You said you had them working for a bit. The pins could of lost tension or oxidized making for a poor connection. Might be worth repinning and upgrading to a Molex connector.

I would also pull the interconnect board and see if you have any cracked or cold solder joints on the headers.

Good advice here. Also would do that on the relay boards. I managed to get one back to life with reflow on the board and then putting on a new connector.

Thanks guys, ill work on it more hopefully later today

Found my issue. Burnt connector on the relay board

hi SS owners

ok, let's admit i like this game, its on my wishlist, i know already about the good points...

i have a swap proposal versus my Transporter The Rescue (straight 1 VS 1), another great sys11, which is quite rare and not really usual/seen/played by lots of people

2 pins seems in quite good same state, than no doubt about the TTR value being higher than the SS

i'm stuned because i dont know what to do... would be nice to swap for just having another game home (until the next one, and so on), but than i push the TTR start button, and my mind said "how could you let this pin go away ?"... its not the first time (lol)

we all had that feeling already
now, what can you say to me to go for this swap !?

tanx

now, what can you say to me to go for this swap !?
tanx

What if you and another local collector swapped machines for 6 months and then swapped back again?

Brian.

I also Value the TTR higher & for me it would also be harder to part with

tanx guys...

well, no temporary swap possible, i didnt know the other guy, and we're not really close

in fact, after having played SS a lot on VPINBALL, i found myself to only aim for the right entry to the upper PF, and than while LOCK is/are ready, just shoot these ones... its not you "want" to aim for the targets, i mean only extra ball can push you to think of it (and also the left kickback)... now, not sure its the same on the real pin !?

on TTR, even if its still a SYS11 (and than quite simple), gameplay is more than equilibrate, and every parts of the PF could be a good choice soon or later in the game

but may be my point of view is too much axed from a "player" perspective

Not saying it's a good strategy, but it's what I do.
I love "Condition Green" too much.

I think Transporter has a higher value because it is more rare. Gameplay on Space Station is fun. Both good games. Either way is a good choice. I would probably keep TTR, because it might be hard to find another.

ok, tanx again guys

and after re-playing/testing more than few games of SS on VPX (which of course i know its not same as the real pin), i've decided to not go in that swap, TTR stay home for now

may be later about SS...

I'm in! Love me some System 11 (I've owned most of them)....finally found a reasonably prices SS....Shopped her out last week, put in Comet Frosted WW/Green in the GI and color matched inserts. Went with clear bumper caps so the artwork on the plastics above them aren't washed out (It's not as dim in real life, i adjusted the pic brightness down a bit). I don't typically "stray" from the OEM form, but i hated how the red caps washed things out.

Super happy with it!!

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Where cN you buy the green display?

It came with the game. It's made by rottendog...and honestly i don't really care for it. Would gladly trade for an orange one.

Id trade if my original orange wasnt messed up. Really want a green for condition green mode

Well if i end up buying a set outright, i'll offer my green ones to you.

Sweet, thanks and let me know!

Space Station is fun, but it is more known for it's light show and music which are top notch.

As for that right ramp? I rarely hit it. Mostly the left loop and try to spam the drop targets as much as possible.

Yup, the sound and light show are essentially the reason I keep holding on to this one! Well, this and because it was my first pin. Ha

SS is one of my favorites - love the unique lower playfield geometry, the rules are simple but fun, and the "condition green" is just about the coolest thing in pinball...

the wire gate in front of the space station broke off on my game while playing last night , part # 12-6752 so far I have been unable to find this anywhere does anyone have one on hand or could someone provide a source where I might be able to get one ?

This happened to me too! I ended up getting some piano wire (https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/keywordsearch?SEARCH_STRING=piano) and bending it myself. Sorry, I forgot which wire thickness I used -- I ordered a few and the thicker ones were impossible to bend into the correct shape.

Where is there a wire gate in front of the space station?

It's underneath the station toy to protect the multiball kickout.

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Ok. I do have that. I thought you meant on the ramp.

Looking at it, that thing is going to take a lot of direct hit abuse. No wonder they break

I may end up going this route , I do have the wire bending jig & collection of wires that come in the set/kit that Marco sells as I had to buy that a few years ago to make one that was also unavailable for my Torpedo Alley

Search my posts in this thread I’m pretty sure I found one from Marco that worked.

Oh cool! I wish I had seen / remembered your post when I needed one.
Tempted to order one anyways...

Link for quick reference: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/space-station-club-members-only/page/39#post-4128547

I have a question on rubbers. The kit gave me the usuap hard to read instructions, and im trying to figire out if i have the tapered rubber in the right place. I pulled one off next to the ramp, so i put a new one on, but ipdb has a tapered one in front of the pop bumper, not at the ramp. Which way is correct? Attached pics of what im looking at.

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Also, in attract mode, do the green lights come on at all or no? The repay clicks, turns gi off, but is the green supposed to come on at that point?

I have regular sleeves at the ramp entrance, and a tapered one near the lock exit. All the sleeves near the pops and targets are regular ones.

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Yes, green should switch on periodically in attract. There are also points during attract where the GI turns off, and the green does not come on. The green is actually infrequent.

Ok, the kit has 2 tapered and thats what i had originally. Ill probably just keep it how i have it. Ill check the green mode after i get my leds tomorrow. Thanks!!

She says condition green in attract mode when the green turns on

This is what I did too.

I have a NOS Space Station playfield for sale if anyone is looking, $750 shipped in the lower 48. PM me if interested.. Thanks. MustangPaul

Awesome. Thank you

Which relay controls the right half of the backbox gi? I have 1 strand out

Got it up and going for the most part with some bugs. Right side backbox gi doesnt work, left side condition green is out, letter t in shuttle, the right release insert light only has 1 wire with no nroken wires anywhere, the ball gets stuck in the shuttle kinda often, and i need a stronger spring for the plunger. Oh, and a flipper rebuild

Left green lights are working now. Just have to sort out backbox lights now

Station? You can adjust the height of the diverter with the mounting screw under the station.

I dont think height is the problem. It doesnt line up exactally right every time when it turns

It is turning clockwise or counter clockwise?
It should only turn counter clockwise.
The motor who is turning the diverter is an ac motor.
So it can it normally turn both direction.
The clockwise direction is blocked by the gearbox attached to the motor.
If your diverter is turning clockwise too then one gear in the gearbox is worn.
Then there are two options:
- change of the gear
- change of the whole motor with gearbox

The diverter can only align correctly if its turning counter clockwise. The optos are otherwise registering the wrong position as stop.

Greetings from germany
Jürgen

Great info! I think its going counter, but i will verify.

Fyi, left side green is working now, but right side is not. Think ill rebuild all relay connectors and pins.