Picking up a project HS on Monday. It will take all day driving to get there and back so fingers crossed its worth the drive

Thanks this playfield is not even close to salvageable. Hardtop to the rescue. I try not to order from Marco's as they hate us Canadians and charge us 10x what you pay in shipping. Marco's and Planetary Pinball basically try their best not to deal with the hassles associated with us Canadian customers unfortunately
(But we send you all of our best hockey players. Not cool guys lol)

Double the price
Double the work
Double the necessary skill set
Idk guys, what's the compelling argument? Hardtops look stellar in person. I've seen a Flash Gordon done and my friend is mid Firepower.

Why would you strip the bottom? The sanding corrects the inserts and is not difficult. You dont clearcoat for a Hardtop (except the inserts if you want). I think you have overestimated the work involved in a Hardtop.

So I was wrong. Its 3x as much

Where can one purchase one of these vertical lights? I like it

Or the translucent red ramp. I dont see it anywhere either. Cheers

After snooping through the gallery, I think id be most interested in the following mods for my project. If the designers are following this thread, please contact me.
-ramp decal of the road (mr_tantrum?)
-vertical stoplight (freeplay40?)
-gear shifter shooter rod (?)

Also those helicopter plastics were pretty dope.

I am interested in the decal as well

Well I literally DESTROYED the back of my car and ceiling panel getting her in but it fits....kinda

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Got it in the house this afternoon. Baby steps. The head art is pretty good and the body art isnt bad. One side has clearly seen more sun.

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Went from playable 2hrs ago to not powering on now. Suggestions?

I actually thought I'd just unplugged it

Fingers crossed its just the switch. Thanks.
I set the High Score #3, flicked it off, came back 2 hrs later, flicked it on.....nadda

Oh, here is the game btw

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Hey guys. I probably wont have a chance to dig into it until the weekend but I did the most basic of tests (plug something into the power supply box) and it is working. That and the complete lack of ANYTHING happening when the game is flicked on leads me to believe that this loose, dirty, old switch is my issue. Fingers crossed

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Are you able to offer a normal decal that can be attach from above? I'd like to out one in my stock black ramp. I had the snake decal in my Metallica ramps and it held up just fine. Maybe you can offer a normal decal with a piece of mylar on it if wear is the concern?
Had to ask.

Mini side project.
What do you guys think? It's a little chunky looking this way but I think it's pretty sharp still. I could also cut the box to be shallower and put some flat head LEDs in there instead of the massive incandescent bulb in there right now.

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Leftover paint and parts I had around the house -$0
3d printer- holy crap lol
Even the nice pre made one would unfortunately run me over $100 cdn with the poor dollar right now and the crazy shipping rate. ($18usd to mail what I assume is a bubble envelope). Also no idea what cross border shipping times are like these days. Seeing as my game is still a shit show, I'm perfectly happy with the improvement for now. Time will tell once I get a Hardtop down.

I bought my High Speed on Monday and it totally crapped out on me after a couple hours of ownership. I did a little digging and found this beauty of a fire hazard in the fuse socket of the auxiliary power supply box. Wow. Just wow. Looks to be a cigarette wrapper.
What fuse do I need to buy? Cheers

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Ran to my local pinball supply shop. Luckily she knew I needed an 8. Yours is correct. Game is all good now. Who knows how long ago some tech was on route with no fuses and threw this travesty in there. The woman at my shop said she has seen this before. Quite oftern after the fire has already happened.

Just messing around, having some fun after throwing a few cool LEDs in the lower half of the backbox and boom! Still a few switches that arent registering but that's a good score in my books.

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Does anyone here make the sticker that I've only seen in a couple pics that covers the metal bracket under the ramp with highway off ramp signs?

What would cause.my.pops to stop working suddenly and where should I be looking for the source of the issue? Thanks

This is the only fuse im questioning visually at the moment. Would it be the likely one?

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All good guys. That was the right fuse. I put in a slow blow and shes playing fine again. Going to try my first flipper rebuild tonight and i finished building my cheap ass rotisserie lol
Hardtops are being ordered tomorrow (only because there is an extra step for us Canadians. I was hoping to send payment today actually)

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Mine is also the metal kind in that spot

I'd be interested to pick one up.bitni have no idea what kind of measurements your existing decal has vs what is needed for a top mount decal? Sorry

Started my teardown today. I think im going to call it a day for now.
What is the best way to start removing the ramp and divertor mechs?

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Those are the standard 1986 Williams assemblies. I just rebuilt mine. Pinpilot looks to have modefied his to the newer (post 1987?) style

I could have a couple days ago but.....

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I have no room to work on a removed playfield in my house. The playfield has to go straight from the cabinet to outside. Im converting my shed into a murder room, i mean sand and spray booth. I already built a rotisserie to work on as well. Its been pouring rain the last 48hrs unfortunately and ive picked up some extra work lately but soon it will all start happening. Bloody Fedex guy was here with my Hardtops yesterday but left a notice without knocking. I hate when they do that. I was home. Nothing so far today

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Im moving on to the next phase of my pre Hardtop tear down. Ramp assembly and prep for rotisserie.
Any chance there is a known tutorial for the ramp assembly? I am no pro. First Hardtop attempt. The assembly looks to be a little more involved than id anticipated. I was going to start with my Black Knight but it has been out for board work for too long now.

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Comment deleted for now. Need to wrap my head around this one

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I FINALLY got a chance to get back into my High Speed project after having left it untouched since August. This is my first full playfield strip and all i have left are the pops but im not sure how to remove them lol. Ive removed the metal rings and the screw inside the pop but they seem to be held it by what im assuming are the lighting wires. First, is this even correct or am i missing something obvious. Second, what is the best way to go about removing these suckers? Id like to get it sanded and sprayed over the weekend as I have two surgeries next week that will put me out of commission again for about another month. Perfect time for the clear to cure and apply a Hardtop once im all healed up. I had this game to where it played well again but dang was it ugly. 2021 facelift.

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Also is the translucent red ramp still a thing? In for a penny....

I did my Metallica snake ramp green with gold flake and it had over a 1000 plays on on when i sold it. Held up perfectly. Some premium/LE models also have powder coated wireforms direct from Stern.

my phone took a swim in the pool
Unfortunately it also had all my tear down pics for my High Speed.
If anyone here has a file of pics they could send me from their own tear down, that would be unbelievably helpful. I installed a Hardtop while i was unable to work. Im all good and healthy and wanting to work on my games again but this was my first playfield teardown and im going to feel very confused, very soon lol. Thanks.

Do you happen to have this plastic. Between the pops and the right traffic targets. Mine came with this hand painted (though well done) piece.

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Thanks

This^^^^

Here is a pic of mine that im putting back together

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Where is a good place to get the hard yellow post sleeves? I feel like any sleeves ive ever purchased would be too bouncy. Thanks.

Id like to change my playfield flashers to LEDs. I know there is a capacitor or something similar i need to remove for esch flasher (or thats what ive read). Could someone please post pics of this mod and talk to me like i have to clue what im doing lol.

Thanks
I ended up reading through the thread on warming flashers and went with the snip the 330s off route.

Taking it apart is the easy part. Putting it back together....taking my sweet time

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Unless you are someone of only moderate pinball repair skills (like myself). The bottom is hella daunting. Im very happy i went with a hardtop or id likely be paying someone to finish my work.

Oh right, also a Hardtop is $325.00 and cheaper to ship than a playfield.

It was alluded. Now its been mentioned

Hello, me again. Going to try to find some time this weekend to dig into my HS again. If anyone has clear pics of what goes where in the hideout area that would be greatly appreciated. The labels I had written have fallen off. It mostly the hideouts, pops and ramp/divertor that are holding me back now. Soon. In better hands this could be up and running tomorrow I think.
The pop reassembly also has me hesitating.

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Also, this showed up a few days ago.

Thanks Freeplay40

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Thank you

I'm just about done my High Speed project (17mo later)
If someone has a couple pics of how the diverter assembly attaches with the rubber rings that would be helpful. Indont remember having to take the diverter mech apart to feed it up the back but it's the only obvious method I'm seeing at a glance

NM. Found one. It's goes behind the entire mech

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Anybody know what this hook up is for? I can see where it would be needed?

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I figured that one out. Mostly together now. Anyone know where this piece of wireform goes? It's from around the ramp but idk where exactly.
Basically just the tamp to work on now.
Already fired it up and did a switch test. A few tweaks but all good.

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Im missing a few screws after 17mo of moving my project around. What kind of screws are used in the two ramp brackets that screw into the diverter plate? Anything g else I'm.missing can be substituted for something similar but those two are threaded holes that I DO NOT want to f up

I'm missing some screw so my ramp and corresponding frames are just sitting in there loose but it's obviously in the final stages now.
I also have the Freeplay40 ramp. Are you suggesting I leave the wire out?

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Looking for tips on the diverter adjustments. It doesn't want to let me do full loops most times. The divertor arms end up in this half out position very often now.

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Safe assumption that the stock coin mechs only take quarters? Thinking about routing mine but I want those loonies (dollar coins)

Does anyone here know what switch 38 is? I don't have a manual but I'm getting a service warning on boot up. Thanks.

I think it's my upper flipper possibly? It stays active occasionally until the flipper button is pressed again. I still have some tweaking to do

What would be involved in changing my High Speed to accept loonies? (Cdn $1 coins)
Obviously new mechs. That part is easy but the coin slots on the door are only big enough to fit quarters. Would a whole new coin door also be necessary? I haven't taken apart the door on HS and it is different but I know for older Williams games you could replace the coin "flap" part.
Thanks. The game is going into a local brewery for the winter.

File that shit? Jk....mostly

I ended up filing the opening and I'm ordering some new mechs. I don't have a printer anyway so I need to find the little coin reject insert for $1 and I need some apron cards before it heads out to its temporary home

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