Hi all, I got my Haunted House about a month ago and it has been tons of fun. Blue LEDs were installed in the upper playfield by the guy I bought it from, which I really like. I am doing 8 313 LEDs from cointaker with the green caps from pbwizard in the cellar. Also, swapping out the flipper rubbers with the super bands, blue in the attic, orange on main floor and green in the cellar. Here is a pic when I first got it. When I am done with the other stuff I will post more pics. I am also interested in doing some art on the side, spider webs maybe?

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Besides the eight 313 LED's with green caps that I replaced to illuminate the lower playfield that are mounted on the underside of the main playfield, I was able to put in 2 green LEDs in the lower playfield. The other bulb holes and wood are too tight for the LED plastic above the metal housing. So, I am just keeping regular incandescents and it is OK. If someone has a work around to fit LEDs in those holes please let me know, possibly a different bulb but I have not found one.

I have not tried taking the plastic off. For sure the plastic is the thing that stops the bulb from being screwed in as the plastic is wider than the wood. I will try and take the plastic off and see if that is better. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yup, that is what I tried before and on my machine the bulb sockets are so far down in the holes that the plastic lip on the bulb gets in the way so I can't push the bulb in down far enough to turn it. Maybe I could try to push the sockets up from underneath but something told me that wouldn't work, even though I did not try it. I will look at it again, thanks. BTW, plastics polished and rubbers replaced already. I am looking forward to swapping out the flipper rubber with the super bands if not for looks alone.

Dave, this is the "permanent battery" thing we were talking about tonight that I have in my BK. It says there are Gottlieb versions, wondering if anyone has tried one in their HH?
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/shops/1030-pinitech/00316-5101-nvram-battery-eliminator-for-high-score-save

Hey James, I just got a new set from PBR yesterday & Dave convinced me to pull it off until I get a protector. I tried doubling them up but they were too thick. I snapped a pic of the new one, not sure if you can use it. I can email it to you if you want. Question: How do you "make a copy"?

Steps look good Shack, I opted for a darker as you go down look. Either way is better than wear marks. Dave suggested yesterday that someone should make decals for that area, I have some nice vinyl decals that cover my Magna Save circles on my Black Knight. It would be cool if we could get someone to make decals for us HH'ers.

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I replaced the top left light posts in my HH today & it was kind of a pain. The lights are screwed in on top of the plastic post, staples all around and solder. So the left one came out OK, unscrew light, remove staples, lift out light from post, unscrew post, replace. The right one is the end of the ground run with a staple in the solder at the end. So the light socket came undone from the solder. Not a great design, even to just replace the bulbs. I tried to put in a frosted dome LED but the post hole is too small, need an LED without a cap. Resoldered & stayed with incadescents for now. New posts are in & look great, done until I find some LEDs that fit.

Thanks for this, I am just not sure I want to mess with "something fragile" on my board at this time.

Latest adventure with the HH, I picked up a CPR green window and it comes with 20 small thin black washers, I installed these 20 with the original washer on the bottom to get the window flush with the playfield wood. It didn't look great if you looked close but worked. Then I checked PBR & Steve had the larger, thicker foam washer, I got 10 of those and 10 new screws. Put the new window back on and "crack" goes the window around the screw hole. The new washers are much thicker than the 35 year old compressed washers. So back to BAA for another green window. I installed that one very carefully and slowly with the new screws and new washers from PBR and now the window is good, floating and flush as it should. I know, some of you will laugh at my folly, for me some lessons are best learned the hard way.

OK, ordered the cliffy's set and the lower playfield left plastic protector for my new plastic today. That plastic gets slammed down there. Here are some pics, flipper rubbers changed out, also note my decal mod on top of the vuk, that bare metal just bugged me.

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Hey Jim, I don't know that much about them, maybe that particular one is not compatible with a Gottlieb? Also, I understand it is a 'delicate mod' maybe a pin got bent or something like that?

If you are talking about the #5 kicker then mine slams, sometimes right down the center drain

Agree with above posts, HH is a classic.

Sent you a PM on this proposing you buy one or even two of the secret passage protectors from Marco and then just print out the art. I have a scan if you need it. They make protectors for this piece and the cellar lower left piece, both of which are a necessity in my opinion.

Nice, welcome.

I was considering selling my HH to get another pin but DaveBart & another friend convinced me not to do that & find a way to just add on to my collection. So good to have fellow pinheads watching out for me. I am actively working on adding another. I guess if I get another I will have to update my avatar as it currently reflects my HH & BK.

Welcome, enjoy!

Yes with some conditions. My lower playfield bulb sockets, not the inlays but the ones under the plastics, were deep so I needed a thin bulb to fit down in the wood. I used Comet 8mm frosted, the bigger non-ghosting ones were too wide. Also, the 8 lights on the bottom of the main playfield that illuminate the lower playfield are not 6 volt, these are the 4 bulbs on each side of the window. As someone else wrote, if you put standard 6 volt bulbs in there, they will work "one time really bright for a second or two". I do not know what the voltage is, 12 volt or 24 volt. For these, I called Cointaker and told them I had an HH and was replacing those bulbs and they sent me the correct ones. As a note, I have only found them in white, I wanted color, so I use the green condoms.

Sweet, I need some. Thanks.

I can’t read schematics very well, one of my many Achilles heels, so here is a pic, mine is a reddish orange wire, follow it over to that bottom right corner..

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My sticker says “5 amp slo blo” pm sent too...crap wrong post, right user...

Good stuff

Flipper Ruubers - I am sure some of you HHers know this but I did not until recently. So as a public service, please be advised that if you are using standard width rubbers on your HH they are incorrect. Some Gottlieb's including HH use a thinner rubber, 3/8”. The flipper paddles are cut for these thinner ones and if you use the standard you get either ball loft or ball drive into the playfield. After installing the thinner rubbers my shots are more direct & hence more accurate. The only flipper this doesn’t seem to apply to is the mini one upstairs. Thanks to Biffbar for pointing this out to me. Amusingly enough, who then went home & found standard size flipper rubbers on his HH. Kudos to davebart5 for suggesting the PSA. Some pics below of my thinners from Titan...

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OK, fellow HHers, I am wondering if anyone has replaced the metal faceplate above the shooter lane? Mine has multiple ball marks on it. Looking for a solution. I could probably send it to Cliffy and have him make me one but it looks like a simple piece and there may be a simpler solution. Any help is appreciated.

Ball guides, help protect the plastics. I would put them back on.

EDIT: Protect and/or keep the ball from jumping on top of the plastic and rolling down to the next level undesirably.

Check all your connectors, especially the ones in the rear of the cabinet

The rear left corner should get like a big rubber spider or something up there. When I had my HH I would occasionally get a ball up there bouncing around.