I'm about to put my playfield back together after a tear down and I've bought both teal and blue bumper caps and various different color lane guides to try too. I didn't think of changing out the star posts but that might be a great idea. Please post pics of examples, anyone.

Back in the club! Tore the game down 7 months ago....just got her back up! Gone fishin', leave a message!

Looks like you have the pinbits plastic protectors. What gives? Mine don't fit.

A couple pix. Need to fool with LEDs. This was a genuine HUO game (no fade cab!) That only needed a nice shop. Cleaned up as expected and looks and plays like a new game.
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I did nothing to that shooter lane except rub it down with Naptha, then Novus and then wax. It's not perfect, but it's documented HUO and a real beaut.

In my shop job I switched to the new translucent rubbers...and the are too fat in this very place and often - not always - result in either a drain or even a dramatic Mis-direction to the right flipper. Not sure what to do except swap out the translucent rubber for white rubber.

Actually I wonder. Dies anyone know if the thin yellow posts are more narrow than the metal versions? I'm using a thin metal post above the star post, but I had a yellow one there before.

Arghh! A lot of the upper GI and pop bumper lights just went out. Hopefully just a short and nothing blown. Anyone know what fuses - and transistors - affect the pop bumper GI (and upper lane dividers, etc.)?

Will check. Needs to wait until Wed. But will update once known. Thanks!

Yes, just a fuse. I found a hex screw in the bottom of the playfield under the pops, so I wonder if that caused a short which blew the fuse. All playfield lighting working fine.

Two new questions:

1) A couple flashers were out in my backbox. When I tried to replace them, the new flashers got REALLY bright (one of them blew). Didn't replace any. Obviously some higher juice coming through those sockets than needed. What to do?

2) Also, the little Wireform in the ball feed trough - the wire the helps ensure balls can't roll backwards down the trough - broke. Probably got weakened in the tumbler. Machine works fine without it, but where can I find a replacement?

Thanks casters!

I figured this out. The ring around these two posts (together) is only a 7/16", which Ill bet is probably half as small as the one you put on there. I think I had on an inch sized, and then tried a 3/4" size, but that's too big. I checked the manual, and sure enough, it's a smaller ring there!

Well, I used 906s...are they not Flashers?

First one I tried was a flexi flasher and it blew. Ask Lloyd here I come.

But my game is playing sooooo sweet and FAST. A teardown shop job on this with a good wax and polish - with lightening flippers- and it really fights you.

I just finished LEDing FT. Looks awesome, but I'm very disappointed in how much it's impacted the sweeping lighting effects of locking balls and other things in the game. Has anyone bought Herg's OCD LEF board and installed it in FT? And does it bring back those awesome lighting effects?

Maybe you misunderstand me. There is a very nice sweeping effect with FT with incandescents, particularly when you lock a ball. With LEDs that effect disappears. I could care less about flickering or strobing or ghosting, as I'm not overly sensitive to it and it doesn't bother me. In fact, some of my LEDs in FT do have a little ghost shimmer, but I think it looks like iridescent fish, which is a natural!

The sweeping effect was much more deliberate and sustained with incandescents. It's still there just less impressive.

I never LED'ed LOTR because it was too damn gorgeous stock. SM was gorgeous stock too, but I eventually LED'ed her to freshen her up before ultimately selling. Did the same with CSI, which looks sick stock but pretty damn cool with LEDs too.

For whatever reason I just love the lighting on FT in a couple situations that suffer with LED. That said, I'd sooner get an led OCD (sold out currently) than go back to incandescents.

FT seems a little darker now in the center, around the fisherman's face. Anyone add spots? Where did you place them, and how?