Im looking to remove the warming resistors from my F14 Tomcat to prevent the flashers from remaining on all the time. I was going to desolder just one leg of each resistor and then shrink wrap it to prevent any shorts and allow a quick resolder in the event i ever sell the machine to someone who wants to go back to regular flasher bulbs in the future. Does that sound like an ok idea ?
My question is ... Can anyone tell me for certain if all the resistors underneath the playfield are for only the flashers ? Do i remove all of them or are certain ones for something else ? I counted 17 flashers on the field but there are 6 boards with 4 resistors on each board totaling 24 resistors . Some are 330 ohm and some are 4.7 ohm and are different lengths and wattage. Am i just miscounting the flashers or again , are some of them for something else ?

Also, have 4 flashers behind the backglass (transite) which has 1 board with 4 resistors. Photo attached. Do i clip all 4 resistors ?
Just dont want to screw anything up !

Any help would be much appreciated. Aurora-20140306-00347.jpg

Sorry, i forgot to mention it was because i have LED flashers installed.

yeah, sorry, meant to put the LED point in my original post

Thanks Grumpy !!

I just took a look and noticed that some of the boards have two ground wires attached (they are soldered onto the board at the same spot) and some have just one. Do i remove both ground wires on the boards with the two ?

ok. thanks again

I dont want to leave any of the incandescents in as they look way to dull compared to the leds.

Does anyone know if this is a possibility or am i good to go removing the ground wires.

So should i do this rather than remove the ground wires ?

ok, i removed all ground wires and heat shrunk them. All led flashers are installed and working properly now.

Thanks everyone !!

It was Grumpy, please understand my hestitance as im new to fixing thing and i got a lot of conflicting options and was just very nervous about making mistakes.
BTW. i also just changed my first flipper coils ever and everything is good!! Woohoo !! Im new to the pinball repair world and im loving it !!

Does anyone else get that amazing feeling when they do something outside of their comfort zone and it works out well and you feel really good !!!! just curious ?

Exactly !!!!

I used the premium leds from cointaker. My led flashers were direct replacements for the 89 bulbs.

Maybe someone else can do a vid as im already done with mine

Yep, did every single light in the machine. I think it looks great and nothing too blinding at all !

All comes down to personal choice !!

Yep ! And i love it !!