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"Get us a bday gift" they said so I'm rehabbing my first EM - now DELIVERED!

By goingincirclez

7 years ago


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#9 7 years ago

The good news as you have already identified is the playfield and backglass condition are exceptional. Par for the course for this manufacturer.

The bad news is it is a four player EM and has more contacts, in general, to inspect than any other EM pinball out there.

If you want to enjoy seeing your friends to play this game as opposed to work on it go through every single switch and mech on the game.

Inspect each switch and lightly run a point file across every single point.

Inspect every switch for proper wipe and adjust where necessary. There should be very very few switches that will need adjusting.

Look at every single part on the game and inspect it for being complete, set up correct, etc. Look for defects that could inhibit proper game function and correct them.

Do all of the above before you put the game back together and turn it on. Once you've gotten that far start a new thread of issues on the Tech EM group.

The game is worthy of the above suggested effort.

#11 7 years ago

This game sat in a barn for a year. If you want to be sure every contact is clear lightly use a point file.

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#32 7 years ago

Regarding leg length, you want the lockbar to be close to the same height as your other games. I would have thought that 28.5" williams sys 11 legs would have been the right length. If not then you probably need 31" legs.

As for the contact points, they should not be gold plated. Even if they are, it's not an issue to file through them since it does not impact performance on an EM.

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#52 7 years ago
Quoted from goingincirclez:

Anyway, that piece was only just barely not sliding into play on the first pulse of the step-up solenoid. A second pulse would get it. And of course once it was in place it would stay there for all subsequent players. Bingo: that's why it would only show up between players 1 and 2, and only just that once.

Well done.

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#57 7 years ago

Well done.

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