They call it a bracket, but it's likely non-conductive "fish paper" to protect against shorting out to the higher voltage coil wiring. Not sure if you can find the exact part number, but Marco has plenty of items that I'm sure you could make work. https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=fish%20paper

You should also install a fuse in-line with the voltage wiring going to the coil to protect the board if the diverter ever binds.

Ok perfect thanks very much. I kind of thought so because I could see in the playfield pictures here on pinside they aren’t in the later versions of the game. Do you happen to have a picture of how they are wired?

I had thought about fish paper, however the bulletin asks you to bend the insulating bracket as a means to adjust the resting position of the diverter arm. I can't imagine fishpaper working for that. I was thinking about just picking up some thin angle bracket from home Depot and drilling some holes. Something that retains the angle of the bend. But who knows. Thanks for the input!

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Here is some pictures. Hope it helps with making one.

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Blah. Made the mistake of waiting around for his super slow responses and missed out. So I guess I'm back on the prowl. He said he doesn't have the actual gate switches.. which is weird because he definitely has at least one of the gates... Meh

I'm doubting there's any way to repair this in any way, but does anyone know if it's possible to buy JUST this leaf?
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//Edit I soldered it back together and started trying to adjust again. Couldn't get it to move worth a damn... Then it broke again. So I'm pretty sure I'm back to either sourcing a leaf or an entire switch stack.

Thanks for that! Looks like it's welded on to the bracket. I'll figure something out and make it work.

I've seen that you can use the gottlieb part as a substitute for the spinner switches. May have to move the mounting location a bit and add a diode, but other than that, should work. https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=+B-18807 or http://www.actionpinball.com/parts.php?item=B-18807

Yeah, I ended up ordering one. I went to replace my pop cap (Evo + starburst red cap looks AWESOME) last night and found that my lower right flipper suddenly isn't working and that wonderful left gate that WAS working fine is suddenly getting stuck and keeping the ball from falling through. So I might just beat it with a hammer at this point.

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Hello fellas, is there a Rom update for F-14. Recently did one on DE SW. World of a difference in game play...Just wondering....

Probably a broken wire at the upper right flipper.

You son of a...

Don't you have an eight ball deluxe to be working on?! Oh, wait, I have all the stuff you need in my garage....

This project is almost a wrap! New playfield, mirrored back glass, LED display, black powder coated armor/ramps, PDI Glass...etc the list goes on The pin that got me into the hobby has been beautified..It’s special to me that is why I dumped so much time and $$$$ into it ..loving my blacked out F-14, just a few tweaks left..Enjoy
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Beauty!

I like the blades!! About the only other thing id like to add to mine. Nice job!

Man that looks sharp wrapped in black!

Awesome! You all finishing your restorations are making me envious!

So in my haste to get my EOS switch swapped out the iron rested against the capacitor... will this be an immediate issue that needs to be addressed, or can some playing take place while waiting for the part to arrive?

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I don’t think it will be an issue. I doubt that wrecked it. I could be wrong though. I think it basically just reduces the spark at contact so I think it will be fine.

Thanks, that’s what I was thinking/hoping - just wanted some confirmation from folks smarter than me.

Excited to get these flippers up and running again on this game

fantastic work!!!what is your model of led for your GI ?how many led need for complete playfield? thanks.

Here's one for the group....

I like to have my F14 on attract mode because I enjoy the sounds that come on sporadically. But there's one sound (the main background music) that when it comes on, it never ends. It gets kind of annoying after 20 minutes. Does anyone else have this issue? I would love to figure out why it does this and if there's a solution.

Thanks.

From my understanding that's just part of attract mode. More than one person has told me "..Just wait until it goes into its 20 minute attract mode..."

Mine doesn't go on forever, it does stop and go into other sequences. Not sure why yours will not stop.

I had a highspeed that would randomly do that. I think there was a thread on it on pinside where someone else was having the issue. I’ll see if I can find it.

where did you get your plastic set?

Hey Gang, having an issue. My game starts up but when you plunge the ball it goes up drops into the first lock area, instead of firing it out it acts as if the ball drained and moves onto the next ball. I replaced the 4amp fuse at F2 to no avail. Any other recommendations?
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Does it ever eject the ball out of the lock spot? Does that coil fire when it should during solenoid test mode?

Did you check the fuse just above the board that f-2 is on. In your pic it's hiding behind the red, orange and black wires.

No it wont eject it out of the lock, or any of the locks nor do they fire in testing.

Got my old F-14 shopped out, was long overdue. My pins have certainly benefited from this lockdown.

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Looks great! I'm making progress on some things also. My F14 needs some definite attention, but it's further down the list I'm afraid.

If anyone wants an over the top resto this is still available
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive/92236

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Nice looking machine!!

I noticed you have light boards under the arrow inserts. Mine have sockets for each of the arrows?

Mine has light boards also for the arrow inserts.

It's not that unusual at all, I'm not sure when they switched over but there are plenty examples of both in the wild.

Two down, 96 million more to go. These front ones were... Uh... Interesting in how they were secured together.

Both stacks disintegrated in my hands as I tried to remove the blade, so I had to reassemble completely from scratch. I really hope the remaining 18 don't do the same.

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The blues...oh my! Side note: it's waaaaay too cramped where these lower switch stacks are, ugh!

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Blues all done, 6 reds tomorrow and then I have to wait to do my middle (1-3 left and 4-6 right) in yellow until I have them back.

At least, I think I'm going yellow.. It's that or green.. Depends on what gets used on my eight ball deluxe I guess..
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brought my F14 home yesterday & shopping for parts now. (rubbers, LEDs, coil sleeves, springs, etc) almost done working on my Police Force so I figured I better get the F14 materials on the way. very excited to get to work on this one.

KSUWildcatFan I found a bent nail holding one of mine together the other day. What did you end up using to secure them?

#6 screws (3/4") with kepnuts. It's snug, but works.

Pics from my high speed, but I'm following the same guidelines.

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I need to replace my right gate switch, completely at this point. I bought the Gottleib part with intention of just stealing the blade off it and now I've got two piles of switch parts.

Is there any way to buy replacement 'tube' pieces for these Williams switches? I can probably reconstruct this stupid stack if it's possible to buy replacements of those.

Literally just went and did that... thanks

My project for this morning was getting the displays back nice and snug.

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Looking good! That bent nail fix is hilarious, but it works.... Lol

Every single target I've replaced thus far on this machine has caused the entire stack to fall apart in my hands. I've gotten used to just keeping the rivets (loosely) in place while I position my hands to deal with everything that's come apart. Usually it's the stupid target blade clinging to the inner plastic tube pieces. I slightly wallow out the holes on all my new target blades prior to install for this very reason.

Still 6 more red to go and 6 white. Bleh.

Unfortunately since I destroyed my right gate switch entirely, I've broken the connection on several things (like the microswitch for the right middle ball eject) and more or less rendered my game inoperable for now. Sigh.

I’ll take the old PF. Looks better than mines,...

I’m curious to see what you end up doing with your right gate switch. I had to do some adjusting of mine as it wasn’t registering during play. I was terrified I was going to snap it and end up in the same situation... thankfully it didn’t. Just some dirty contacts and the gap was way too open. Operating as it should now.

Btw, where’d you get those targets? Wife walked by and said... “you should do that”

I hate that switch, so damn much. Someday I'll get it right and I'll never have to touch the damn thing again. Until then, I hate it.

Hahahahahaha, suckerrrrrrrr!!!!

http://pinball-mods.com/oscom/product_info.php?products_id=55{1}25

Don't forget to grab clear pop bodies while you're there, I think he's the only guy selling them:

http://pinball-mods.com/oscom/product_info.php?products_id=42{1}70

I went with frosted clear since nobody seems to sell the plastic piece that actually sits ON the playfield and thus, shows through the bumper body a bit. Looks fine if the pop has white art under it but I imagine it looks less great on a non-white background.
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https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/03-7007-14A

As always, you're the MVP.

I'm buying 9 million of these stupid things.