BTTF? Seriously? I was only kidding when I mentioned it the other night!

Yes, I'm now taking it personally that Sopranos is never in a tournament.

Just kidding - glad you're doing this again.

I can't do them Saturdays because of tournaments and the auction so it's not possible; it basically has to be on a day I work.....we'll see how this one goes....

I thought there was an Attack from Mars in Crossville, but that's not Cookeville.

I seem to remember somebody telling me that as well. No idea where though.

Elvira is done. Back to the arcade tomorrow. Another project sliding in front of whirlwind, sorry guys.

You'll find out soon enough I'm sure. Not going to GG though.

You bought Bugs Bunny!

Best looking bugs bunny ever!

I was joking. I wouldn't have that machine in my garage. No offense. . If you're dying of curiosity look at the latest post on my blog crash, you have the address.

final pics

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I just got home from GG. Bugs Bunny is still there.

Oh, and I honestly believe Earthshaker needs to be put on a rotisserie. I discovered the screw holing down the fault wireform had a clean break towards the bottom. I tried a bigger screw, and it's just not gripping anything.

Second off, I'm trying to figure out what the second screw hole is for. The manual doesn't explain much of anything. But after reading some old r.g.p posts, there is supposed to be a y-latch under the fault that cannot be reached unless the playfield is removed. It says if the y-latch is broken, then the fault won't latch.

The response came from Cliffy, so I'm guessing we may finally have an answer to the faulty fault

The fault works though, the wireform is just hanging the ball up because it's not constrained by the screw. Did you try putting a nut on the underside to hold the machine screw?

According to the manual it's a locking machine screw. It should just be held in place by the threads. But both screws I tried are not catching anything.

If you look at this pic, it shows two machine screws - one holding the wireform and another behind it. On the GG machine, the screw behind it is also missing. I think this is possibly where the Y-latch goes. That's probably what the screws are supposed to thread into.

According to most posts on RGP, this part is problematic and breaks constantly.

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I also think a previous owner hacked it up. You may also notice in this picture, there is no screw to the left of where the plastic splits. On the machine at GG, there IS a screw to the left of the fault line, and that's what the ball kept getting hung up on.

certainly hacked.. here's a pic of the day I got it.

http://pinballrestore.wordpress.com/1989-williams-earthshaker/#jp-carousel-224

definitely a screw there that shouldn't be..

The Y-latch they're talking about in this post is UNDER the playfield and latches when the fault fully opens (near the coil). We tested that when we were there and it was catching correctly. Obviously the extra screw is weird but I still think a nut/machine screw to hold the wireform still could fix the ball getting caught up, the ramp just needs to be far enough to the right so that the ball doesnt get stuck between that screw and the wireform.

http://rgparchive-removed.com/rgpforum/showthread.php?p=982383

Elvira is back at Game Galaxy and oh is she pretty.

Haven't checked in on this thread in some time. Glad to see y'all have kept it going. The rest of us in other regions are jealous. Y'all are even setting up tournaments here. That is awesome!!!

Earthshaker 100%.

Machine screw and a nut on the wireform. Removed the extraneous screw as it seemed to serve no purpose other than to hang up the ball.

That woman in the wheelchair today kicked some major ass at Doctor Who.

She knocked Jason off the grand champion spot with over 1 billion.

New project.. We're gonna need a bigger clamp!!

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Jason told me about that today. Aside from the dirty playfield, it looks to be in fairly nice shape! Finding a Comet with an entact ramp and no cracks is somewhat rare.

So this ones not going to GG? I'm still working on getting the Cyclone and Hurricane. It would be neat to have the "coaster trilogy" in one place.

The outlook on the pair is looking fairly bleak. I've contacted the seller several days ago, and so far, no response.

Another thing is the ad has been up since July 28th. So he may have already sold them and just forgot to delete the post.

But I'll be trying to contact him again tomorrow.

I really like that series of roller coaster themed pins. I think a lineup of Comet, Cyclone and Hurricane would be awesome!!!

That Comet is from the laundromat in Smyrna and won't be going to Game Galaxy ever.

I am in the market for Cyclone, Comet, and Hurricane though at the arcade so if you guys see them...

Jon has a Comet. But IMO, he wants too much for it.

Jon always wants more for his machines than they are worth; he's depending on the "first time buyer" to pick up his stuff, that is exactly who he caters to and unfortunately he is the ONLY game in town to go to unless I actively had all my pinballs for sale.

Well scratch that, Chris Royalty is trying to break in on the "LED" market to everyone.

Lookie what's in the cabinet.. one less piece of the playfield to buy..

Cabinet clean..

I think we found the key to the backbox in pic 3! That's where I left it.. acting as part of my drop target mech..

and an initial parts list..

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As a coaster lover I support this.

At least you didn't find a nest of mice like we did in one of the pins we picked up awhile back (Last Action Hero)

Comet pf doesn't look bad at all. Key mod is awesome and a must have

Crash

First off I stopped by Holiday Wash the other day and while I didn't get a chance to play Police Force, I did get a chance to play Adams Family and I noticed it's playing much better than the last time I played it.(Thing Flipper was working much better and so was the plunger) I could tell work had been done on it and it was an enjoyable play.

I went to college in Cookeville and lived there for a few years afterwards and there's no place to play pinball there that I know of anymore. None.

If you find yourself in Crossville though which is 30 miles east of Cookeville

A. I'm sorry you're stuck in Crossville
B. there is a Revenge From Mars Pinball 2000 machine (know I said Attack from Mars earlier but I got my machines crossed) I've updated the pinmap with the location.

Crash

I went on Friday around 6:30. I stopped in before heading to Crossville to visit the family.

I called the guy this morning. The Cyclone and Hurricane were sold.

I see Comet regularly turn up for < $1000 and Hurricane for not much more. Finding one without a beat playfield is another story. One will come along no doubt.

Now finding a Chicago Cubs Triple Play for sale, much less at a reasonable cost, that's another story...

Playfield on a Cyclone can be replaced with a CPR repro if you're willing to fork out the extra $650. Hurricane was probably Diamond Plated, so there's a better chance of finding a playfield in good shape. The only thing is Hurricane never saw the popularity of the first two, which is why the price is so low on them.

Comet is just hard to find with either a nice playfield, or a ramp and upper left spiral that isn't cracked to hell.

The main ramp is in great shape. The upper left has one bad crack/hole in it which I think I can patch sufficiently. I can see why though, that plastic is flimsy and thin.

I'm surprised that the Comet spiral isn't being reproduced. It's a very common machine, and it's one of the parts that always tends to be broken.

Apparently the rabbit/duck target decals aren't either. Found the rabbits, no luck with the ducks yet.

There are a few duck decals on Ebay.

ebay.com link: Cyclone Duck Round Target Decals Pinball Machine

Of course, you'd have to order 2 sets since Comet uses 4. But it never hurts to have extras lying around.

Planetary pinball had one set and little shop of games has the other.

Dracula, Elvira, No Fear tonight, right?