Quoted from ccbiggsoo7:
anybody know where to get the full flipper assemblies for this game. what's factory coil that comes on each?
Just a PSA for those who might have experienced what I have.
Back in 2019 a friend did a beautiful restore on the SS that we purchased. I always found that the right flipper seemed sluggish but just accepted it. It wasn't until this past weekend when I started to experience some binding in the flipper that I delved in. Looking underneath, there was some black carbon dust on the flipper link and pawl etc... but I immediately noticed that the two flipper coils weren't the same. The right flipper coil was a white label and the left coil was a blue label.
Long story long...
The manual that I have, which the pin was restored is a Preliminary release and shows:
SS Manual: July 1996 16-500484A-101 [Preliminary]
Oddly, every reference to the two main flipper coils do show as FL-11629 (BLUE), EXCEPT for the actual exploded assembly diagrams!
(page 2-16) A-14876-R-3 (Right) Flipper assembly: item#12: FL-20867, Flipper Coil WHITE
(page 2-17) A-15849-L-2 (Left) Flipper assembly: items#12: FL-11629, Flipper Coil BLUE (appears to be the strongest flipper coil strength(?))
A WHITE label coil is a weaker coil compared to a BLUE and the only reference that I can find for this coil is that it is for use in a Safe Cracker. Safe Cracker is a smaller sized pinball so understandably it would have weaker flipper coils.
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Compare this to the latest online version of the manual from IPDB and clearly this flipper coil was upgraded in the exploded diagram to reflect an FL-11629 for both Left and Right
SS Manual: Sept 1996 16-500484-101 [FINAL]
(page 2-18) A-14876-R-3 (Right) Flipper assembly: item#12: FL-11629, Flipper Coil BLUE
(page 2-19) A-15849-L-2 (Left) Flipper assembly: items#12: FL-11629, Flipper Coil BLUE
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Although my binding issue was unrelated to the coil, once I replaced the coil and fixed the binding I could immediately see the difference in play. I can now shoot the crate from the RT flipper with relative ease. Previously every other shot attempt wouldn't make it into the crate, from the RT flipper so I used the LT predominantly.
Hopefully this helps someone else in the future!