well, should be soon in this club, thats means 11 pages (not too much) to read... 
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after a full morning cleaning...
1st feedback : cab is the same as all cabs of 25 years, a bit faded (mostly the red), some scratches, wear and small wood parts missing... electronics seems OK, display is very nice, and more important as i'm a player and not a collector, the playfield still got his original mylar ! well only few parts not protected are used
and than it plays very smoothly
easy pin, but did the trick near my MET, as i wanted something else/different & quite "old"
photos album :
https://plus.google.com/photos/110304160913314353072/albums/6125682131076298881
lets partyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
after today "under playfield" cleaning (bulbs & inserts)... its very nice 
and of course, HOT for sure
btw, as said already, pin is (too) easy, especially ramps & lock
will try to find a good compromise (because of my wife & friends not playing as me/my son), with only 1 EB limit, no letter for ELVIRA & reset, no player steal for ELVIRA
pity about the LOCK steal we cant set up
and i dont find how to setup this (seems there's simply no way) : when missing the EB on the right ramp, EB is still directly available at next ball, i want to have this OFF and rebuild all the sequence... but !?
Quoted from kyle5574:I use the PAPA settings. Doesn't reset the EB, but does make it a bit more challenging. I reset Elvira letters back to nothing every game. That makes it a good challenge for me to get that 3M shot. Considerably harder than getting the 4M jackpot.
http://papa.org/learning-center/director-resources/directors/game-notes/#E
nice to know & read the PAPA settings, i was on the good way than...
tanx
much "better" as it, almost you have to sweat & battle with the pin to score... and already 21M
btw, i noticed that some pins have the small pop between flippers (my case), and some not !?
is this was an option for operators in that era (cause i dont see a hole on the PF on pins without it) ?
edit : 25M now, i love it !!!
(about the post)
well, i found few pics on the net, and also the VP version got one... but OK could be a "personnal add" !?
must say it doesnt help much, could remove it
or than put 2 STERN bat, they're a bit smaller than these special Bally with marks...
i have also added a powerball in it
and yes, outlanes are hard, may be we can join the TWD topic for that (lol)
Quoted from RipleYYY:i have also added a powerball in it
very nice in game... but very bad idea, air/jump balls, better remove before breaking something, pity 
Quoted from kyle5574:The three flashers behind Elvira on the translight don't light very bright in the solenoid test or in play. Is this normal? They're Solenoid 9.
same here...
more info on this ?
yes, just tested here the same...
and with Kyle infos, i did check more closely all the BG flashers, seems its an electrical power prob, as where there're 3 flashers in the same time (as elvira) its very weak, where there're 2, just OK, and 1 its very bright
than, changing just 1 bulb with 1 LED in these series makes the trick
2 weeks later
lol & tanx guys...
3 balls, my other scores are 25+21+21, my son just did 20 (not enough lol)
yes ramp are the way to go, and its a quite easy pin when you "get" these shots, thats why i set to 1EB max else with factory settings i was stacking EB, and it was not funny at all
ok, a small prob...
when i bought the pin, get quickly the F4 fuse (2.5A) of the powerdriverboard which blows, it command coils as the slingshots, the reset JAM targets, the hole eject on the right ramp...
having no 2.5A i did put a 3A on it and play without a prob until i could buy some new fuse, and of course put back in the 2.5A as told on the manual
yesterday, after getting my hi-score, i only get 2 knockers (instead of the usual 3), i forget about it thinking it was nothing important... and did not play more
today, wanna play a game, and than directly notice the F4 was blew again, then surelly the knocker coil is also on that line, and it blew yesterday after my hi-score (seems logical) !?
my son also report 2 times, that when setting on the pin, the knocker goes (this never happend to me)
than (i'm bad at repairing, correct me if needeed) :
- the knocker coil could have a prob, and thats my prob with the F4 blow fuse !?
- is it really (really) risky to put there a 3A instead of the 2.5A !?
... tanx
ok, done in that tech space
and dont envy my scores, we're all with diff skills, the most important is having fun while playing
may be you could ask Robin to add some new "hi score topics" than
those made with the glass off, those made with rubbers on outlanes, but also those made with the glass off AND rubbers on outlanes
1 week later
ok, just beat my score for a small margin (snif & lol), but the most important is again, i blow the F4 fuse when should have the 3 knockers as only 2 goes, and yes, the fuse blowed
than, now we know that coil is (linked to) "my" prob, but why is this blowing with 3 knocks but not with 1... !?
will set the pin with 1 knock only everywhere, and see how it goes
1 week later
ok, got my GI leds this week-end, and than made the mod on my pin, did it the other way as some others guys, GI+BG in leds, inserts remain with bulbs, to keep that fading efx on the PF
of course, some will love it, some will hate it, its less than 1 hour to change it back to its original state
(pictures didnt do tribute to how it looks in real)
1 month later
better to ask here i think
ok than, let's admit EATPM is one of the best (or its just THE best) sys11 ever created
what do you think of ES ? not only the theme & ambiance, but also the gameplay ? must admit i'm hot for it
and what about space station, which i really dont know & just curious about ?
tanx
6 months later
well, we already spoke about that, but without being sure if some pins were "originally" equiped with
mine got it, was installed when i bought it, and of course the 2 steel rails under flippers were off...
old pics...
https://picasaweb.google.com/110304160913314353072/ElviraATPM#6127171268700322066
https://picasaweb.google.com/110304160913314353072/ElviraATPM#6188382866250786658
when i have to open the pin, will do some more about that particular area
Quoted from Bohdi:Guides should be fine there. Thats exactly how my Cyclone was setup and it worked fine. Check at the IPDB. Plenty of pics of machines setup that way, and came from the factory like that.
yep, but not more as he wanna ad a mini post in the middle, meaning not enough space, even more on right side
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