Quoted from jkashani:

Anyone have any leads on obtaining the sinking building mod?

Quoted from roffels:

I don't recall seeing that one in my tear down. Only black plastic I remember was under the spiral ramp between the inlanes, but that one had rounded edges and two screw holes.

Quoted from SilverUnicorn:

Thanks everyone! I've shopped out games before, including some doozies like Capcom's Airborne, but it really seems like this is built differently.
I'll just have to go for it I guess. Will take lots of photos and hope for the best. I appreciate the links to other's photos.
Chris

Quoted from rmillman:

Good question. It's a tricky one, I've provided a picture. It goes inside of the subway, I'm guessing to protect it, or else to help with alignment. [quoted image]

Quoted from rmillman:

Impressive that's the only piece you can't figure out. I'm almost done putting mine together and I think I have a few unknowns that I will have to go back and look for.
BTW, there are a couple of grounding wires (bare) that come from the cabinet to the head, I cannot remember where they attach, if you can check that for me, it would be great.

Quoted from PinballGalore:

Can anyone point me to the correct stud/bumper post for this spot where the yellow rubber goes?
Thnx
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Quoted from Jrotten:

This one was about a 1-1/2 - 2 years ago. Maybe the new runs are different now?

Quoted from Jrotten:

CPR’s site description says mirrored. Their pics are just silver. I see the are not offering mirrored or non-mirrored anymore. Has anyone reached out to Kevin at CPR? If you look at the ES speaker skin page that is my sample game shown in the pic. Like I said, older run? Disappointing now for sure for all the others.

Quoted from Eric_Manuel:

Hello Earthshaker Pin people, hope everyone is doing great. I am restoring a machine which came to me in boxes of parts. Seriously. With the help of this page, and all the photos, I am been making progress getting this thing back together.
Several questions if I can: Where do these parts go???
Also, I am looking for a resource or alternative way to make the display masks. My Rottendog Display didn't have any. Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
Side note for those looking for parts, I currently have several listing on Ebay:
Almost complete set of plastics (some new) and 3 ramps (used) and a subway (used)
Also an Interconnect Board with the typical issues you likely know.
thank you so much again for any help you can share....
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Quoted from Eric_Manuel:

Hello Earthshaker Pin people, hope everyone is doing great. I am restoring a machine which came to me in boxes of parts. Seriously. With the help of this page, and all the photos, I am been making progress getting this thing back together.
Several questions if I can: Where do these parts go???
Also, I am looking for a resource or alternative way to make the display masks. My Rottendog Display didn't have any. Thoughts? Ideas? Suggestions?
Side note for those looking for parts, I currently have several listing on Ebay:
Almost complete set of plastics (some new) and 3 ramps (used) and a subway (used)
Also an Interconnect Board with the typical issues you likely know.
thank you so much again for any help you can share....
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Quoted from rmillman:

Can someone tell me where this goes? This is a grounding wire that is attached to the base of the left side of the head of the cabinet. I'm guessing it should be used to hold the main board and ground it, but it's been a long time and I don't have that picture.
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Quoted from Eric_Manuel:

I think Pinologist has it right, as it goes in the ramp (picture above).
Anyone have thoughts on the "Display Mask"?

Quoted from transprtr4u:

Trying to sort out the last issue with my restore.
ZONE 6
1) In switch test manually moving the gate triggers switch
2) in switch test manually sending a ball through the gate triggers the switch
3) all balls in start game lock first ball for multiball
ZONE 6 will not register when trying to get to second ball lock
Any assistance would be appreciated.

Quoted from tylery85:

I tried to search the forum and this thread specifically, but didn't find much on this topic. I've always had issues going all the way up the spiral ramp and returning down the left ramp. My machine had many issues when I got it and after rectifying the most crucial I have worked my way down to my spiral ramp. Unless I have my machine at a very low angle I have trouble getting the ball to make it to the top and come down the left ramp. My first observation was that I had a blue spring in the shooter lane, which I understand is a little stronger than factory and can only think that the previous owner added it to help 'fix' the issue. Considering that, it made me further question why I didn't have enough power to proceed to the top of the spiral ramp. I took the glass off and started shooting ball after ball to see the experience on the way up. I noticed the ball getting jarred away from the outside of the spiral somewhere between the first drop hole and second, where it then struggled to get to, let alone go past, the third hole drop. I took a look and sure enough my second drop hole has a crack starting at the top and working its way further up along the bottom right seam of the ramp. I can press down on that portion to completely separate the bottom part of the ramp from the right side and unless the ball goes so fast to avoid any connection with the upper part of the second hole, it will hit it, pushing it down, and prevent it from having enough speed to make it past the third hole.
I have a worthpoint account where I can view previously sold ebay auctions and between that and google, it seems like the most common issue with the spiral ramp is the second drop hole being cracked, which makes sense when you consider a heavy steel ball smashing it over and over.
I guess I have two questions. 1) I've heard reproduction ramps are thicker than stock and have their own issues because of which, but do these ramps have the same issue with the second hole cracking? and 2) is there a common method to fixing this crack or preserving a good spiral ramp to avoid this issue? Can I put it in place with super glue and smooth out any that surfaces in the way of the ball?
The photos show the crack at the top of the hole to the right and how as I press on it you can see it continues to open up the right part of the ramp, which I also imagine happens when a ball hits it. Thank you in advance! Please disregard how dirty the ramp is! It's all in progress.
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Quoted from tylery85:

So I ordered the plunger spring set from Marcos after this discussion along with some other parts (broken target etc) and finally had some time tonight to go under the hood. I think what may have confused me, and honestly is still confusing me, is some overlap in parts between Marcos and Pinball Life. The quoted above is from pinball life, but this attached photo shows the spring kit numbers from Marcos and it doesnt line up. Is the discrepancy solely due to which colors each company uses? I don't like the idea that on the forums people will say a blue spring is weaker than a green, but that is only true for pinball life whereas with Marcos springs green seems to be weaker. Also, part number "266-5001-07" in my quote shows the color as orange whereas Marcos shows the same part number as blue. And with the quoted pinball life above some numbers are "10-148-#" and others are "266-5001-0#", where in the Marcos photo all have a "10-148-#" and only a few have what I would think would the "266-5001-0#" equivalent.
The comment I got was that Earthshaker uses the red springs, which seems to be the same between Marcos and Pinball life, but wanted to make sure I wasn't crazy in that the color may not be the same between companies and its best to rely on part number. The blue spring I had in my machine appears to be the same strength as the one I got from Marcos. Maybe I'm overlooking something here. Thanks.
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