has anyone put in colored LEDs on an ES playfield? I've thought about it, but the color scheme is a little random compared to my TZ and pinbot, where it's pretty easy to do colored LEDs in a nice way. was thinking maybe just some warm white bullets from comet pinball.

Yup. Did the inserts with color matched LEDs, and cool white for gi.

WTB an ES backglass... for player cond machine. Need not be pristine. Hoping someone who replaced theirs with a repro and kept the old one for a spare may be willing to part with it. New to forum, signed on primarily for this reason.. tried to order a repro and company now says not avail and order can't be processed

mine actually has cool whites in it, but they are ablaze from pinballlife and am thinking some nice comet domed LEDs would be better.
http://www.cometpinball.com/product-p/2smdfd.htm

I just used the retros from cointaker. Very happy with them!

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Any Idea why my pops wont work on mine. No one, so far, has been able to find a reason for them to not be working.

Need some more information please. Fuses checked and OK? Power at the coils? Transistors been tested and verified good? Switches showing up in switch test? Are they gapped properly?

I am in! I got a hold of prototype serial number 2 that has been beaten to death and restored flawlessly.

It is now P-ROCed and will be at Expo this year for your enjoyment.

http://www.pinballcontrollers.com/forum/index.php?board=33.0

--Scott

Fuses good, no power at coils Transistors good. The coils are just not getting power.

These are all daisy chained for power. Start checking for breaks in the wiring along the power wires. Check your manual for what color wires to look for, and the associated plugs.

Did you check the fuse under the playfield? Other than that, find out where the daisy chain of voltage stops. There could be a board problem that could affect them all, but I think you'd end up with them locked on instead of unpowered. Either way, find out where the power is first.

Howdy, new to the club (just picked mine up Wednesday night). Can someone post me a picture of what this area is supposed to look like, because it doesn't look right and I have already had one stuck ball here (under the black band):
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Thanks!

Oh, and is this ball back stop supposed to put so much pressure on the plastic? Its pushing up on it and has scrapped some of the image off:
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There should be two rubbers where the single black one is. Note that there are two grooves in the playfield posts there. Should be one rubber above the other to keep the balls out.

Not quite that much. The metal stop gets bent up over time from ball impacts, but it is very tight to the plastic to begin with.

Edit: Welcome to the club. EARTHSHAKER!

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Awesome, thanks for the fast response! One more question in regards to my first photo. The top slingshot post seems to high, right? The plastic should lay flat and not bend upwards. I am wondering if I need a shorter metal post or if something else is amiss.

Good question. Oddly I have that same issue and have never figured it out. I have some spacers on the tops of the shorter posts.

Mine is even - but on mine the short posts are double rubber posts so they are taller.

I have been in the club for a couple years. Sinking building mod, full LED's, CPR backglass.

This winter it is getting a playfield refresh with touchup and clearcoat. It's next on my list.

Yeah, i really should tear down my playfield and clean it. The rubber behind the drop targets need replacing and it looks like everything has to come off to get at them. I just wanna play it though lol.

Earthshaker is a BEAR to shop, especially when removing posts.

Even harder to purchase.

Does anyopne know of an exact list of amounts and sizes of the metal posts that go into the t-nuts??

I have several broken ones and have not kept them after dismantling thinking there was a complete list available somewhere. Little did I know......

hopeful awaiting.....

I haven't seen anything detailing this out yet, but will keep my eyes open.

Does anyone know if there is a specific shooter spring needed for this game? I can't seem to make it past the 50K skill shot, but all the other ramps are hittable, so I don't think its the angle of the pin. Maybe I just need a stronger spring?

Marcos has a variety of springs and they relate the pinball to the spring when you dig into the individual product details. They just don't have a spring related to Earthshaker.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=shooter+springs

I bought one of every color since they were so cheap. In the end I opted to go with the Red spring. It gave me enough power to make it to 100k and even over if I wasn't careful.

I think there has to be - My skill shot was too easy - I rarely overshot the 100k mark.

Manual shows this one.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/10-148-2

Ahhh, perfect. I must have overlooked it in the manual. Highest tension, that makes sense.

Mine had the shooter rod off center and that caused the ball to bounce back and forth as it went up the shooter lane at random making the skill shot impossible to hit consistently. Some times a full plunge would go right past everything and others it would barely make 50k.

This happened to me too. The shaker motor made the playfield scoot over to the left just a little, and it was enough to make the plunger not hit the ball squarely in the center.

That is bizarre! Can't wait to play it at Expo. I don't know if I'd be willing to throw down $1300 in a PROC system to run it, but I dig it (especially the new lightning light show during start of multiball).

Is it possible to have new code, but still run the old sounds? I don't know that I'd want to not have the ability to go back to stock.

My new code has the original code in it as well. Don't worry, I am not distributing it and should not get sued.

Back in the club (3rd time). Got a sample playfield in a production cab (may redecal it). Does anyone have a lead on a CPR backglass? Never bought one at the time as I never thought I'd be having another!

Welcome back. Just out of curiosity, what is different on your Sample playfield vs. a Production one?

sinking building, institute windows have no transparent border, decal on left ramp goes to end of the ramp, upstand on right plastic is white not transparent. Also should be light blue cabinet (but mine is dark blue).

Oh gotcha, I thought you meant you had chances to your actual playfield. I know on my prototype, I have a few differences in the insert text. Was just curious if some of the sample games had that as well.

After dumping the eighty dollars on a right side ramp and assessing a bangaroo headache I used dry wall tape over the crack and finished it off by placing the new stock ramp and sticker (May be a decal.), inside the cabinet. Feel free to try this tip yourselves.

I love this game and happy to be a member of this club! Only pinball machine I've ever regretted selling and bought another one. I've had two JMs, but didn't miss it really. Good game, but apparently my girlfriend's favorite, so I bought another to have for her. Addams Family was only upgraded to the Gold because of the deal I got. So, ES stands as the only true regret sell in 33 machines!

I am not at home, but I scanned all my photos of my last teardown and I don't see DETOUR anywhere.

How is the rebuild coming along??
Wondering if you, by any chance, still haven't started and are able to count the different sorts of metal posts that go into the two types of T-nuts and the amount per sort.

I've had broken ones during my teardown and have thrown those away immediately. Was expecting a list somewhere with sorts and amounts...duh NOT.

I know someone here was looking for one of these:

ebay.com link: Williams Earthshaker Pinball Machine Under Playfield Clean Ramp

Just wanted to thank Basement Arcades for making the sinking building mod available. I'm new to the pinball community, but as soon as I bought my Earthshaker, I knew I needed to have that mod.

I ordered it the first week of July (before I even had my Earthshaker delivered), and received it about mid-August. I held off installing it for a week or two since I have NO experience working on a pinball machine since I was concerned it might be over my head. After two weeks of staring at it, I broke down and figured I'd give it a shot.

What might have taken most only an hour or two to install took me much closer to four (that by no means is a shot at Basement Arcades, but a statement about my inabilities) with only two places on my body leaking blood as I finished the install. The instructions for installation were excellent and well done. My only problem ended up being the very end...where you screw the mod back into the board from underneath through a mass of wires. The first time I did it, it ended up too close to the opening and wouldn't go up or down without brushing up against the side of the hole. I took it back out and re-spaced it much better in the hole, and then re-screwed it back in. Now it works flawlessly and has made me enjoy the game even more than before.

I realize I got this at pretty much the end of the run of these...but I can't say how much I appreciate getting one. For those after me who want one....I'd just keep looking. I saw the same kit available on ebay for $12 more than I paid for mine not more than two weeks ago....so you never know.

Excellent mod!! Totally worth it.

Andretti

For those who have not installed this mod yet....do yourself a favor and pull the PF. The harness that runs next to where the building goes can leave very little room for slack, and you will save yourself blood and a ton of frustration by doing it with the PF out of the game. Removing it is not that bad.

Also, if you have repro ramps, remember to notch the main ramp!

I've seen this decal for sale as an Earthshaker part also, from multiple sellers. It was bugging me that I could not figure out where it went. Thanks for the solution. One (very minor) odd issue off the list!