Got some more work done on F2K this weekend. I had a near disaster on Fri eve was installing the mini post between the flippers I had only screwed it in about three threads and it snapped off I had predrilled the hole. It just shattered like it was over hardened. I was able to drill from the back side and get it out and I put a mini post with a stud in it's place. I didn't even try to use the original stern mini posts above the two wire guides on the lower left and right sides. The new ones I put in went in fine. Sat I went in to work and made up the screen for the spinners and screened the star side.

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Went in this morning and did the S side. You may notice they aren't located in quite the same spots as the N.O.S. spinner in the pics. I noticed when messing with these that when they spin the S is supposed to be in the middle of the stars but the ones in my game and the N.O.S. one the S ends up looking like it's partially on top of the stars so I re-positioned them so they line up correctly when they spin now.

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I also got most of the top side done this weekend. I ended up using blue posts everywhere but the three upper lane guides which I left the original red. I really like the way it looks with the blue posts and translucent rings.

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I wanted to use some trim washers on the plastics with the metal stands on them but I don't care for the ones CPR shows on their website. They tend to cut into whatever they're used on. I did some searching and came up with these.

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I'm using oval head screws with them. I really like the way these look. I had ordered just a pack of these to see how they would look so I placed an order for the rest and am waiting on them now(from China).

I also got the head on and the boards installed.

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I recapped the sound and driver boards and installed the Seige craft anti flicker boards since I'm using leds in the inserts.

Just to show the game was in decent shape before I started here's a couple of pics of the unrestored light board.

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That's it for now. Tomorrow the spinners will be dry and I can get those fit and then I'll be waiting on the trim washers and the pf will be able to go back in the game. I can't wait to fire this up and play a game.

Here's the link for the washers if anybody is interested.

ebay.com link: 10PCS Alloy Aluminium Silver M3 3mm Countersunk Washer

They have red and blue also. I did drill them out a little to fit the screw better.

You would need 25 to do just the top side of the in lane guides and ball maze plastics. You would need an additional 17 to do the screws on the clear ball guides that don't go thru both layers of plastic (which I'm going to do).

I got the spinners mounted tonight.

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So now I'm just waiting for the washers from China and I'll be able to put this bad boy back together and hope all the boards still work

I agree I expect it to boot it's just been apart for years and you never know. I did power up the gi before I started covering bulbs up in case I had any issues.

Agreed and my repro targets seem to have a bit of a ramp on top that would tend to run the ball back on to the pf

I think I may have to mess with this on mine also.

Hi guys I'm back I have the game up and running (pics to follow) I've been super busy so Haven't had the time to get things together to make a proper update but I do have an issue. When shooting the ball walker and the ball hits the ball launcher switch the game will tilt and the Left kickout will fire like it thinks there's a ball there. All these switches are on the same row along with the F rollover and #4 DT. I haven't noticed if the F or dt4 do anything when this happens. I've tried my Ultimate MPU in the game and it does the same thing so it's on the pf or the wiring. It seems to me like the whole row is shorted together but I might be wrong. It doesn't do it all the time but does seem to be getting worse. Any ideas? Thanks guys

Got it fixed I put it in switch test and everything was fine when triggering the switches by hand but when I put a ball in the top of the walker to activate the launch switch I was getting the other switches showing up. I flipped up the pf and started messing with the walker and found out with the coil mounted this way (stop already removed)

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it was shorting to the walker bracket. So the ball was shorting it because it would touch the switch arm and the walker at the same time.

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So I flipped it around (the stop held it a little off the bracket as opposed to the other way) put some mylar on the walker bracket where the coil is and put it back together and it works great so the game is 100% at this point (we'll see how long it stays that way lol)

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And as promised a few pics.

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As you can see I put in the button mods from PINBALL-MODS.COM I think I got the last of the cool white ones. I also got the blue buttons and yellow housings from them. I think they look awesome pics don't do them justice.

I used translucent silicone rings on this game and love the look but they didn't hold up on the lower slings or behind the 1-5 drop targets. They ended up breaking after a few games. I don't want to use white rubber on this so I put black in those locations and they seem to be holding up fine. I also had the seigecraft adapter boards in this game and I wasn't happy with them so I got an ultimate led driver board and it works much better but I still seem to have a not consistent slight general flickering even the pop bumpers are doing it. I tried a Greatplains rectifier board and that didn't make it any better. I will have to check this out a little more at some point. The pics don't really show how good this came out. I'm super happy with it. If anybody is in the area and wants to stop by to check it out just let me know. Mike

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1 thing I do have left to do is get my apron and shooter gauge powder coated so I can put my new decals from Pinball Rescue on. I need to find another shooter gauge the one I had I modified to fit the button mods in there but I decided to do them differently so I need another gauge to mod a little differently.

Small update on the flickering. I hooked a ground wire from the screw on the GP rec board to the ground wire on the rectifier plate mounting screw and that seems to have helped quite a bit. The apron and shooter gauge are at the powdercoaters as we speak, should have them back early next week.

Yes I did. I didn't cut the wires though. I pulled one pin for the two wires from opposite connectors that way I don't even have to mark them as to where they go and they can be just plugged back in should I go back to the original boards.

Hey look it's F2K's little brother lol. That looks like it's in good condition. I wish you were closer I've always wanted to play one of those to see how it compares. I've read where some people prefer it to F2K. Keep us posted on your progress.

I got to play a Gamatron at the VFW show yesterday it is definitely much tighter quarters. I prefer having the two pops instead of the one on Gama. I didn't realize they use kickout holes instead of the ball walker on Gama also so it's a little quicker getting the multiball going going than F2k. It also has a gap where the ball can get to the far right kicker from the pop area so it's easier to get the ball back up top to get the rollover lanes.

This is where I got mine http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en?mpart=7312&vendor=36

Thanks

Picked up the apron and shooter gauge today

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They look great very happy with how they came out.Now I need to get the new decals on them

Yes I did. In fact I was going to get the standard width decal and cut it into the three pieces I needed (that's all Stern did with the silk screen) when I thought I would ask about getting it printed that way so I may have been the first to ask or the last that they needed to do this but now we have it

I got the decals on this weekend and was just waiting for the milkyness to go away so here it is.

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I also got Lovef2k's spinners done (Which I'm sure he'll be happy about)

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Lovef2k you have a pm

The only gi I have leds in are the pops and backbox,yes I was having trouble with those flickering also

This game is now for sale. Mike

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