Reeeealy..... If you feel extra awesome and have time on your hands, want to follow those switch wires back to the board so I can figure out why mine don't work?

More updates!

Updates:

1. Entire upper left backbox GI out - fixed (all bulbs were bad!!!)
2. Left GI (both white and green) out - fixed (per Redflash, yep it was cold joints on the relay board!!) This also fixed the upper playfield lights and upper lane lights which have never worked. There were a few broken wires under the upper mini playfield so soldered them back on.
3. Space Station doesn't align properly - Fixed! Q42 on MPU was bad. Replaced and station is working properly as well as lane changing. I had looked this over before and somehow missed it.
4. Left kickback not working. Switch seems to work - rebuilt coil and it is working great now
5. Someone hacked one of the vuk's so need to rewire it properly - rewired
6. The back right vuk is being held in place with a rubber ring (it works though!) mounted properly
7. Many of the board fuses are incorrect - (on order...this thing has ran with the same fuses for nearly 15 years so it should be fine until then)
8. First ball drain pause - Fixed! As Redflash stated, once the station was working correctly this no longer happened
9. Rear playfield yellow flashers not working - Felt around back there and there aren't any bulbs in the sockets. - on order

Everything that wasn't working is working now!

Also ordered some comet optix green LEDs for the condition green, and a few red ones for the backbox and the yellow/blue for the little playfield and upper lanes.

Decided to give some LED's a try. Added Optix for condition green and 2SMD's for the yellow and blue.

I'm really liking it. I think I'll finish it out for the rest of the white GI.
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Just joined the club....played it at a local collectors place and liked so I brought it home...super fun pin...

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Welcome to the club!

I put 4 double spot lights on mine, makes a BIG difference.

I saw that but these green led's are so bright there is no problem seeing the playfield. As people say, the pictures just don't do it justice. I bought both 2SMD and these to try. I would say these are twice as bright and the glow extends quite a bit further. Currently with normal incandescent GI, it is quite the change that when green mode starts and starts flashing it goes into slow motion and causes quite the sensory overload. I wasn't planning on doing the normal Gi, but the wife says now the normal lights seem too dim. I might just go with 1SMD cold whites. I really like the dramatic change from one to the other.

Also, I found one other issue. The gate on the right side that prevents the ball from going into the right kickout is missing. Doesn't look like you can get them anymore. I think it's a fairly common part though, or maybe not hard to make with the correct wire...

I use 2SMDs for GI in all my games, just white. I only color match inserts, never GI. I think it makes a massive difference for visibility.

But for the green mode in space station I only use 1SMDs, because it washes the playfield colors out too much for my taste.

Yea, I can understand that. I rather like it though. It's like a watery sea of green

Zablon there is a gate that works at Marco. It’s not labeled for space station. Maybe F-14. I can tell you which one it is when I’m back home this weekend.

The spots aren't used for Condition Green in my game, just a mix of white and purple to light the pf.

Would like to see a picture of that.

Here ya go. Looks better in real life.

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He's got purple LEDS under the apron, the spotlights, and other spots.

This is the pic I had seen and why I thought he only had it for green mode. Are they set up for both modes? I don't see a need for spotlights with my current config, but the purple is cool.

Hi fellow owners, I have a quick question regarding the station motor, I have it all ready to go back in but want to know if it matters what yellow wire goes to what side of the plug. Both the original motor and my replacement have yellow wires.

Got it taken care of, thanks everybody.

A purple 7 led strip in the center drain and one purple and one white bulb in each of the 4 spots, no purple in the rest of the game. Also my camera isn't very good so the colors look like crap.

Howdy yall. Just acquired a Space Station last weekend. Everything seems to be in order until this morning. Turning it on it reads, Adjust Switch 64. I know where its located but does this literally mean an adjustment or does this mean a replacement of some kind? When I played the right kicker/sling worked inconsistently. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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VampireKangaroo that means the switch has not been activated for 25 games. Clean the contacts and/or check that the scoring switching is aligned properly.

Will do. Thanks for the info!

Just a little heads up of something I found. I was cleaning posts and snapped the adjustable slingshot posts (top ones). They do not attach the same as the others do and have hex nuts under them. The part listed in the manual says these are (g) 02-4002-3. Marco's has this part # but they are 6/32 x 1-7/8" which are not long enough. The actual part is 2-3/8". The closest I could find is part 530-5008-00. I ordered a couple to see if these work, but the tops might be a bit too long and need trimmed down and they are also 8/32 at the top..but I think that can be made to work with the plastic nut caps that go there.

I had the same thing happen and just got a 3 inch screw from the store screwed up from the under side and cut to fit, done.

Just went through the set of new plastic's that came with my pin and I can't seem to find were this guy goes.He's not on the play field anywhere.Anyone know where he goes?...Cheers

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He doesn't. He's just a keyfob plastic (that doesn't have a hole). You should have another with a hole in it that looks like the space station.

It could be possible to drill a hole and bend a small piece of metal and mount it somewhere. But yes it is a extra piece. I have one as well.

Key fob, I was kinda thinking that,thanks.Mount it on the play field Hmmm.... I do not have the other space station plastic that you mentioned, bummer....great game though, our new favorite....Cheers.

I have been playing a lot of Space Station lately after it being down for a while while I stubbornly fixed the 3 bank opto board.

I notice that now the Change Shuttle/Station score target only changes Shuttle score. Shuttle is always lit and always changes when hit.

I know it used to alternate between Shuttle and Station but cant remember the logic. Still does this with the opto board unplugged so that didn't break it.

Anyone know what toggles between the two?

Any ideas what might be going on?

Thanks

Hah, we actually just had this discussion maybe 2-5 pages back. If you hit both flippers at the same time it should toggle it back and forth.

Thanks! I did all kinds of searches in this thread and others and never found it. I never knew that but think that is an excellently implemented feature for something so important.

As an update, I got the post and it 'works', but barely. It doesn't go very far into the threading so you can't put the nut on it. The top is 8-32 instead of 6-32 so the plastic nut doesn't fit either, and you will need to cut it down as it sticks out quite a bit. It will work short term but I think unless the actual part can be found I'll do the same as mymalibu and get a plain machine screw from a hardware store.

Hi
Does anyone have a jpeg of the cabinet art? I am looking to mage a stencil and need a jpeg or scan made from the cabinet.
Thanks.

Here’s what I got.

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Unfortunately I need a scan made off of the actual cabinet. Not just a pic of the side. Does anyone have one?

In the club! My 5th System 11.

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Welcome to the club.

Have you asked PinballPimp about stencils?

I have asked before and he said that there wasn't enough interest to carry it full time.
That being said, he was willing to do a one off.

I have a cabinet side off a damaged cabinet that I could scan. Unfortunately it is buried in a storage unit far away from me. If you can't get ahold of a scan let me know and I will try to get out there and find it and take some scans for you.

Anyone else have extremely weak pop bumpers or is it just me?

Oh that's to bad.

Mine are also weak, it's time for a rebuild but have not gotten to it yet!

Thanks radium. I will let you know.

I rebuilt mine when I cleared the play field. Unless I didn’t do something right. But they are unbelievable weak

perhaps if we generate enough interest he might cut a batch I'm in for 1