(Topic ID: 29319)
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Scared Stiff
Bally, 1996
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Saddle River, NJ
2 weeks later
Quoted from Dr-Tommy:Ted, you are absolutely right. Once I played for awhile and had to stare at the back box, I didn't like the fleshy tones either.
So I experimented a little more with bulb placement and I am much happier now!
T !
What did you use for the 89s in the backbox - if anything? I'm doing my backbox now and wondering about those lights. The incandescent bulbs I have are very weak compared to the LEDs now there.
I put color changers behind the monster plastic overlay in the upper right hand corner and I really like the way it looks! I think I'm going to copy your approach with the cool and warm white bulbs when I go back and put the spider/web lights in.
Thanks!
Quoted from jlouderb:What did you use for the 89s in the backbox - if anything? I'm doing my backbox now and wondering about those lights. The incandescent bulbs I have are very weak compared to the LEDs now there.
Hi, I didn't change out any of the 89 (flashers). I really like the more dynamic (intensity ramp effect) blinking / strobing of the incandescents. So actually my entire machine now has leds everywhere, except for the flashers - I think it all looks great with the old school flasher bulbs. I'll have to get a video up here sometime. Good luck!
2 weeks later
Hi everyone!
Not much activity in here lately (everyone focused on Ghostbusters these days? 
)
Over the past 6 months I've been doing a lot to my SS and wanted to share, just haven't found the time. So, here is one of the latest projects:
I finally added the LED eyes to the skull pile plus some flickering candles. It was a fun little DIY project and I was so amazed that when I turned on the machine, it actually works!!
I put a more detailed write-up here, with some more pics:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/diy-skull-pile-led-flickering-candles-for-ss-for-15#post-3099657
I also put a blue LED strip from Comet over the skull / lab area, and I think it really makes things look nice! That area used to be so dark and I can't believe what I've been missing!
Boronia
2 weeks later
Hi guys, tech support needed!
Anyone ever have to replace their opto switches?
My #36, right popper (spider hole) opto, the Transmitter (white one) stopped working and seems to have fried. Did all the troubleshooting to no avail. The measured voltage at transmitter is 25 volts?! But it should be about 1.4 volts according to manual. I measured others and they are all around 1.5 to 2.5 volts.
Not sure if voltage to this opto is now high from a problem somewhere else? Or if when opto blows, no resistance in led that is causing high voltage?
Full story here
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/opto-switch-voltage-weirdness-help
Thanks for any thoughts or tips!
Cheers
Quoted from spfxted:Help the Dr.!
Thanks for the bump Ted (haha love the new avatar, looks like you need to borrow a set of shades from the X-men Cyclops 
Okay so some guys suggested it might be the 16-opto board that is the problem. There definately shouldn't be 25 volts at the opto transmitter. So to me it seems a resistor might have come loose (on the 16-opto board).
Anyone in the club have experience with this 16-opto board (the one under the PF near the right spider-hole popper)??
I can make some sense of the schematics (and the opto wiring) in the manual, but I don't know how to find out what resistor on the board is controlling this particular opto.
Ehh - once I get this stuff fixed I'll update here in the club. I have a few more mods I want to share with you all but now, but the priority is getting a playable game.
please help me all you opto-board and wiring gurus!
Cheers,
Tom
Welcome to the club...! I wonder how many "members" we have now? Ted did you come to your senses yet and get another Scared Stiff ?
I'm putting my scared stiff back togather, but I have some questions. I'm replacing the ramps and was wondering if at the entrance of the bat ramp is there metal protectors that go on the inside of the ramp. There are two screws holes near the entrance . If not maybe someone can snap a close up pic of it so I can see what goes there.
I joined the club this year with this route-fresh Scared Stiff from an operator warehouse near me. To be honest, I bought the game strictly to do the restore and with intent to use as trade bait. I knew I wouldn't make any money on it after I dumped the needed amount into the game but I saw it as reserving a spot for another premium pin in my lineup, once done. Plus, when I saw it in the warehouse, head down and covered with dust I felt really compelled to rescue it and give it new life!
The thing I didn't count on was enjoying the game as much as we do. At least for now.. Elvira stays, something else will have to go. 
Glad to be in the club!
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Quoted from visi0n:I joined the club this year with this route-fresh Scared Stiff
Wow guys (and gals? ) there are some great looking machines in this club! How many were made? 4028? Wonder how many of those 4028 are in here...
@visi0n. Is that some kind of led string you have running through the boney beast? It looks awesome!
I've seen these light ropes to line ramps (like the guys in the Tron club), and it seems like a cool idea to run a light rope down the (inside) spine of the boney beast to give a pretty cool glow effect.
Quoted from Dr-Tommy:@visi0n. Is that some kind of led string you have running through the boney beast? It looks awesome!
I've seen these light ropes to line ramps (like the guys in the Tron club), and it seems like a cool idea to run a light rope down the (inside) spine of the boney beast to give a pretty cool glow effect.
Aye, some friends and I were discussing the games with some of the coolest ramps and Tron came up, so the idea was born out of that..
This is what I used / did:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K5MW1X2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
I like the waterproof because the coating makes them a little more substantial. I used one of these in the backbox (I think mezel had it in stock) : http://www.dkpinball.com/DKWP/?page_id=653
I bought some extra molex connectors and pins from mezel, too - and cut the DC side of the power supply from the LED kit - used just the cable - and installed the molex. I created a molex extension connector running from that power tap in the back box to the crate upkicker coil bracket and mounted the control box for the LED's to that coil bracket with a ziptie. So the connection path is:
PowerTap ->speaker swire with molex->DC cable from LED power strip box (w/ another molex)->to mini plug that goes into the white control box for the LEDs.
I fished the LEDs up through the base of the boney beast (lots of playfield holes to work with under these plastics, and the beast's head hides some of the cabling) - and just wiretied the LED's at every spine junction.
I think the whole thing took me, maybe an hour? It wasn't bad at all - and well worth it. When I installed the Pinbits EL wire kit on my Tron pro a couple years back - that seemed harder and I had the kit!
I like those LED's too b/c you can change the colors to suit your taste and it will recall your settings on next power up.
Also, when I made the molex from that power tap, I created a splitter to power a cointaker / mindorbits shooter rod.
Good luck to all the Stiffies out there..
Quoted from visi0n:Aye, some friends and I were discussing the games with some of the coolest ramps and Tron came up, so the idea was born out of that..
This is what I used / did:
amazon.com link »
I like the waterproof because the coating makes them a little more substantial. I used one of these in the backbox (I think mezel had it in stock) : http://www.dkpinball.com/DKWP/?page_id=653
I bought some extra molex connectors and pins from mezel, too - and cut the DC side of the power supply from the LED kit - used just the cable - and installed the molex. I created a molex extension connector running from that power tap in the back box to the crate upkicker coil bracket and mounted the control box for the LED's to that coil bracket with a ziptie. So the connection path is:
PowerTap ->speaker swire with molex->DC cable from LED power strip box (w/ another molex)->to mini plug that goes into the white control box for the LEDs.
I fished the LEDs up through the base of the boney beast (lots of playfield holes to work with under these plastics, and the beast's head hides some of the cabling) - and just wiretied the LED's at every spine junction.
I think the whole thing took me, maybe an hour? It wasn't bad at all - and well worth it. When I installed the Pinbits EL wire kit on my Tron pro a couple years back - that seemed harder and I had the kit!
I like those LED's too b/c you can change the colors to suit your taste and it will recall your settings on next power up.
Also, when I made the molex from that power tap, I created a splitter to power a cointaker / mindorbits shooter rod.
Good luck to all the Stiffies out there..
Pics?
Quoted from Whitewater:Hi guys
I just joined the club. What an awesome game...I just love her voice!
Does anyone know where I can buy this illuminated topper. Looks like laser cut polycarbonate ?
Welcome, but.... do you really dig this topper???
Quoted from TKDalumni:Where can one find those glow in the dark bones!!?
1 week later
I've had my Scared Stiff for over a year now, so its about time I joined the club
Just as I thought I'd added all the mods that I wanted - Visi0n goes and posts his bony beast! Thanks for the inspiration, that's my next SS job... Who wouldn't want their bony beast to be all lit up and glowing?!
A couple of things I can bring to the party that I haven't seen on here yet - I've put lights in my boogie men cos I love em so much. (I'll get some pictures one day.)
I've also made my own cards (pinching bits from here and there), here's a (bad) photo of them installed.
Anyone else gone for transparent rubbers on the the boney finger flippers? File_06-06-2016_10_54_41_(resized).jpeg
Quoted from TKDalumni:Where can one find those glow in the dark bones!!?
My Scared Stiff had the glow in the dark bones when I bought it. I don't really see the point in them. They never have chance to glow ...until you turn the machine off! (..and even then its not very impressive).
Quoted from boogieman:Anyone else gone for transparent rubbers on the the boney finger flippers?
Yep. I redid the entire machine in color matched silicone and kept the slings and flippers clear. I even made a "kit" for scared stiff ( at Titan) if you want to try that.
I have lots of photos from my latest mods but just need to find the time after work to post them here!
Visi0n, awesome mod on the beast!! I have a few similar ideas that I'll try to hash out here in this thread later this summer.
Congrats on the great looking machines guys.
Scared Stiff withe Elvira Slime.
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Quoted from GAP:Scared Stiff withe Elvira Slime.
Gee.... I don't know.... that slime green may fit well with GB but.... it's a little far from the cabinet and inside-art colors...
1 week later
Quoted from golfingdad1:Does anyone's shooter lane look like this with the t-nuts ??
Yes only my nuts are tighter to the PF
Quoted from Skypilot:Yes only my nuts are tighter to the PF
So thats normal ? In the shooter like that ?
Quoted from golfingdad1:So thats normal ? In the shooter like that ?
normal!
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