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I have performed necromancy! (Flying Carpet brought back from the dead)

By Collin

9 years ago

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#1 9 years ago

CDF

Collin

Pinside member

Columbus, OH

11y 116K 5,271 29 82

I just brought this Flying Carpet back from the dead over the weekend! The game came from a place that apparently sells off items from estates locally. All I knew picking it up was that the score motor spins continuously. I've never suceessfully brought an EM back to life before, so buying this one was kind of a leap of faith. Luckily, it looked pretty clean, and most of the metal in the game looked like new.

Turns out, it had one burned up coil in the 1s score reel. Once I got that replaced, I started testing it out, and had a few other solenoids locking on and features not working due to dirty contacts. I managed to diagnose and fix all of the issues with this one!

Bonus: I finally "get" how to work on EMs, and was able to apply my knowledge from Flying Carpet to resolve a couple long-standing issues on my Top Score. 'Twas an awesome weekend.

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#2 9 years ago

MAL

Hyperball91

Inactive member

Perth - West Aus

10y 59,400 487 1

Cool. It's nice to bring an old EM back from the dead and it's good fun working on old 'electronics' from days of old. I used to enjoy it a lot many moons ago.

#3 9 years ago

JMG

Pintucky

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Bowling Green, KY

13y 85,300 2,306 18

I thought with necromancy that sex was involved too?

#4 9 years ago

HWK

Hawk007

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11y 63,400 1,618

ems are great to fix... Most rewarding. Have fun now and congrats!

#5 9 years ago

CDF

Collin

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Columbus, OH

11y 116K 5,271 29 82

Quoted from Pintucky:
I thought with necromancy that sex was involved too?

Pretty sure that's Necrophelia. I can tell you all about that, but not in this thread.

#6 9 years ago

CDF

Collin

Pinside member

Columbus, OH

11y 116K 5,271 29 82

Oh, and a big thanks to CactusJack for talking me through one of the issues I was having on it; his description is what helped things "click" for me mentally and enabled me to get this game working!

#7 9 years ago

JMG

Pintucky

Pinside member

Bowling Green, KY

13y 85,300 2,306 18

OP
Quoted from Collin:
Pretty sure that's Necrophelia.

Communicating with the dead can still have sex involved. At least that's the way it is here at my house . . . when she tells me to roll over and leave her alone.

#8 9 years ago

DEH

hoov

Pinside member

Trivoli, IL

13y 83,300 4,133 27

Flying Carpet is a great wedgehead from that era too. That angle shot to get up into the "boomerang" has to be just right. Congrats!

#9 9 years ago

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Pin-it

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Sunbury, PA

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#10 9 years ago

CDF

Collin

Pinside member

Columbus, OH

11y 116K 5,271 29 82

Yeah, I'm enjoying it more than I expected to! Thanks for the overwhelmingly positive response, guys!

#11 9 years ago

JIM

Captive_Ball

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Cypress, TX

11y 128K 7,186 17 86

Nice work Collin

#12 9 years ago

WRD

way2wyrd

History Of Pinball

Fort Worth, TX

13y 116K 4,917 21 12

Bringing EMs back to life one switch at a time. Nice work

--Jeff

#13 9 years ago

CJM

EM-PINMAN

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11y 111K 5,311

OP
Quoted from Collin:
Yeah, I'm enjoying it more than I expected to!

I always loved the artwork on the game especially the Backglass.

Have fun with it.

Ken

#14 9 years ago

DAD

boilerman

Pinside member

Oxford, PA

11y 72,550 3,899 14

great job! nothing like the sound of a em going into a reset complete state!
FC was my white whale for a long time, just found a minty one well worth the wait

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#15 9 years ago

CDF

Collin

Pinside member

Columbus, OH

11y 116K 5,271 29 82

Boilerman - yours is beautiful! Looks like brand new!

#16 9 years ago

DAD

boilerman

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Oxford, PA

11y 72,550 3,899 14

it even had the shipping block in the head! it is faded but that pink always fades

OP
Quoted from Collin:
Boilerman - yours is beautiful! Looks like brand new!

#17 9 years ago

MSL

mikeincali

Los Angeles Pinball

San Pedro, CA

11y 61,300 2,196 1

Quoted from boilerman:
it even had the shipping block in the head! it is faded but that pink always fades

+1 for a sweet looking EM. I wish mine was that nice.

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