new to the club. got a JD in a trade last weekend. good shape. needs a little more power in the flippers and auto-plunger, however. almost need a perfect shot to go up the ramps and the starting plunge usually doesn't make it around the back orbit. it'll come down to the top-right shorty.

you guys think i just need new coil sleeves or something else?

thanks, buddy.

yeah, i don't think iphones work.

was that an oxymoron?

i think the transmitter is usually white, right? receiver, black.

i have found the "just needs sleeves" idea to be as misleading as the "JD is a $1400 game, brah" saying.

you'd have more than the crane magnet malfunctioning, if it was a fuse. there's a single fuse for all the high power coils on the power board. 105, i believe.

what hardware do i need to mount my topper with the bracket?

nothing is threaded already? just use whatever screws i have laying around? have topper; no bracket.

deadworld mod causing a few search modes and last night i had two balls getting shot out into the shooter lane. i assume it's related. is it hard to go back to original deadworld? i have the ring and rom. came in the trade.

anybody have a list of what lights had color condoms on them back in '93? just the ones for the crime scene inserts?

yes, it is. i never noticed that in 1 year of looking at manuals. tyvm.

actually, my older wpc's don't show colors in the manual. that must have been something they started with superpins or the dcs models.

yeah, i see, but i'm wondering about the mounting hardware (screws, etc.).

why in the manual does it show the left and right auto-plunger assemblies with the coils installed opposite of each other? i'd think you'd want them both the same. how are your guys' setup?

anybody have an extra, new/used sniper tower plastic? pm me, if you do, please. ty.

i got mine from marco. hopefully it holds up.

got my new shooter lane plastic on. i was pretty excited. then i put my playfield up against the backbox for some maintenance and heard a snap. cracked right in half. now i'm sad.

here's my new JD club member update:

auto-plunger is fixed. wrong sleeve was installed. plunger was scraping on the middle bracket.

eagle is mounted. got the hardware list off marco here: http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-17468.

removed deadworld mod. definitely less cool now, but want a working baseline while i fix everything else.

still need help with my weak left flipper, however. hardware looks like a rebuild. everything has the correct play to it. correctly spaced off my bushing. i cleaned the button optos.

i tested resistance over the coil. i got ~121 left and ~126 on the right side. would that make a difference? it's the correct coil #, doesn't have a williams label on it though. really, if i can get this fixed, i'll have a nice little JD on my hands.

i see what you mean, i think. i went center lug to each side this time. 125.5 and 4.1. upper left and bottom right showed ~130 and ~4, both are williams labeled. need new coil, you think?

i took the flipper assembly apart again and replaced the coil sleeve. it was okay, but you never know. i also removed the opto board out of the cabinet to check solder joints, etc. i cleaned the optos, again. seems to be better now. maybe a little sticky at eos, but i can tell there's more power.

during my maintenance today, i broke the crane drop opto mounting bracket off the left ramp. i'm temporarily holding it in place with a zip-tie currently. without replacing the ramp, are there any recommended workarounds for that? mount some spacers into the side wood over there?

nobody has rigged something up for that? i was thinking of using the same setup the shooter lane plastic has, with those two nut pillars.

need a new lamp socket for under the plastic to the right of the meltdown captive balls. it's one of the bayonet style, under playfield types. could someone help me with a part #. there's a million different types when i search.

the manual doesn't show gi lamps and sockets, at least from what i could find. either way, i ordered a short, under playfield style, 2-lug bayonet socket. i think it'll work. thanks, buddy.

i also ordered some spacer/mounting hardware similar to the shooter lane plastic stuff for my crane drop opto bracket that broke off the ramp. i'll post results.

worked out pretty good:
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and i had some fun painting:
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that's just with red. can't wait to put some green and yellow in there.

createx transparent red, just brushing it on with detailing brushes. i also learned a pretty cool trick. a little naphtha on tp/tissue works like an eraser. you have to rub pretty hard, but it can remove mistakes and is really sweet when trying to blend or shade.

thanks for the compliment. yeah, i'm pretty stoked. unfortunately, now i'm going to wanna do the other side, which i thought was pretty decent before this.

did the green, redid the helmet red, added highlights on the bike and improved some blending. the green is sketchy in spots, mostly the knee pad. since it was green on blue, however, it's not that noticeable. it's tough to get an even layer of this paint with the little brushes i have before it starts to coagulate. that's why i redid the helmet. still waiting for my yellow to arrive.
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my wife orders them off amazon. i'm like, whatever, keep em coming!

not sure how i'm going to do skin tone.

has anyone experienced balls getting stuck right at the top of the subway, under playfield section? i need to investigate, but it looks like there's a little groove in their on the metal section, that the ball gets hung up on. a little wiggle gets it going, but i don't wanna lose my bonus points to a tilt. know what i'm saying?

i was thinking superbands would hold up good there, being harder material.

http://cointaker.com/t/rubber-rings-by-superbands

and i'm not even affiliated . i guess they'd hold up better than titans. anything's possible though.

manual is a good start.

p2-33 (p101).

i replaced backbox and gi incandescents with natural white led's. i feel like it took away from some of the colors on it, especially the backbox. you guys think warm whites would bring it back much or should i try some color matching?

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here's a list of everything you need:

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-17468

i can give you that, at least.

i pulled the board out, cleaned properly, thus reseated the connector and replaced coil sleeve. it's way better now. it'll stick at eos a little. going to try a new return spring.

what's the highest L rom you can get with deadworld lock?

there are times i feel like my flippers just aren't all there, then i'll have some good games where it feels like butter. it's probably me just not hitting the sweet spot on the ramps. it used to be the left flipper and the right ramp, now it's the opposite. the ramp designs are a bit unorthodox, especially the length of the right one. what do you guys think?

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-17468

my pleasure. those are the easy ones.

almost like black light.

rebuild them. the links are probably ancient.

had a message tonight to check switch 61, globe position #1. took me a while to locate it, but once i did i unseated the board and tested: no dice. i cleaned it, and it started working. my question is, the plastic collar down there with the slots that let those optos open, does that thing ever need adjusting/calibrating?

same issue here. my daughter hasn't played super game in a while.

same issue here.

not bright at all; looks good.

i think it's just parts from TSPP.

sniper tower. first piece goes on top of the big right hand ramp. second is gi cover, towards the back.

sounds like trough optos. the game thinks there's too many balls or not enough.

has all the parts listed:
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-17468

no, you just have to remove the shooter lane plastic, and that has nothing to do with the topper being installed.

anything closed in switch test? what code are you running?

if the optos test successfully, it might just be because you haven't played super game in a while.

if you have a shooter lane plastic, be careful not to bend and snap it on the backbox when you put the playfield up for maintenance.

and you have to play super game every once in a while or he will tell you to check ball trough optos.

i have this coming up soon with my Diner. i have two target banks. not looking forward to it...

need to match your flipper bats, son.

there's always something else.

not sure you'll find an original.