I will say that I've very glad I've found this site and the hobby of pinball! I get more joy out of working with EMs because I love to tinker! But during my few months of doing this and fixing about 9 machines from non-working to working I've learned a few things....PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD TO THE LIST!

RULE 1: Never spray contact cleaner into a machine that is running!
RULE 2: Never call PBR unless you have a part number (and if you don't have a part number be ready to hear the wrath of Mr. Young)! You'll be buying a schematic for that machine before you hang up the phone...HA!
RULE 3: Never clean the tilting mechs on a machine while it's plugged in!
RULE 4: Never let your wife know how much you spent on a piece of back glass for your Dodge City!
RULE 5: Never lay a metal surge protector across your coin door and then push the "on button" at the same time your hand is on the other side....(I don't know actually what happen....but it dropped me to my knees! ZAP!)

O.K....you guys take it from here!

YES! Here we go! Love it guys!
BTW, your devilish icons look very similar!

O.K...no editing other peoples rules! We're just doing this for fun folks!

Keep them coming! I also love the "don't loose track of your adjusting tool"

RULE 16: Never leave your backglass in your machine while you are blowing out a dusty machine with an air compressor or even air duster! Nothing like seeing paint flakes flying out of your backbox and thinking, "Oh crap"!

DUDE....you are so wrong! I have seen that happen before....it happened to me!

And I use contact cleaner all the time! I put the solution in the container late at night, and then I take my contacts out and then the next morning when I put them back on my eyeballs...it's like magic!

Point being, we're just having fun here admitting our failures! It keeps me from getting old and grumpy!

And all my EM machines are on "HIGH TAP"!

Oh, I did it now!

Good rule! I think we are up to 20!

These are all great guys!

Man...I would of been sick to my stomach to see that ball roll off the playing field and into the backglass! UGH! I feel your pain!

Don't mind at all! This thread was created for humors purpose only!

Rule 37: Don't go to garage sale and fix the EM machine on sight and then ask for less money!