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Happy Hackoween! wpc driver board tales...

By shacklersrevenge

11 years ago



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    #1 11 years ago
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    shacklersrevenge

    Cape Cod Beyond- Rentals

    US Gardner, MA

    13y 147K 6,267 21 16 2

    A pretty decent T2 was delivered this morning by NAVL to me. It's problem was mostly ''bad connectors'' I was told. The price was nice and I'm very happy with it becuase the rest is very good to work with. I installed a good driver I had, and replaced all this mess with new connectors for the new board. Happy to report the game works and plays great all the way but this was too good not to share. Here are pictures of the old driver, with a nice mod to the cap section, and this pin must have been used as a 5th wheel, just look at that craftsmanship for a trailer hitch plug...
    Enjoy! t2_driver.jpgt2_driver.jpg t2driverr.jpgt2driverr.jpg

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    #2 11 years ago
     
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    johnwartjr

    That Pinball Place

    US Columbus, IN

    12y 77,400 6,479 14

    That actually doesn't look too bad! From a 'too bad to repair' standpoint, I wouldn't want it in a game personally like that

    Be grateful they soldered to header pins and not traces on the board. Much easier to clean up

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    #3 11 years ago
     
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    spandol

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    I bought a RS whose boards looked good from the front. I took off the power driver when starting my restore and was shocked to find the back like this. Thought I'd found some dead worms.

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    #4 11 years ago
     
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    vid1900

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    Quoted from shacklersrevenge:

    just look at that craftsmanship for a trailer hitch plug...
    Enjoy!

    At least they did not solder the wires directly to the pins on the board. Seen that too many times.

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    #5 11 years ago
     
    JWJ

    johnwartjr

    That Pinball Place

    US Columbus, IN

    12y 77,400 6,479 14

    Those hacks are pretty typical for repairing WPC drivers... I'd rather set some eyelets and have it look decent.

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