Eight Ball Champ
Bally, 1985I am putting together an Eight Ball Champ for a friend and have a broken pawl on the upper right flipper. Looking around all i have found is Pinball Resource stating this one game from that era has unique hardware . Has anyone replaced it with something close that can be modded ?
Thank for any help in advance.
bump.
I'm shopping out one now. It seems like the flipper mechs are unobtanium. It seems like the only 6803 game that didn't use linear flipper mechs. Anybody have any ideas on where to get new parts (plunger, etc)? I've checked all the usual sites: pinball resource, Marco, Bay Area, etc. and have come up blank. Please help
Bump again since this remains unanswered.
I spoke with Steve at Pinball Resource about replacing the compression springs on my EBC flippers, and he told me that the older KT-BFLIP-03 kit works for EBC if I wanted to do a full rebuild. The geometry of the link is a little bit different (rectangle vs "A" shape), but it looks to me like someone prior to me installed the PBR plunger/link assembly and it works fine in my EBC after I replaced the compression springs. The new springs are a little bit heavier than what was on my machine when I bought it and would not always keep the flippers all the way down before replacement.
It seems like the link is at least close enough to the same as OEM that any difference could be accommodated by adjusting the flippers.
The difference in the shape of the link might reduce the ability of your existing return spring to work, so I would get Steve's springs at the same time as the plunger/link assy. The springs were less than a buck each, Item No. WIL-10-135.
pasted_image (resized).pngOn my EBC the lower flippers are like the ones above(not linear) and the upper flipper is the linear flipper style(like most 6803 games). The lower flipper parts seem to be interchangeable with older Bally flipper parts.
Quoted from tjc02002:On my EBC the lower flippers are like the ones above(not linear) and the upper flipper is the linear flipper style(like most 6803 games). The lower flipper parts seem to be interchangeable with older Bally flipper parts.
Weird. The only difference between my two right flippers is the extra switch on my lower flipper to control the upper one, just like the screenshot of the manual above. They have the same plunger/link, spring, bracket, bearing, lever arm assy, everything. I have EBC Serial Number 764. I guess maybe some individual machines used the "new and improved" linear type (or somebody did you a favor and "upgraded" your flipper assembly).
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