Thank you! Found the problem, diode broke off on one leg!

Selling some Pin•Bot compatible boards and displays. Let me know if you have questions:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fs-working-system-11-mpu-driver-board-free-us-shipping

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/fsworking-2-alpha-1-numeric-display-d-10877

Good luck, but I think you may find that MPU board hard to sell at that price, its very high. You can get a brand new Rottendog for $40 more (plus $25 shipping), which gets you rock solid current technology and NVRAM just for starters. Versus a 30-year-old used board with a ton of obsolete technologies and IC's that are no longer even made? Unless all the numbers match game-wide, there's no real advantage to using ancient OEM boards as replacements. If someone actually does pay that price and finds even ONE board repair on it when they get it, they're gonna be MEGA pissed!! Most used Sys11 MPU's sell around here for about $200... Which is the most I would ever pay for one.

Thanks. I looked around and couldn't find any under $425 on the net. Plus shipping. Again this is for a system 11. More than happy to lower the price if a system 11 is available. And that was just what I put up. Knowing well id negotiate. I have it at $300 shipped. Which considering there aren't many available....
I'm not aware of a system 11 (not a,b, or c) repro available. You need to modify a system 11a.
Like I said here is how I based my price. I could be wrong.
System 11 ( refurbished)
https://ksarcade.net/williams-system-11-cpu-d-10881.html
System 11 ( refurbished)
https://ksarcade.net/rottendog-mpu011a-for-williams-bally-system-11.html
Thanks for pointing this out. If you could show me somewhere that has the system 11 available for sale I'd be happy to base my price off that. Lower of course. Thanks for the help.

Oh and again, this is for the pin bots that were system 11. Which there were only a few Early ones. Anyways. Sorry if I'm way off mark.

Dup

My bad, your post didn't actually say this was an 11 or 11A board... I just assumed it was an 11A since you posted it in here.

Yeah. I guess some pin bots have 11, most have a. I should have been more clear. My mistake

Found some NOS Plastics while cleaning up. Would be willing to make some trades for xenon sling plastics. Make offer if you see anything you need.

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Just joined the club. Machine is every bit as fun and brutal as I remember from location play in the 80s!

Welcome! It is brutal, outlanes are just the worst. The angles on this game are so well thought.

The outlanes are tough but not unbeatable, one you learn the game a well timed nudge can save 70% of outlane drains

Thanks! My older son played it 2 years ago at the Pacific Pinball Museum and loved it. first few days at home were tough but now he is nudging more aggressively and getting much better at it.

Heres one thing i noticed with pinbot, if I'm having an extra crappy game and draining right away, by the 3rd ball it seems that Extra ball is always lit. If i'm playing well, this doesnt seem to happen, and I only get the extra ball award based on certain high score (over 1 million or 1.2 million or whatever), or by getting it lit by hitting the eject hole on the top left when light extra ball is lit. Is this a setting that i can change to turn on or off, or change the threshold for awarding the extra ball on lower scoring games?

It's a game feature. Don't remember if it can be adjusted.

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Excellent, that makes sense now! Thank you sir for digging that up!

We call that feature Obama ball! As in, I can't work for it, so the game gives it to me anyway! (Go ahead and flame me, I'm only mildly political...)

Sounds more like a welfare ball, or a section 8 ball!
And please spare Pinside the political BS, this is one of the only websites left on the net where I don't have to read "head up your ass" political opinions from clueless morons who actually believe themselves to be brilliant experts on how government works.

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Ok, something weird happened... I think some moderator must have edited my post?? My original post had a sentence at the end where I said that my comment was not directed at you, my statement was about everywhere ELSE where I deal with those kind of people! You actually didn't even say anything offensive or really even political, I just don't want any of my club forums to evolve into any of that... Pinside is my "escape" from election season!

Haha. No problem. Not upset at all. I can take it and I'll keep any politics to a minimum. Have a good one.

I miss my Pinbot (he's on loan at my brothers house...)

Anyone know where to get that sticker for the visor drop down that makes the arrows look continuous when the visor is open? I love that mod. When you put a decal like that that gets rolled over, do you clearcoat it or Mylar it somehow?

Thanks

Fair enough. Guess I didn't read that part. Not sure I was in violation, but possibly. I certainly had no intent of getting "political". Just making a comment on that particular pinball feature. I'll be more careful in the future.

I got mine from this guy:

https://pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/pinball_customs

It's vinyl, and you shouldn't need to protect it with Mylar or clear. It is a great addition. I love mods that look like they should've been put there from the factory.

Thanks for the link. Generally, that's the only type of mod I like. Don't like them to be too gaudy

Your post has not been edited by a moderator. As best as I can tell, your post has not been touched since you originally made the post.

Marcus

I have one I can throw in the mail to you for $10.

That would be awesome!! Pm me your PayPal and I'll send right away! Thanks!

Gang,

CPR has apparently did a re-release of the plastics or they found some more:

http://www.classicplayfields.com/store-plastics.html

Mine confirmed shipping today.

Mike V.

I got mine a little while ago. A must have

Quick question, I am putting the pinbot that I have been working on for a while back together. I noticed that the mini pf seems to bow slightly to be installed. The 5 points where it bolts on, are all fixed points, no adjustment. is this common. not a lot, but does bow up in the center slightly.

I'm not sure that's allowed. Section 2.3a of the pinside code of conduct clearly states that, "the originator of a club thread shall from that moment forward and forever own said fanned game in his or her collection."

I hope we don't have to send a squad out for enforcement.

He's right, I read that somewhere.

Totally.

Even if you delete the thread, you'll never be able to sell or trade your Pinbot. Once you start a club thread, pinside sends a tech to your place, disguised as one of your buddies. When you are off getting snacks or beers or something, the tech fits your machine with a little device that causes the game to malfunction if you attempt to trade or sell it. Sorry, I thought you knew.

Wait a second. I just found a sub-rule (2.3b) which states that creators of threads can sell or trade for qualified medical reasons. Fun deficit disorder is on the list of eligible conditions. Apparently this is a common "disease" caused by repetition and long term exposure. You might need a note from a qualified fun expert to get pinside to remove the anti-trade/sale device referenced above, though.

i also am having an issue with the target assembly. It doesn't seem to go all the way down. I checked the adjustment screws, and its not hitting them. i can manually push it down the last little bit. After the ball rolls over it a couple of times, it gets pushed down. Also it seems to tilt a little bit front to back, so when its flush at the front, its still up a little at the back. suggestions?? Do i need to somehow shim under the back to try to adjust for the tilt?

thanks wayout, you're the best. will advise..

Brackets aren't bent, looks like the post on the one side is slightly proud of the wood, going to dremel it down to see if that fixes it.

So i ground down the screw, no better. Here is a pic, not sure if you can tell, but the angle isn't touching the wood. If i push it forward, it does. The arms for the visor, where they go through the target bank, are slightly bent, wonder if that is pulling on it. also thought about drilling small holes in the brackets and screwing down. Also i manually spin the motor and at the lowest point, the targets still sit above the pf. I do have the small sleeve on the motor shaft. Wonder if i could shim under the motor plate to move it down slightly to pull the targets down more?

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Have you removed the assembly outright? Sometimes that can reveal weird issues that weren't obvious with everything in place. Little broken bits of stuff that have fallen into weird spots and cause problems, for example. Kind of grasping for something to try and give helpful advice, sorry I can't think of anything concrete. I'd try to get the assembly to work as installed just for the fact that it is only held in by wood screws and there's a fair amount of weight to it - want those threads to have good purchase.

Also, I tell people at every opportunity, if you back out wood screws, remember to "find" the original thread cut by turning them back until you feel the screw click into place - you should be able to easily start it back into the wood by hand. Otherwise you're cross-threading into the plywood, which you don't want.

If you do end up removing the assembly, it's a real good time to pull the post and t-nut next to the targets, and bump it up to the next larger size. That post broke clean off on my game; the thicker (#10, I think?) post and t-nut fit pretty easily and seems much stronger.

Next time I open up my PinBot I'll take a look and see if anything jumps out at me that could be helpful.

I had it all removed from the game. Both the motor assembly and the target assembly. Nothing strange there...

I'm going to pick up a pinbot tonight.. I love this game... anything that's a common issue I should look for ?

Outlane drainage fest. Very common