Getaway: High Speed II, The
Williams, 1992I started this last week. I've owned it for a few years but never had the ambition to start it until now. Here's what I started with...
Game boots and has never been shopped. Has original black rubbers. Has a really bad cabinet that needs to be repaired and reinforced.
Here's some of the work I did on Saturday with the help of a good friend:
Socket and installed NVRAM, cleaned minor acid off MPU, repaired 2 GI connectors on driver board, repaired trace going to q107, sanded cabinet and head.
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Good progress so far. I also did a full restore on my Getaway not that long ago. Check out my thread.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-getaway-cabinet-restoration
Pro tip - remove those pop bumpers.
Under the skirts is probably very dirty. More-so, the mechs get the most abuse next to the flippers.
It's takes a bit of effort to take them off, but replacing the bodies and skirts will make them look brand new and only cost a few bucks! Plus you can get creative with the colors if you're so inclined. The transparent bodies look pretty sweet, also
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/transparent-sternballywilliams-pop-bumper-bodies
I now also replace the fiber/metal yokes underneath. Plus this will give you the chance to polish the pop bumper rings.
Cleaning the whole mech and replacing the coil sleeve is also a must as they're likely filthy.
Great great game and totally worth the effort that you're putting into it! Looks like it's cleaning up very nicely so far too, good job!
Quoted from Jjsmooth:Might I suggest...
Nah, those are plastic repros. They never reproduced the original carbon fiber style ones, to my knowledge. I stick with original parts, as long as they are not broken.
Quoted from snyper2099:Quoted from Jjsmooth:
Might I suggest...
Nah, those are plastic repros. They never reproduced the original carbon fiber style ones, to my knowledge
Huh? They are just plain ole pop bumper bodies no?
Quoted from SUPERBEE:Huh? They are just plain ole pop bumper bodies no?
In some games, yes. In other games, no.
There is a distinct difference between a standard bright white plastic pop bumper body and one reinforced with carbon fibers. The ones with carbon fibers are much more common in early Williams games like Firepower and Barracora, but I do see them on 90's machines from time to time like Getaway and Funhouse (especially ones with DP play fields).
They are also thicker, much stronger, and not as brittle. They appear much darker and are more transparent than the shiny white ones. I will attempt to track down one of each style/type in my parts pile as an example to try and show the differences when smashing each with a hammer.
The pinball manufacturers sourced parts from different companies back in the day... I suspect that when they ran out of something, they just used whatever they could locate quickly on the assembly lines back in 90's pinball heyday. This could account for the different materials/plastics being used for the same Bally/Williams part #'s. The grayish carbon fiber ones are just an oddity that I prefer.
Had two switch rows completely missing... I swapped MPU out of my JD to determine it was the MPU.
Then I broke out the magnifying glass and high intensity light to track down 5, yes FIVE damn open traces around the U19 IC. Played the first game on it last night and it is very fast. I actually made the lock ramp with a backhand from the left flipper. I love fast games!
Couple more minor adjustments. Had to tighten the left flipper bat and reconnect an EOS wire. Also discovered a missing flasher bulb under the left ball guide.
Still to go:
Reinstall traffic light
Figure out why sometimes the balls are not sitting in the locks properly
Stabilize power switch under cabinet
Upgrade speaker system
Under ramp LED strip lighting
Instruction card(s)
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