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I’ll Steam Live tomorrow. I’m not a good player. Lol. But it will give you a look of the game with a PF Protector installed…. I have heard people say that the ball is really not rolling, that it is actually sliding which appears to make it go faster.

Might be a dumb question, but did you leave the factory mylar on there under the playfield protector?

yep. looks fine.

It has beginning signs of planking, original reason why I wanted it PF protected. I'm very happy with it. Completely reversible. Also did BSD for the same reason.

Yeah put one on my TAF due to some planking and insert wear. My Demo man playfield is fine so no need.

I can understand both sides when it comes to playfield protectors. However, its not for all games imo. Ive seen too often in tournaments that balls get stuck between end of protector and ramp.

Thankfully my dm has a very nice pf and shiny balls.

I have tried adding the new U6 revision chip to my vulgar setup and my machine just keeps resetting whenever I press a button inside the coin door. If I put my U6 home chip back in I have no problems
Is the chip I’ve received at fault here? Can someone send me a chip they know works in their machine?

If you are going from production to home, there are a whole bunch of extra sound roms to go in as well.. not sure if you have the complete set?

I have a complete set of vulgar speech roms I’ve been using for a while. Wanted to update to the Soren code U6 chip only which changes the claw awards in particular but keeps the vulgar speech sounds I already have

Anyone know where to find part numbers A-18001-2 (the flat spring inside of the handles) and 02-4546 (the button head screws for the handles)?

Hmm. Yeah that is odd then.
All I can think of is to factory reset and clear memory.
Maybe the rom is faulty?

I think the rom is faulty - hence asking if anyone can send me one

Oh yeah.. Must have missed that.

Yeah assuming your pinside location, hopefully someone near you can help... Or if you have access to a programmer maybe you could dump the rom for someone to verify?

When I ordered my updated ROM (version 7.0), I recall I had to specifically ask for the vulgar speach vs the stardard...did you order that one?

Yes I did order the vulgar speech one

Anyone know a source for a floating eyeball? Everywhere I'm looking is out of stock.

https://www.pinball.center/en/shop/pinball-parts-by-game/demolition-man/9571/floating-orange-eyeball-for-demolition-man-20-9935?c=0

Get me one too.

Need help. My demoman left lower flipper doesn’t stay up when the button is pressed. It flickers up and down a few times and then drops. Any advice would be appreciated as I am new to this hobby. Thanks

Could be a few things. You need to lift the playfield and check the mechanism. Can take pics and report back here.

Will do. Thanks

Does it do it from the trigger handles or only the cab button?

Im gonna say its the opto on the cab button.

I'd bet you a warm cup of coffee that your diode on that flipper coil needs to be reflowed!
I route mostly B/W pins and that happens!

Both button and handles.

Ok ill check that. Thanks

I had this on the upper left flipper. Turned out to be a broken pin on the ribbon cable connector on the fliptronics board.

Wire came unsoldered on the coil for the low power..

Wow, you hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what happened. I put the wire back and wrapped
it in electrical tape to test the flipper and it works as it should. I have someone coming to solder it back
next week and check the rest of the solder joints. Thanks again for your help.

Sometimes I get this.Sound Board Interface Error

I have the latest ROMS with vulgar speech. Seems to be no problem. But I have the credit dot.

Home made topper...lol.

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love it.

I would do them in any color you like.

Yes, I design all of my Williams flipper toppers (and other brands with raised logos/letter like Data East) with a pocket in them to accommodate the flipper bat logo.

Id be interested in a set of blue ones for sure

Demo Man Ramp Update.

I have completed all 6 molds needed to replace all the vacuum formed pieces on Demo Man. Today I successfully formed 5 of the 6 pieces, the only exception being the large right diverter ramp. I will need to form this one on my larger machine which is currently set up to run the Comet Center ramps. I hope to form the Comet ramps tomorrow and then form the last Demo Man ramp next.

Some of the ramps were quite challenging to make molds for due to the elevation changes and the Cryo-Claw was the most difficult.

Once I have all the pieces formed, I will hand finish all pieces to test fit in my friend's game.

I was given pretty decent original pieces to make my molds from, however I found that virtually all of the pieces were cracked and quite fragile. I will make all 6 pieces with plastic thicker than the originals and I do not anticipate any fitment problems.

Will post photos soon. Had someone request a transparent blue for the Cryo-Claw and will be dying some Space Station ramps in the next couple days, so I'll slip one in.

Thanks to all for your patience!....Mark

Exciting update! Thank you for the great products!

In need of the right side longer metal side wall ramp entrance protector for the upper flipper ramp A-17785. (circled in red)

Or may buy your used entire ramp set-up

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Wow, is yours missing completely?

If you don’t ever use the 2 regular flipper buttons you may get a Credit Dot. Just learned this myself. Jajajaja.

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Those protectors are not hard to fabricate. They are generally made from 24 gauge stainless. While my donor for the ramps sent me fully populated ramps, he did not give me the entrance protectors. I'll be a little distracted for this week as the NW Pinball Show is this coming weekend.

I am hand finishing the Car tunnel, left ramp, the center ramp, the subway piece and the Cryo-Claw ramp today. I still need to form and finish the large right diverter ramp. Not sure if I will have time this week to test fit the ramps or if my friend will be available.

But, that said, when I do visit him for the test fittings, if he has the protector you (@GraniteStatePin) need, I will borrow it and make you one.

Question....

I am hand finishing the car tunnel piece today and discovered something. I was given two car tunnels to use for the molds and just discovered a difference in the two. See attached photo. One tunnel piece has 3 cut-outs in the top and one has four (Fourth circled in red). Not uncommon to see variances in ramps, but given the visibility of this piece, I do not want to cut and extra hole if not necessary.

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Weird. I can't see any use for that unless it was a prototype where they had something else in mind?

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Thanks... I do not have the actual game here, but are any of the slots in the top of the car tunnel necessary? If not, would sure look cleaner without them.

Only reason I can see would be to test the optos. There is one opto for each car front, and then a standup target at the end of the tunnel. You could sort of test without the slots in front of the cars from the sides.. Top one might be a little tricky from that angle. .

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Thanks!...Knew there had to be a good reason!

Thanks so much!

Just a teaser....Hand finished 5 of the 6 pieces today. Just need to form the large right Diverter ramp which I will do tonight or tomorrow. Once I have all the pieces ready, I will go to a friends to test fit, but that likely won't be until early next week as everyone local is in Pinball Show mode!

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2 quick questions for anyone that wants to help. I'm almost totally done reassembling my machine, but for the life of me I can't find where one of the plugs goes! I even labeled the darn thing, but can't find the match. It is made up of 2 green and one white wires coming off of the claw assembly ending in a 2 pin connector. Where does it go?! Any photos would be of great help. Other question is where does the "black rubber bumper grommet" listed as part 23-6535 in the manual go? The diagram gives it label A, but doesn't actually show it anywhere.

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Just awesome!

you can determine which switch it goes to by the color wires...look up the switch matrix in the manual and where those two color wires intersect, thats the switch it goes to..most likely a ramp switch on the upper playfield is my guess based on the fact its in a molex connector...Not sure about that bumper you've listed...that part is just a regular metal post bumper no? which diagram are you looking at?

The wires are for the Capture Simon switch, but I can't find where they connect to for the life of me. I actually labeled all of the connections before I took it apart, so it is there somewhere! Really don't want to have to take the whole claw area to pieces.

The diagram I'm looking at is from the manual on page 2-41. Interestingly, there is a seller on ebay with a different diagram that seems to show where the part goes. It looks like an oem diagram, but I can't find it anywhere else. If it a post bumper, why does it only call for 1 when there are 2 metal posts? 30 year old manual typo?