I'm a member now! I purchased an already torn down Statgate without teardown pictures :p

Thanks to QuarterGrabber though, I have 107 pictures of his teardown to help me out.

Can't wait to get this machine going.

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Do you have any pics of the teardown you could share?

Ha! I'm not sure yet. Just being overly cautious. I started cleaning up the ramps with a Dremel today. It's amazing what a little wire brushing can do! I'm waiting on a scanner to arrive to fix up some wear spots on the playfield. I'll probably start putting it together later next week.

I realize that it's a large favor. Could someone please take a close up picture of the clock readout "2:45" that's on the bomb by the pyramid? I am cleaning up this area in photoshop and hope to make a decal. I can't find a nice, clear picture of this clock. Thanks.

Thanks! I already spent the day faking it. These are just test prints and there's some tweaking to do. I've never done anything like this. So, I'm learning as I go. Ignore the bad color match. I'm using crumby scrap paper. image.jpeg

Does anyone have a rubber parts list? I have so many spare rubbers from buying kits. I'd rather just buy what I need. Judging by Google images, the list appears to be a well kept secret.

Awesome. Thanks!

I'm having trouble figuring out which resistors are in the light box. The manual says 3.3 ohm 7 watt, but the color code on the ones present in the machine are nothing like that. Admittedly, I'm a novice at reading resistor codes. Anybody know more about this?

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You rock! Thanks

I purchased the digi key resistors you linked to. They aren't banded like the originals. Is that correct?

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Check out this charred spot under the playfield! Is there anyway I can make sure this doesn't happen again?image.jpeg

My auto launch only worked if I pulled the shooter tip back a bit, so I put some post rubbers on the shaft to keep the rod pulled out more. It's a bit of a hack, but it works now.

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Both wizards, same game. Now if only my U8 chip would show up so I can tell what score I got.

Also, how do you start Sandstorm mode?

My DMD shows random garbage during some animations when I first turn it on. After 10 mins it works perfectly. Any ideas?

I have tried that. No luck. I'm just wondering what 10 mins of operation does to fix the issue. Cold solder somewhere? Does something on the high voltage section of the display driver board need replacing or reheated?

I don't have the most recent Roms. I was putting that off, but I may just have to bite the bullet and buy them.

The painted figurines look great! I'm going to try that.

Hold both flipper buttons in before you launch the ball, and you won't hear "Shoot the Pyramid" or "Up the Middle" for that game. If playing multiplayer, each person has to do it to cancel the call outs for their game.

How far left and right does your glider move? If it has limited range because it is sitting too low on the motor shaft, it can't activate the side to side switch. This switch must activate or the glider won't come out.

That may not be your issue. That's just what happened to me, and it took me forever to figure out.

My two misconceptions were that the left-right switch had nothing to do with it extending, and that the glider cans be adjusted to sit higher on the motor shaft.

You have to turn tournament mode on. It's a toggle switch. The menu will then change allowing for a freeplay option.