Finally joined the club last week. Had some basic issues which we fixed, and upgraded to color DMD, but two issues remain...

1) The left flipper was very weak when I got it. Tried to fix, but nothing helped so I just ordered a brand new "flipper kit" from Pinball Life ( Flipper Rebuild Kit - Williams/Bally 08/1993-10/1998 ) and replaced it. Worked fine...for about 5 minutes but now it's back to being the same weak-ass flipper as before (doesn't get up right ramp ever, barely pushes ball). The coil was a new one, from its appearance. Any idea what the issue may be at this point??

2) The only speaker that worked when I got it was the one under the playfield. But it was almost pure bass, couldn't hear much. The 2 top speakers weren't working at all. My friend noticed a short in the left speaker (two wires sticking out, seem to have touched the inside of speaker, looked fried). Once again, I went ahead and ordered a brand new speaker set from Flipper Fidelity ( Williams/Bally Complete Replacement Speaker System for WPC93/DCS Machines ) and replaced them entirely but once again, the top speakers STILL don't work. My friend checked all the fuses and they were all in working order. When we switched the connector from the bottom speaker to the top speakers, they worked, but then the bottom one didn't work. Any suggestions on what to try next?

Thanks!

Checked this and it was okay.

For the speaker, we went through the entire board but couldn't find shit that was problematic.

For the flipper, my friend came over today (yes, some people are still doing that, hehe) and he checked the voltage on the 4 flippers and they all showed around 46 (they're all 50v) EXCEPT for the left flipper with the issues, which only showed it working at 30v (when game was on). It was also "warming up" to the touch, much faster/hotter than the other 3 flippers. Would you assume that means there's a SHORT in the coil for that flipper and to replace the coil at this point? (it's a blue coil)

I'm still having problems with my left flipper. Almost no power. We replaced it with a new flipper kit. Still the same. We removed the optos and cleaned them up, still the same issue (doesn't go up right ramp at all). Someone told us to try and SWITCH SIDES for the optos but that doesn't look like it would work as they are 2 different optos and seemingly meant to be on their proper side (see pics below). Any suggestions?

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Thanks so you're suggesting we "test it" to see if the opto is the problem so that we can order a new one if that's the case, right?

Marco also has some in stock at $8 a pop: https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/31-1794-1

I too would appreciate this!

Hey everyone! I was looking to powder-coat the JUDGE DREDD legs, what color would you guys suggest? Also, if you know of any online pictures of other JDs that have power-coat already, I've love to check them out since I'm more of a "visual" guy. Thanks!

Loving my Dredd, but one part of the playfield that always bothered me was the mechanics of the Deadworld always staring you in the face, not very pretty (left orbit shot, right where the balls are picked up/magnetized). Can anyone point me in the direction of a cool MOD to place in front of those mechanics? I thought a MEGACITY ONE sign would be amazing right there. Anyone have something else blocking that stuff? Thanks!

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