Created a new thread for this, then realized that maybe it could be answered more quickly here:

I'm finishing up a Joker Poker SS restoration. The original game only had one 1-3/16" white post in the game by the 10-card drop target. The parts catalog says there are supposed to be 2. Can somebody please tell me where on the playfield the other taller post is supposed to go? I can't see where it would make any sense. This is the fun part of any restoration...undoing what operators did in a pinch throughout the game's history.

Thanks for any help from anyone!

Wow. Thank you! My game was totally f-ed up.

Now do you know why you're the only one I follow on Pinside?

No...im literally removing posts and replacing them with bright shiny ones on the new playfield as I go. There was just one post and it wasn't nearly in the right place. I've got so the manuals, instructions, and parts catalog stuff and there's no mention of WHERE the posts go...just how many you're supposed to have. Somebody did a post switcheroo when they shopped the game and didn't take note of where the posts went...and lost one in the process.

Cross-posting this here for any help and future reference for others...

Finishing up my JP SS restoration. Was soldering in a new power cord and noticed that the banded side of the original cord went to the right side of the plug, while the banded side of the plug I got from Steve at PBR leads to the left side of the plug.

In the picture of that small transformer thing that the power cord leads are soldered on, the banded side was originally on the left lead, non-banded on the right. So that's how I soldered the new cord.

My knowledge of electrical outlets ends at my contact number for my home electrician, and I'm thinking that if it was soldered on reversed, REALLY bad things could happen.

Please look at the pics below, and if anybody can tell me precisely which side of the plug should lead to which side of that small grey box (as well as which side of the plug is the hot lead), I'd really appreciate it. So would my Joker Poker.

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You know what I hate? Reassembling a System 1 coin door, only to find you forgot to put the coin reject rod back in before putting the front plate on.

Cross-posting this here to catch the eye of one of you System 1 geniuses...this one's a doozy:

When I got my JP machine for restoration, it had a strange characteristic: Somebody had placed a large relay box between the incoming power wires and the target bank coil, most likely to substitute for the stand-up transistor, which was taken out of the circuit. The game started up and played fine. (I'm using an X-1 all in one board instead of the Gottlieb boards.)

I wanted to replace the transistor and get that relay out of there before starting the restoration, but when I put the transistor in and wired it up (using Clay's photos for reference as well as other peoples'), the game still turned on okay and all displays worked, but I was unable to start a game. I would think that the two things are COMPLETELY unrelated, but that's the timeline on what happened.

Now my restoration is done, and everything lights up and displays fine, but I'm still unable to start a game.

Any ideas on what the hell would cause this? I do have schematics if anybody needs a photo of a certain section or wants me to refer to them. Or if you can tell me how to test the transistor (I think I'd have to desolder it first, though, no?).

Thanks for any help you can give...hopefully the photos are large enough that you can see what's going where. It doesn't look like that anymore so I can't help with that...

PS - One picture shows the transistor after I replaced it and removed the relay!

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Not getting a tilt light, though. I have to figure this out Sunday after Pintastic.