Where's the Jack the dead monkey in the bottle Joe ?

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Lots. Joe is keeping you in the dark. Time to start calling him, a lot.

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No. CE was cut off Dec. 31st at midnight EST. So no way of knowing how many were sold.

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You are right. 200 POTC CE's.

I thought this thread had drifted into a Dialed In discussion. Sorry.

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Actually, I found out the what. Quite by accident. Now I'm sworn to secrecy.

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You have a stool that isn't powder coated.

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Best start calling Joe all night right now.

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Looks like a ghost ship coming at YOU.

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Changed two.

Like what ?

They've performed pretty good at shows and on the live twitch feed.

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The 3 disc is now doing the variables on the screen. And the three ring spinner replaced with a single spinner. Which throws the ball quite nicely. Something the three didn't do a good job of.

You haven't lost anything.

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I didn't deny anything.

You didn't say anything about seeing it until now. Three feet away from the playing position looking at the playfield, or watching the screen. Fact or not, doesn't seem like a lot of difference to me. You have ball(s) running around and yet you have time to concentrate on the 3 rings or LCD, what they are doing ? I'd think you'd be going for your next shot. If you have time to look down and read, you have time to look up and read.

You are of course correct. The lid is now fixed open. What a great tragedy. First thing I think of when I played it. Looking back there. Crap, is that lid up or down ? That could greatly alter whether I win a game or not. Damn. Heck, I might not even match now.

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No beer. After 12 plus hours of working my arcade and tech support, I do get in a jollier mood. Anything worth doing is worth having some fun.

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No, and yes.

When you consider the amount of time I put in doing tech support, I'll have way more than that in the game.

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No. I don't do good with a boss. I only did that once. Though I did get to run a foreman up a forklift and left him up there.

This morning I already spent an hour on the phone with a person having an LED board issue on a WOZ. Person was the problem, not the LED board. About 30 minutes into one of these you start going cross eyed and lose a lot of IQ points. You couldn't pay me for this crap. There ain't enough money out there.

The companies I work for I tell them. Let me know what you want done. Consider it done. Leave me alone.

I'm just doing what I've always done. Trying to make my little corner of pinball a little bit better and enable people to enjoy their games more.

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No. That was my decision, not Jack's. Or Rick's. Or anybody else I may help in the future.

I knew from the previous 17 years at that time when Jack hired me, helping people on line, there isn't enough money available to do that. After an hour explaining why you can't put 10 balls in a 5 ball game or you can't cut circuit boards in half. You haven't lived until you answer that phone. You couldn't pay me to do that. I knew what I would be getting myself into back then and what I do hasn't changed. Let me know what you want done. Consider it done.

All I've ever wanted was to make my little corner of pinball a little bit better.

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You can. Just not a great idea.

Charlie of Spooky Pinball asked me about that one. He asked me, "They do that", "Why?"

I told him, "You don't want to know". I never ask how we got to that point. I don't want to know why or what their thinking was. I just try to get their game going again as fast as possible.

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Disclaimer : Tech support. It's not a job. It's an adventure.

The triple spinner is done on the screen now.

The single spinner works great and actually flings the ball. The three ring version didn't have enough surface area on any one ring to really effect the ball. Watch videos of it, the ball pretty much rolls across it.

Play the production model if you can. Then decide. It's proving to be a great pin.

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If you mean me, it doesn't bother me at all. Especially for dashv, since he's thinking of buying a Hobbit instead. Pirates and Hobbit are both JJP pins.

Like any pin, JJP or other manufacturer, I've always encouraged people to play them and get the one they like. They are the ones that have to live with their decision. Don't rule a game out until you play it and decide.

Not to mention if down the road I ever give them tech help, I'd much rather help a person who is happy with their purchase than sorry they ever got it.

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https://themodcouplepinball.com/

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I tried that. That don't work.

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Could be inside the game somewhere if it fell off.

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How have you not called Joe and texted him 100 times by now ?

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Steve was already on it when I called you.

Thank you for the kind words.
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You'll need to talk to NJ JJP for that one, if none came with the game.

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Coming as soon as they are printed.

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Should be four spotting holes up there.

Apparently they are loud.

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Disclaimer : I don't have one to check.

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Tech support for the topper is coming out of NJ. So contact JJP there.

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I am sorry this happened. Perhaps borrow some off one of your other pins. I know it isn't right, but then you can play your pirates.

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Anywhere you can find the local ? I doubt they could ship them so you'd have them before the holiday.

I know. I am sorry. You can play the game without the topper until they send them to you.

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You are about an hour from Pinball Life.

Any friends closer you could borrow some from ?

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Bend it past the part that pushes the small knob into the switch body. So you don't effect that.

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Same as yours. Mueneir.

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On my game, I held the switch arm down and a tiny bit past the point where the knob goes into the switch body, bent the arm up. A blob of hot glue on the end of the button makes a wider surface to engage the switch arm and not stick on it.

Assuming the playfield hangers aren't bent and playfield is in the right position, check between the shooter knob and shooter housing, any fat washers, remove some so the shooter rod is closer to the ball.

Right side of the ramp/ship, below the spotlight is a screw through the metal ramp into a rubber grommet into a hex post. Screw that screw in more squeezing the rubber grommet so the ramp leans to the right.

The ships rocks a lot more the farther into a game you progress.

Main keys are for coin door. Backbox lock key is hanging inside the coin door on a hook.

I use an inclinometer or - http://www.pinballnews.com/learn/level/index.html

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You need a CE game. It won't work on other models.

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This is what I would try. ( They won't give me one for tech support so I can't experiment ) The flat surface of the cam, a very thin line of grease on it. The roller thing it pushes, a drop of oil on each side where it rolls on an axle.

Past that I'd check other surfaces that are binding or adding to the noise. Might be a bit of work and digging into it. I do believe it can be reduced.

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Nice they let me know, since I'm getting calls and emails about it.

Thank you Yelobird !

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I'd upgrade if I could. The CE is over the top for that game.

Call Chris today, make your holidays great. 608-393-2299

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You did a great job on him !

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Merry Christmas Richie. I do hope you remembered to call and text Joe Star about 14 hours ago.

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Greatest Pirates mod yet !

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Yes. Start the New Year off right. It will be the first of many in the New Year !

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This should help you :

Please check out page C-54 in the manual ( you can download it at jerseyjackpinball.com ) that page shows the data harness path. From W6 to #29, to #1, to #2, to #3, etc. etc.

Please go into Tests - LEDs - All LEDs, this turns any working all white. Lift playfield and lean on backbox. You can see the working ones kind of glow.

They are wired in series, a straight line. Find the last working one, the one after it that is out is the bad one. With the power on, you can by pass the data harnesses on the LED boards, bypass the bad one, and turn off in settings. ( be sure and turn it back on when you replace it ) this will help you identify a bad one.

As an example, say #15 was out. You can run the data harness from red on W2, to green on #16 instead of #15. If the rest light up, you know #15 is the bad one.

With the power on you can move data harnesses. They go red to green from board to board. Don't mess with the power connectors with the power on.

I'll be right over.

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Disclaimer : Just kidding. Tech support late needs a little humor.

See the red arrow pointing to the red screw ? Tighten it down and squish the rubber grommet it goes through to lower the ramp so it leans to the right.

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Just like changing a shooter rod.

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The disc acts like a disc, throws the balls good. The three thinner discs didn't have enough surface to effect the ball much.

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I can't send parts though.

Under warranty or to buy a new one, contact Shannan next week.

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They give you money so you spend it. If they didn't want you spending it, they wouldn't give it to you.

So if a Pirates CE makes you happy. Go for it.

You'll be glad you did.
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Smart move. That is one of the best looking mods out there.

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Disclaimer : Next to the Monkey.

That is correct.

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4 bolts and two or three connectors. Pull it out, put in new one. Then bolts, then connectors.

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Double faced automotive tape for side molding.

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Too many balls in the game ?

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Search RitchieWrenches posts. He put insulation in his to quiet it down.

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