backboard.

Bayonets

All the bulbs are bayonets correct?

Manual shows some wedge style but I don’t remember them in my machine.

Did you notice white flakes on or near the spinning disc? I don't see any flakes on the surface or accumulated near it. I like the suggestion of either blocking that ramp and seeing if the flakes appear without hitting the Tortuga ramp, or disabling the disc in the settings, if possible. I examined the disc surface before and it really looks like there is already a clear, vinyl or mylar cover in place. I was wondering if it could be something under the spinning disc, rubbing on the underside of it and grinding it down. I will try to isolate the spinning disc and see if I can definitely rule it in or out.

Thanks for all the ideas and help. I really appreciate it.

Not really by the disc, just all over the playfield.

The under playfield are wedge style #555. The 10 bulbs on background are bayonets #44,#47

Not to sure about the blubs under plastics. Will be 8 hours until I can look.

Gi are all #44 bayonet clears?

I already answered your questions above. GI is all clear bayonet except for the red and greens on the backboard. I know some keep incandescents for these.
I used single SMDs with a frosted lens in the past myself.

I missed your post, sorry!

Not my machine and he want it all stock.

Thanks for the help though, bought the bulbs. Just couldn’t remember bayonet/wedge.

See post 1925 & 1926.

Has anyone put a shaker motor in their POTC? I installed a Rev B and cannot find the Step 7 Brown Grey wire on the three prong molex.

As far as I know, POTC was never designed for a shaker motor. The wiring isn't there, and neither is the code that would turn it on and off. Various people have done custom jobs where they trigger the shaker by monitoring the ship flasher. I don't think there is anything that'll just work out of the box.

Lol oh wow, thats crappy. But thank you very much for the response. Too bad this game would be awesome with a shaker.

I bought the shaker which is connected to the ship flasher, I like it a lot. It rumbles when you hit the ship and when it sinks.

Still have a few ship cannon led harnesses available
http://weirpinball.com/mods/potcmod.html

Scott

I thought "Catch the wind" lights the opposite orbit? Shoot right orbit from left flipper after a left inlane, and vice versa. I'm not totally sure though and I can't check right now—my machine is at a friend's place; we did a swap for a few months.

Was just playing a few game. On the third game noticed one of the lights #5 on back panel (Lamp 37) stayed on. After looking at the I/O Power Driver PCB page101 that's when I noticed all lights on U13 Drive 5 YEL-GRN wire were on. A total of 10. Is something shorted somewhere? I first looked at back panel light because it I noticed it was out on game two. That's why it stood out on game 3 being on before I plugged ball. Any help, thanks in advance. I'll tackle it tomorrow.

Just FYI 'catch the wind' gives the current jackpot value

Have you updated the code
Or made changes to sounds with pinbrowser?
I had this once, when i uploaded the code again it worked normaly again.
Once someone had this problem with the old boot room
He changed to latest boot rom and then it worked again.
Also check if the boards cell batery is good.
Check these things out.
Good luck keep us posted

1. Download the code here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4n1zupflwa248y2/POTCenglish-french.zip?dl=1
2. Put it on an empty USB thumbdrive.
3. Turn off machine.
4. Plug USB drive in the CPU board in the backbox (right one)
5. Move dip swith 8 to on (too switch to left)
6. Turn on machine, confirm update and wait...
7. Turn machine off, move DIP 8 back and remove USB drive
8. Turn on machine and test.

Find instruction in the manual as well:
https://sternpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_Manual.pdf

Why would you want do that?! The decal on the compass needs to be ‘grippy’ to move the ball around. And the standup target decals get bashed at lot. Why not just buy the original decent parts?

Check out www.ministryofpinball.nl (The Netherlands) and www.pu-parts.de (Germany) to avoid expensive import fees from ordering from outside Europe.

Good luck!

I still think it could be your battery. Default High Scores will flash with the update. Pop out the battery and test it or put in a brand new battery and try it. Otherwise, I agree with above, you need more detailed tech help.

So I'm back in the club after having a NIB back in 06 and I'm trying to decide on how I want to light the ship what color are you guys putting in the ship spotlights?

Welcome back, for me it is green.

Yeah I think green is the way to go I actually used green colored 555's back in 06 think I'll go higher output green LED's this time.

I'm on the green train as well. You can see an image of it in my For Sale/Trade thread linked below.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-trade-pirates-of-the-caribbean

You can see green in my mod video as well

I need to order your cannon fire mod next.

I have color changers in them.

If they were available I think color changers that were just blue and green would look great.

I've been bugging Comet to make a "water" bulb with blue and green alternating LEDs, the same way their "flame" bulbs work with red and orange. Maybe if other people ask for it they'll get on it faster.

Agreed. Blue looks great on the ship as well, but it hides some of it's details.