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Pirates of the Caribbean
Stern, 2006
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I removed the ship from my POTC yesterday in order to install the cannon led mod. Initially I connected to the wrong flasher (back middle) but I corrected my mistake and connected to the ship flasher. I also have a shaker motor which runs off the ship flasher and the spinning disk flasher. This worked fine both before and after the cannon mod. After reinstalling the ship I had several problems. Initially the sails on all the ships would drop after 1 hit, (sinking the ship took the correct number of hits) and the spinner would light the timer after 1 or 2 lights lit. After several plays the sails problem seemed to correct itself, but now the spinning disk is completed without entering this part of the playfield. Points are now continuously scored without hitting anything. Looking at the active switch menu does not indicate any wrong switches closed. Any suggestions on where I start looking to correct this problem?
Quoted from arcademojo:Remove and reinstall the connectors on the opto board. I had a problem with it awarding hits to the ship after connecting shaker. Once I did this it cleared it right up. Might not be it but worth a try.
Thank you for your suggestion. My problem ended up being that the Tortega exit opto was blocked alligator clip that I used to install an extra green light several years ago. It must have moved due to all of the raising and lowering of the playfield.
A suggestion when working under the playfield; I use Pinball Universe Protectors to protect the inside side art during the many times I raise and lower the playfield. I found it interesting that Stern uses similar protectors when assembling and testing games.
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I added BriteRings to the Pop Bumper Caps. These glue to the bottom of the caps. The bottom LEDs light up that area of the playfield. Since you have to move the ramp to install several of them if you choose to do it make sure you use lots of drops of super glue.
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Quoted from Mahoneyj:Just my opinion but if you go LED donthe GI in White as it’s much easier to see the ball.
I used a lot of cool white in my GI but used yellow under the slings and blue in the lower left because they fit the surrounding colors. I started with white under the slings but really like the change to yellow which I saw on a game at Pinball Expo.
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Quoted from reynolds531:Can anyone tell me where this missing lamp (#47 Tortuga) should be?
It's on the playfield (yellow lens) below the Port Royal light (red lens) and above the Timed Lock light (green lens). It is lit after the timed lock releases the ball(s) and you have multi-ball.
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Quoted from TheNecromancer:Well, it's home and set up. Game seems to play great.
Enjoy your game, POTC is lots of fun. If it still has the sneezeguard get Maffewl's PotC Airball Deflector to replace it. Another easy worthwhile mod is to use 3 or 4 layers of parchment paper under the heart letters to make them stand out when lit. See post 2443 for a better explanation.
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I finished making my POTC Topper. It has red flashers in the eyes and orange flashers pointing down. They flash when the pop bumpers are activated, when you get an extra ball and when you sink a ship. I’m not sure if I like the orange flashers and I may just remove them.
I wish to thank MT45 message #3209 who provided instructions on how to make this topper. I used a 15" ships wheel which is readily available on EBay rather the one from England which is hard to find.
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I used non ghosting Leds from Pinball Life in the inserts and standard Leds for GI. For GI I used frosted cool white bulbs except for by the kickers where I used frosted yellow. I have used Leds from Coin Taker, Pinball Life & Comet and have been happy with all of them. If you are changing the GI to Leds consider changing to colored rubber rings at the same time.
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I ordered DMDSkins™ Speaker Panel Overlays from Retro Refurbs for WOC, POTC, & Monopoly. These vinyl overlays are nice art additions to what should have been included when the games were manufactured. I suggested this type of product to the US game blade manufacturers several years ago, but they did not respond.
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Quoted from adamtoth:1. I got the Disney talking skull topper. Have seen some posts showing hooking it up to the GI lights so it kind of animates with the lighting. Anyone have instructions on that?
See MT45 post 3209 & my post 3274.
Quoted from adamtoth:I reached out to weirmods for the ship cannon led mod, but all the parts are gone. I'd love to DIY. If anyone has done this mod, do you have any pictures of it before installation or know which parts were used?
Message me your Email and I will send the instructions I received with the mod.
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