Having just picked up a Flight 2000 again (had one years ago, finally got another), it appears nobody started an owners club here on Pinside yet.

So let's see your pictures, hear your stories, solve your problems and whatever else for this awesome Stern game!! I'll post some pictures and information on mine shortly!

Years back, before CPR released anything, I rescued a F2K from the dead, but the backglass was half flaked away and the playfield down to the wood in a bunch of areas. I played it a lot, but eventually it left because it was such an eyesore. I love the game because it's such a challenge to play, and that ball walker is a cool lock mechanism.

So when one came up on Ebay that was worth more in spare parts than as a whole machine, I picked it up without looking too hard.

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There's not a lot of original in this machine.... it's got :

New CPR playfield
New CPR backglass
New CPR plastics
New PinScore LED displays
New Alltek MPU
New Alltek lamp driver
New Alltek solenoid driver
New Alltek bridge/PSU board
Powder coated coin door and legs.

On getting it back home, a few surprises were found. The previous owner had a brand new transformer built, which is cool, although the wiring doesn't look too great...

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The inside of the cab has a whole load of fairly nasty cabling which was put in for a bunch of external cab lighting. That'll be coming out.

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The power switch could also do with a cover. Until then I'll be careful where I lay down my screwdriver :

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For some reason too in the past the playfield loom was cut and had then been put back together..

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So some work to do with those. In addition there are a few other things I need to work through.

- a couple of playfield lamps are out, I suspect that's wiring
- the spinner switches were upside down, so closed when they should be open. Fixed already.
- speech works a little bit, and only sometimes.
- couple of other switches need a little adjustment
- one of the replacement displays is faulty. I know it's the display, not the wiring, as the fault follows the display. I'll drop PinScore a line.

So what else is out there? Any tasteful mods for F2K?

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