BTTF from 1400 miles away...Great Scott! UPDATE!

Well, a trip to Disney from MA, and the pin is south of Disney. l'm going to save the clock tower!!! save the clock tower!! Lightning struck that clock...okay, you get it

This was/is an ebay buy/gamble. Bought it for $586. lt will need a paint job on the cabinet in the blue badly. If i'm lucky, the batteries are dead. If i'm a little less than lucky, Power supply is shot. If i'm not lucky at all, well...acid damage cpu...
I have a soft spot for some of DE's creations. The theme is cool, and haven't really played one (Though i know what to expect from this alpha pin) I figured i'd give this a shot and bring it back to life nicely, if possible, so stay tuned for a step by step thread bttf.jpg

#2 11 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

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Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,068 19 30 1

Never played one either. Good luck I'll be waiting to see the threads!

#3 11 years ago

SPK

NEW-B

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11y 49,300 373

I was watching that one. I want one but its so far away

#4 11 years ago

HBS

herbertbsharp

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Ballston Spa, NY

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Good Luck!

#5 11 years ago

GMT

NJGecko

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River Edge, NJ

11y 93,400 8,004 5 13

Good luck to you! You will end up spending more on gas then the pin cost!

Are you at least going to stop at Disney?

#6 11 years ago

DJP

Chitownpinball

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Aurora, IL

11y 102K 7,314 5

Hey I was watching that one too....good luck with the trip.

#7 11 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge

I've been to Florida by auto over 50 times (I honestly lost count) So yes, this pin is added gravy for the long drive to Disney World

#8 11 years ago

DK

Pinball Naples

12y 155K 4,876 129 3

I was the high bid before you ended up trumping me. Congrats

#9 11 years ago

JIM

ebjimmyg

Blocked

12y 1,072

saw that on ebay, good luck with fixing it up.... long drive for sure, would rather pay navl to deliver it, but warmer weather would be nice

#10 11 years ago

ANV

captainadam_21

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Sioux Falls, SD

12y 74,150 3,104 46

Quoted from NEW-B:
I was watching that one. I want one but its so far away

As was I. I guess no pin on eBay goes unnoticed by the Pinside crowd.

#11 11 years ago

RJS

thepita007

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Jacksonville, FL

11y 32,050 279 3

I was bidding as well but sounds like mpu is shot from auction description so stopped bidding.

#12 11 years ago

EDG

Richthofen

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11y 75,800 2,697

You need to sell your Black Hole pinball to make room for this, right? Still interestedddddd.

#13 11 years ago

DJP

Chitownpinball

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Aurora, IL

11y 102K 7,314 5

Quoted from Richthofen:
You need to sell your Black Hole pinball to make room for this, right? Still interestedddddd.

You ready for system80?

#14 11 years ago

GEM

Silverballer

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14y 88,300 3,238 51

Congrats! Never actually played it myself. Can we officially start teasing you about picking it up in the Delorean? You know you can save a lot of money when it runs on beers cans and coffee grounds. Thank you... Im here thru the weekend and be sure to tip the staff.

#15 11 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge

haha, actually, it's being picked up in a Tahoe...so I have to go back to 1955 to afford the gas

#16 11 years ago

EDG

Richthofen

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11y 75,800 2,697

Quoted from Chitownpinball:
You ready for system80?

It's time for me to step up. The things I haven't learned yet are painting/Woodworking and board repair/troubleshooting. Less messy to do the latter

#17 11 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge

I have pages and pages of notes and videos, and system 80 will still get the best of me on an off day....and I've had them for years. Granted, I'm light on board work, but pretty decent at troubleshooting. System 80= the jungle of pinball.

#18 11 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge

and look at that flyer above- who knew Gary Stern doubled as Dr Emmit Brown? Makes sense, he goes back in time to finish code

#19 11 years ago

MIK

Miguel351

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You do realize that at some point on the way back home with it in your vehicle, you HAVE to go 88mph, right?

If you don't, you might need some of your pinball/nerd cred taken away.

#20 11 years ago

HFK

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Nokomis, FL

11y 72,900 1,191

Cool to know who got it, surprised it was someone from so far away.

#21 11 years ago

MJD

corvair61

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Canton, OH

11y 73,050 995 14 22 1

And of course.. Keep us all updated on your restore. Congrats! It was obviously your density....

#22 11 years ago

ZPY

zippydapinhead

Inactive member

Albany, OR

12y 78,450 3,484 12 32

Wish I hadn't gotten rid of mine, fun pin.

#23 11 years ago

DK

Pinball Naples

12y 155K 4,876 129 3

Quoted from corvair61:
And of course.. Keep us all updated on your restore. Congrats! It was obviously your density....

You mean, your destiny???

#24 11 years ago

DSZ

Jedidentist

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Sudbury, MA

11y 30,650 135 5

Well, as long as you were heading that way, no harm done, right? Good luck with it!

#25 11 years ago

SPK

NEW-B

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11y 49,300 373

And of course.. Keep us all updated on your restore. Congrats! It was obviously your density....

I_see_what_you_did_there_super.jpg

#26 11 years ago

DK

Pinball Naples

12y 155K 4,876 129 3

It's official... We are all dorks

#27 11 years ago

MIK

Miguel351

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11y 81,400 4,571 3

Quoted from DK:
It's official... We are all dorks

That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.

2 weeks later

#28 11 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge

Just wanted to update this post to those that were curious. I put my trip off until March, so NAVL arrived today with the ebay BTTF.
Amazingly, NO ACID DAMAGE AT ALL. At power on however, there was no led lights on the mpu. I then went and grabbed a spare rottendog power supply I had, and bingo- all came to life, save for a few glitches.
One, some of the flashers are locked on, so I removed the flashers that were locked until I feel like tackling that issue.
Second, the eject hole under the clock tower would lock on once any one solenoid was activated/fired off. I traced this down to a bad transistor on the cpu solenoid drive line, happened to have a tip 122 on hand, replaced and all seems well there. Need to mess with the VUK switch, new rubber, etc, but it plays fast! I will update pictures soon.

#29 11 years ago

ZPY

zippydapinhead

Inactive member

Albany, OR

12y 78,450 3,484 12 32

Glad it made it home! Once you get it all 100% you gotta LED it out, the multiball light show is one of it's best features and the led's really pop on that one.

#30 11 years ago

GEP

Gerry

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Syracuse, NY

11y 66,900 3,808 26

OP
Quoted from shacklersrevenge:
Just wanted to update this post to those that were curious. I put my trip off until March, so NAVL arrived today with the ebay BTTF.
Amazingly, NO ACID DAMAGE AT ALL. At power on however, there was no led lights on the mpu. I then went and grabbed a spare rottendog power supply I had, and bingo- all came to life, save for a few glitches.
One, some of the flashers are locked on, so I removed the flashers that were locked until I feel like tackling that issue.
Second, the eject hole under the clock tower would lock on once any one solenoid was activated/fired off. I traced this down to a bad transistor on the cpu solenoid drive line, happened to have a tip 122 on hand, replaced and all seems well there. Need to mess with the VUK switch, new rubber, etc, but it plays fast! I will update pictures soon.

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Congrats on the game man, i have never played that one...

I'd like to give it a shot some day....

#31 11 years ago

JCC

shacklersrevenge