You should absolutely upgrade to the Applejuice code. Lots to it and certainly worth it.

BTW, the blue LED's look awesome.

Did you have to modify it at all or was it plug and play with the loom?

I looked into it when I purchased the 6 ball but got confused on which motors needed a diode installed and which didn't, etc. so I didn't do it.

Or reseating the cards fixed it.

Can someone post a pic of where/how you installed the diode on the shaker? for some reason, I just can't picture in my mind how it's mounted.

Thanks to all for the pictures and clarification. I appreciate it.

Be careful with the ones off Amazon if you're using a Mac. I got one for my Mac and now that Apple has updated the OS, there are no drivers for it. Now I either have to buy another license from Applejuice for a Windows machine or another cable.

Asked this over in the playfield restoration thread but figured I'd post it here as well.

I have an RFM playfield with a broken insert where about 1/3 of it fell out (the clear is still intact) and I'm thinking about to options to fix it.

I'm thinking the safest way would be for me to flip the playfield, insert the broken piece back into the hole and add a bit of clear epoxy to solidify it.

Option 2 would be to try to remove the insert without breaking the clear (not likely) and inserting a new insert.

Final option would be to cut it out and replace it, as well as a few others that have melting issues from old lamps, and then put an overlay on it.

If I end up going the overlay route, does anyone have any experience with Pinball Center overlays? Curious if they are any good and if I should put a playfield protector over the overlay. Any advice would be appreciated.

Really!?! WTF is with that? Wonder if they'll ship to an APO/FPO.

It's not as hard as repairing a trace run on a board but not as easy as soldering in a coil.

Take your time and read the directions it's not hard. The holes are already there, I just sucked the solder out of them, put the diodes in per the directions (and their shape will match the drawing on the board) bent the pins to hold them tight in place, flowed a small amount of solder with some flux to make sure it flowed into the hole in the board, clipped the excess diode wire and was done.

Just don't use a huge glob of solder and make sure it doesn't run over into other areas of the board and make sure the diode is "tight" against the board. It should look like the others but probably not as pretty.

Anyone have a lead on a NOS playfield? I'm looking for one.

Best I've found is an overlay from Pinball Center. Decent price now that the euro has taken a dump but still have to go through a mail forwarding service since they don't ship to the US. I'll probably go that route eventually.

Install the mypinballs code and you won't have the issue.

Wow, that sucks. I guess I've just been lucky and have never had it happen (knock on wood)

I contacted CPR about it, hoping they could have/get access to the digital art as it and SW are the most recent games. They said they were working on something "keep checking" Perhaps if more sent requests they would see demand and get one going.

Pretty sure it's going up the capture lane that makes the martian spin, not the scoop.

Thats cool you figured it out. I'm not sure about the reed switches either. My capture lane doesn't register all the time, I don't know if I should get new reed switches or not. I know there is a guy on here that builds and sells them but not sure.

Beautiful game!!! Get a cliffy's on that scoop hole ASAP.

I'd fill out and send the warranty card in and put "start making new pinball machines" under things they can improve. LOL

I've done the 6 ball trough. It's not too bad although I did have one LED that wasn't working so I had to order another one from Marco and install it.

Overall, if you can do basic soldering, you can do it pretty easily. There is also someone that sells new PCB's with 7 optos, can't remember who it is though. That was my back up. If I screwed up installing them on my boards I was going to order those.

*** Edit, it's Planetary Pinball who has the 7 opto boards.***

The knocker and shaker I haven't done yet but it's pretty much just a harness and a diode. (aside from mounting the knocker and shaker motor)

No specific mode but you can "'add a ball" on all multiball modes by having stroke of luck lit and getting a ball in there. Same as it does with a 4 ball trough, you can just get up to 6 now.

I agree, I recommend against that. I screwed mine up and ended up putting in new molex connectors.

Now if we could just get someone like CPR to repro the playfield I'd be set.

Wipe the dust off the top, it will be 5 lbs lighter.

$2200 Canadian?