San Francisco, CA
Quoted from tonycip:looking good mof..nice job if anyone wants in the club there's this..
ebay.com link
Nice HS, did you do the swap on it?
-mof
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Quoted from tonycip:yes it turned out really nice.
Hey!...That could be the first High Speed to hit Ebay with my clear ramp!
Quoted from mof:Hours 67-68:
Re-installed 6 flashers.
Give me 3 pops, and install 3 banks of switches... (2 hours away...?)
-mof
Home stretch!
Quoted from mof:I gotta make sure I have some champagne chilled upstairs. Gimme a minute.
-mof
I successfully installed the second platen in my forming machine .....so I'm on my second Modelo!
Oops hole missing 100%. Never drilled.
Lined it up, and thought I did a great, then when I tightened down the nut over the slings -- uggg.
"Not an ideal hole..."
Whatever. Live and learn. semi-tighten EVERYTHING before drilling.
-mof
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Gimme 3 sets of targets, and some prayers when I plug it all back in.
Are there any precautions I can take before plugging everything back in? Perhaps one dreadlock at a time?
1. lamp test in isolation? (only one connector hooked up)
2. switch test in isolation? (only one connector hooked up)
like that?
I've already tested my GI braids (offline with batteries), and they seem good now.
-mof
Coil test is close!
(done) ball return = right sling. (oops had the molexed solenoids reversed. Easy fix.)
flasher2 = dead... Most bizarre -- this is all 4 flasher bulbs. Might that mean 1 of 4 is dead?
Yep.
Coil test is a PASS !!!
Sweet !
-mof
Why is trough serving up 2 balls?
Bizarre.
Switch test gives me:
center, left, right with 3 balls installed, so all 3 switches are working with 3 balls in, and with 0 balls in I'm not getting any switch results. Hmm...
-mof
Ok - this might be my fault - may be wired up incorrectly. Will take a look at pics. When right is down, it thinks left is down too. Oops, I had too many of the "hubs" on the same screw. There should be two separate hubs in the trough switch area.
solved.
SUCCESS.
I put a few tiny playfield rubbers around the flipper bracket that holds the spring. I am attempting to make it impossible for the spring to bounce back and hit the lane change switch.
I just got in a 15 minute game, before I realized the left hideout needs adjustment -- ball won't leave for some reason... I might swap coils.
All I can say is...
I am so glad I have learned to do a PF swap, and can deal with all the irregularities of a CPR PF.
Once it's in there, you realize, you've NEVER actually played the title before the way it was meant to be played. The light show in HS is out of this world...
My 15 minute game was truly my first ever game of High Speed...
Thank you CPR!
-mof
Quoted from Pdxmonkey:Pulling an all nighter?
Yep.
21 hour shift. And I may have just won, 155 hours into this PF swap...
I have a lot of people to thank for all the help during this very successful first ever PF Swap.
Big shout outs to my coaches:
Blownfuse, Cliffy, Freeplay40, Pinwillie, Cheddar, and all the tidbits I learned from all the previous PF swap threads on Pinside. Special thanks to Whridlsoncestood and Practicalsteve who both inspired me to get a HS and do a PF swap in the first place. HS was never on my radar as a top-20 1980's game.
The feeling of nailing ANY of these 3 spinners, especially re-ripping the orbit shots, is unparalleled. It feels so good. There is a quality of workmanship felt in playing this High Speed.
-mof
Toronto, ON
Next question...
(I'm new to clearcoats on playfields and best practices...)
1. With HS dropping balls in front of the slings... Should I create some mylar sections to lay down and give the ball a landing pad? I'm already seeing some good dents in the clear from the ball drops...
2. Should I custom-fit a large piece of mylar to cover the pop area?
-mof
Quoted from mof:Next question...
(I'm new to clearcoats on playfields and best practices...)
1. With HS dropping balls in front of the slings... Should I create some mylar sections to lay down and give the ball a landing pad? I'm already seeing some good dents in the clear from the ball drops...
2. Should I custom-fit a large piece of mylar to cover the pop area?
-mof
I was going to ask if you put down any mylar.. i think I'm going to put some down infront of the slings and by the kick out hole. Take a look at your old play field and see where the worst ware spots are. and congrats on a job well done!
Bonus Round Fine-Tuning: (To get to 175 hours)
(20 hours)
* Install police car mods (1 hr)
* Remove/Drill/Glue/Fill 1 broken screw hole for the apron bracket -- minor issue (30 mins)
* paint black and regrain the ball guides (2 hrs)
* replace leg guides to black plastic (30 mins)
* tumble trough and hand polish it (2 hrs)
* swap out all coil wrappers (2 hrs)
* dremel out all plastics, tumble/polish all posts, and re-attach to new plastics (3 hrs)
* sand base of cabinet (3 sections) and stain/paint it (5 hrs)
* polish 2 visible flasher sockets (30 mins)
* install mylar for the pop area (1 hour)
* install mylar for the slings (30 mins)
* troubleshoot/repair old displays or install Pinscore (2 hrs)
In short, anyone who does a high-quality PF swap for <$1500 is offering a complete bargain. LOL...
-mof
Quoted from mof:Next question...
(I'm new to clearcoats on playfields and best practices...)
1. With HS dropping balls in front of the slings... Should I create some mylar sections to lay down and give the ball a landing pad? I'm already seeing some good dents in the clear from the ball drops...
2. Should I custom-fit a large piece of mylar to cover the pop area?
-mof
You will see divots in a brand new pf no matter what if you play.
I would Mylar: pops, kick out from the hideout, where the ball drops from the ramp (right above the upper right spinner) and a small patch where the ball drops from the habittrails
Hour 76:
Adding blue LEDs to trough area
Now it's just fun stuff...
One of my design goals with system 11's is to try and create popping contrasts between warm and cold. Try to use primary colors.
In this case, all my GI and controlled lamps are 47s. I'm aiming to add blue with blue targets, blue post rubbers, and blue LEDs. I'm also trying to stick with the theme. To me, the blue LED light reminds me of the glow of a dashboard inside the car at night, and the outside is lit up with incandescents (I'm talking 80's)
warms against colds. Red against Blue. LED against Incannies...
-mof
Quoted from tonycip:looking good mof..nice job if anyone wants in the club there's this...
(fully restored HS with CPR PF installed)
ebay.com link
Congrats on $2425-ebay fees...
That gives me good reassurances that I was wise to not go overboard on my budget for this project in case I ever need to move it some day.
-mof
Quoted from rkstarcher:Great job...mof!!
ty!
-mof
Quoted from mof:Congrats on $2425-ebay fees...
That gives me good reassurances that I was wise to not go overboard on my budget for this project in case I ever need to move it some day.
-mof
Its only money! I don't sweat the small stuff 
I enjoyed doing the restore, I try to break even but sometime you don't .so someone got a sweet machine at a great price. Hopefully when I go to buy my next machine someone returns the favor
good karma!! play on! great job on your as well looking forward to seeing your next restore.
Quoted from Chosen_S:Fantastic!!! I believe you currently have the nicest Hs out of all of us sir!
Ty, but no chance in France! I only hope to have the first "blue-accent" HS.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/high-speed-full-restoration-started-whridlsoncestood-112512
His is the best one I've seen... new cab, powder coating, cleaned up inner cab, re-labeled solenoids, and dozens of mods/extras to tie it all together -- his work inspired me.
With another (50-75) hours I could maybe get into his league... I think I'll put that energy/precision into Sorcerer =)
-mof
Woolloongabba
Quoted from Gerrard17:Awesome thread and restoration! Swapping out a playfield is such a challenge, I hung my old playfield up on the wall next to my new machine as a nice reminder.
Congratulations sir!
TY.
Dang, that's actually a great idea to hang the old corpse on the wall. It gives people something to touch and get a sense of the machine better...
-mof
Quoted from cal50:The only remaining memories of my HS.
How many casualties from lifting the mylar?
In FACT, that's exactly what I should do with mine -- to get in some mylar removal practice !!!
ty for posting this.
-mof
Quoted from mof:How many casualties from lifting the mylar?
In FACT, that's exactly what I should do with mine -- to get in some mylar removal practice !!!
ty for posting this.
-mof
Actually zero casualties.
I used freeze spray and the mylar came right off with no effort lifting paint. The little paint you can see on the mylar was from the bubbled and already lifted mylar around the inserts. It looked like crap so it was worth the risk to try it. There are some real horror stories on system 11 games and pulling mylar. I have done my HS and WW without any problems. The adhesive on the HS was pretty sticky stuff and I used the citrus based stripper on it and it came off with some effort. Lighter fluid did VERY little to the adhesive.
My WW mylar trophy~
I must be weird but pulling mylar is fun.
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