Hi, I just picked up a #Sea Isle game for my tiki bar. It is my first wood rail machine (and 2nd pinball). I have some questions and would appreciate any help you geniuses can give !!

The schematic is on the back box door but it is almost impossible to read. Anyone have a good quality photo of schematic they could send me??

Is the upper right stepper (1000's??) suppose to have 2 coils?? I would think > Yes .. but don't see any extra wires that would connect to it.... if so, is it #9126?

I want to replace a couple of the coils that have been "repaired" and are wrapped in electric tape. There is a listing on EBay for "Williams - Chicago Coin A-22-550 G-22-550 FJ-22-550 J-22-550 9122 New" from apbenterprises in Illinois ... in their listing, they list all games it will work on .. and #Sea-Isle isn't listed ..? IS THIS THE RIGHT COIL ? I ask because the previous owner told me it run on different voltage (6V??) and I couldn't use "standard" pinball light bulbs in it ... is this correct ? and does this hold true for coils??

I am going to clean and wax PF ... Is Millwax OK?

Also, I am missing one bumper cap. I see there are repros available but they are so white (not aged) that they would look funny on vintage machine. Anyone know where to get one or 2 vintage ones?

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for any help you can give !!!!

Tiki Todd

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OK ... One coil is right ... Awesome ! THANK YOU !

Darcy > THANKS !!! I love it .. this week > going to clean play field and get a piece of glass cut for it ...

jrpinball and poppapin >> THANKS !!

THANKS to all who replied to my post !

I have done a little work on the Sea Isle ... mainly fixing the 1000's stepper (in upper right) ... CLEANED the gunky lube someone had put on steppers .... Got new COIL from APB Enterprises in Illinois (they were very helpful and even double checked their coil was correct specs for my game) ... the "pin" that the "arm" pivots on was loose so I used a little JB Weld and a small washer and secured it (working great so far) ... also the SPRING must have been stretched out a bit ... was going to shorten it but saw a box of 200 springs at Harbor Freight for $5 so used one of those (had to stretch it out a tiny bit) ... also cleaned and waxed PF ... and ordered glass today ...

I'm still looking for a decent quality copy or photo of the schematic ... and one or two vintage pop caps ...

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Hi Bruce, PinballFever

I used Naptha (from Home Depot in Paint aisle) and break cleaner (in spray can from auto parts store) ... one of my friends recommended Lacquer Thinner instead of Naptha > he thought it would break down the grease a little better ... ? ... used a lot of Q-Tips and a toothbrush ... on most places I wet the q-tips or toothbrush with the solvent (instead of wetting the part that needed cleaning) ... to clean the "pin" > I cleaned as good as I could with q-tips and then lightly sprayed a little brake cleaner at the base of the pin to try and get any grease out before I "glued" it (I put paper towels behind the metal plate and under the pin to prevent brake cleaner from dripping on anything).

The game is OK to play ... really pretty boring ... ball just kind of bounces a bit and then drains out ... the idea is to try and hit all the bumpers to spell "S-E-A I-S-L-E" ... Kind of cool when it rolls through the "collect bonus" or goes in the kickers and then it adds all the bonuses to your score ... When I got it > I was buying it more for the artwork and history .. didn't expect it to be a blast to play > and I was still disappointed ! LOL

Todd

Bruce,

Protective coating on stepping unit ??? Oh yes > I meant to do that ... LOL (not sure ... what coating?)

I went to Pinball Hall Of Fame once .... LOVED IT !!! Definitely go there when you in Vegas !!

Todd

singlezero > THANKS !

Nice playfield > Right ! I'm not sure what they did ... but PF held up great !!! Mine didn't even have glass in it when I got it (owner before me cleaned it up before I saw it) ... I couldn't believe how nice the PF was ... too bad they didn't have that good of a process for the back glass (mine had lots of paint loss and was touched up > mediocre job) .... I was just up near Ann Arbor, MI last weekend and bought a 1970's EM Jet Spin ... the guy had a some old wood rails he was going to fix up ... so much dust and dirt on PF you couldn't even see graphics, but he had cleaned off a spot on each one to see condition of PF > most looked great !! That's crazy !

PinballFever

Bruce !!!

I thought my one stepper was oxidized too ! ... turns out it's the one with protective coating !? LOL ... Good thing I didn't clean it too much !

Pinball Hall of Fame > I have only been once also ... LOVED IT !!! My friends were on an earlier flight out of Vegas > so had the cab driver drop me at PHOF on way to dropping them at airport .... WOW ... that place is Awesome !! I don't remember many OLDER games ... but I have always liked the 70's ones ... appreciation/awareness of the older ones if more recent .... I remember some 1960's pins ... maybe I missed the wood rails ... ?