I’m going to check out this Roadshow on Sunday and am looking for advice on what things look for when I check it out and what amount is a fair offer for it.

I’m pretty new to the hobby, I bought my first pin earlier this year, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

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Thanks for the tips! Yeah, I went and looked at the one in Sac listed for $3,500 and wasn't impressed. The guy selling the pin didn't know anything about, I guess it was his Dad's. He'd just had the battery and some boards replaced because the old batteries leaked and the machine wasn't working. Even though he had those replaced, the back lights weren't working, the playfield was pretty dirty, and it just didn't feel right when I played it so I left without giving him an offer.

I'm pretty excited to see this one, these guys told me that they've owned this roadshow for 15 years and they've had it serviced by the pinball pirate (the last time was 2 years ago). That makes me think that it hasn't been used and abused a ton and us hopefully in great shape. I figure I'll check it out and see if everything looks and feels good then I'll try to get a sense as to why they're selling and if they're willing to come down a bit in price. I'd like to spend $3K or less. I've been wanting a DMD machine for around $3K for a few months now and have been talking myself out of machines thinking I need to get the perfect title in perfect shape. I've come to the conclusion that I just need to pull the trigger on the next good one that I find (that's a reasonable price) and the worst thing that can happen is I don't want to keep after awhile and then I can always sell it and get a different one.

There's also a T2 and a Dirty Harry that another guy is selling for a little over $3K that I'll check out if this one doesn't work out. Apparently the guy selling them has been routing them so I don't know if that's a reason to avoid them or if it's not a big deal.

Thanks again for all the tips everyone! I checked the pin out tonight and everything was in working order, both Red's and Ted's heads are working well, he actually had Red's head rebuilt a couple of years ago, and all the sensors were working properly. The seller said that it has the shaker and it works but he had his technician turn it off because he was in an apartment and wanted to keep the noise down as much as possible, so I didn't test it out. Is it easy to turn the shaker motor back on? I assume it's an option in the menu? The area in front of the kickout hole does have some wear but I don't know if there's anything to do about that, but the rest of the playfield was in good shape. The cab has a few dings and peeling here and there but seems to be decent overall.

I played and game and everything felt great! All the flippers worked well with solid strength and all the shots felt good. It honestly is the best one I've played (I've only played 3 or 4 but having a few others to compare it to made me feel confident about buying it). I offered $2,800, he countered with $3,000 and we settled on $2,900. It's sitting in the back of my van in my driveway but my wife is sound asleep so I don't have any help me unload it! Unfortunately I've got to work tomorrow so we'll see if we get up early enough in the morning to unload it or if it doesn't happen until tomorrow evening. Apparently the pin was originally in a Russian bar and it's instructions are still in Russian so that's interesting.

@dsuperbee, thanks for the offer, I really appreciate it! I'll hit you up if I have any issues after I get it set up. I'm a complete noob when it comes to pinball machines so I'll need all the help I can get! I'll be sure to post some pics as well as soon as it's up, I don't know who's be more excited for it, me or my 7 and 5 year old boys!

I got the machine set up last night and finally got a little time to post some pics tonight.

So everything was working great yesterday and then I was fiddling with the menu and tests today and when I ran the tests on Ted they didn’t seem to work. After, I played a game and the bulldozer sensor was going nuts constantly sensing and then ever sense then the bulldozer sensor isn’t working. I fiddled with the potentiometer on the Eddy board but still couldn’t get it to work. Any ideas on what I need to do to get it working again?

Other issues I’ve noticed, the volume up button inside the coin door doesn’t work, and the left flipper button seems soft/weak compared to the right. It doesn’t have the same resistance that the right bottom has and it doesn’t get pushed out as far after I push it. It still seems to work the flippers fine and the flippers appear to have a decent amount of strength. Any ideas on why the flipper button is like this and how to get the volume up bottom to work?

Also, I turned on the shaker motor on and plugged it in and it works. However, it’s not attached to the cabinet at all and it sounds odd to me being loose like that. Is that how it’s supposed to be or should it be attached?

I’m having fun both playing and fiddling around with it so far! I’d really like to get that bulldozer sensor working again soon since it’s such a big part of the game though.

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So I did this a few times and the sensor still didn’t work. Any ideas on what to do next?

Thanks for the heads up on glueing the cab! How much to I need to take the machine apart to glue it?

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I’m totally new. Can I just unplug the two blue wires from each board and plug them in the other boards? Also, does the red light being on on this other board mean anything? Thanks!

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That is one beautiful cab you've got there!

So I swapped the boards a few times and determined that the sensor was fine, the issue was the board. I bought the pinbits board suggested by @c_mario, installed it tonight and it's working great! The new board is a little larger than the original so it didn't fit the previous screw holes but we were able to fit it in there. Next I need to screw the shaker motor to the cab and glue the front left corner of the cab back together. I appreciate everyone's help!