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The Dirty Harry Club

By Mato

10 years ago


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#831 5 years ago

Any ideas how to protect this expensive left ramp? I noticed (not my game in below image but my arrows added) that the metal protectors on the ramp both are “bent inward” from the banging they get from both the upper flipper and the playfield mounted gun.

My DH looks just like this and has the colored cliffy posts and they appear to be slightly narrower than the old black or yellow standby ...

Would a black or yellow rubber in these 2 posts help keep those metal protectors from popping back into the flat face of each side of the ramp? (And thus potentially save it from cracking over time).

Are there even “fatter” post rubbers that would help ? Even to the point that they make that ramp a little harder to hit.

Other solutions you all have thought about?

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#833 5 years ago
Quoted from djreddog:

I don’t have pics readily available of my Dirty Harry, but on all of my games with ramps or lock shots that have posts like that I also replace with fat rubbers. See my T2 below as an example.

Great idea. I just put those on my Fire (standard spec item). Can you still make the ramp with the gun?

#835 5 years ago
Quoted from djreddog:

I don’t have pics readily available of my Dirty Harry, but on all of my games with ramps or lock shots that have posts like that I also replace with fat rubbers. See my T2 below as an example.

So does anyone know what spacer or sleeve is used ABOVE these bell or taper post sleeves?

I cut some custom ones from some old straight post sleeves I had around but I’m sure there is a standard part.

In the image below (not my game) it’s the milky white colored thing above the yellow tapered post sleeve

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#836 5 years ago
Quoted from MT45:

So does anyone know what spacer or sleeve is used ABOVE these bell or taper post sleeves?
I cut some custom ones from some old straight post sleeves I had around but I’m sure there is a standard part.
In the image below (not my game) it’s the milky white colored thing above the yellow tapered post sleeve

So ... if you ever want to add bell shaped post sleeves to any game (DH included), Lloyd was kind enough to link the part at Marco

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/mystery-spacer-calling-all-pinball-detectives#post-4377968

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#841 5 years ago
Quoted from Scoot:

Hello everyone! I have finally purchased my first pin and it is no other than Dirty Harry. Very challenging machine I have to admit, as it took me 20 or so games just to get a replay. But was so excited to do so. The ramps are so tough and hitting a ricochet is insane. I’m loving this game the more I play it. The pin hasn’t been serviced or even cleaned for 15 years, but the guy I bought it from was super nice and I think I got a great deal.
I am adding a few things like leds and new rubbers, and was thinking about adding either decals or mirror blades. Which would look better? I already have on order the back decal.

I like both but have the mirror blades installed (see below pic for a bit of them in the image)

However, the art blades look fantastic in this image from Robert Stone

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-dirty-harry-club/page/16#post-4095865

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#842 5 years ago

Installed the Dirty Harry police badge I got from Ebay - used a little E6000 to temp glue it in place on the apron wire

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#848 5 years ago
Quoted from Scoot:

Thought I'd touch up the safe house and warehouse a little bit. They looked a little blah.

Buildings look fantastic... Nice work

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#864 5 years ago
Quoted from Scoot:

I decided to install my cliffy protectors last night with much reservation. Four hours, three beers, and two bloody fingers later, I finally got them installed. After I put everything back together, I proceeded to rack up my best score yet. The pinball gods must have had pitty on me. So totally worth the hassle.

Nice work. Those ramps aint easy

#865 5 years ago
Quoted from Kensurfs:

Dirty Harry Topper finally finished. Smith & Wesson Model 29 (replica), Police Badge, Harry Callahan ID Card, 44 Magnum Speed Loader.

Wow. Stunning!!

2 years later
#1276 3 years ago
Quoted from PAR:

So I've resolved several issues on my project DH, to the point where the game boots and plays. Now I'm chasing down other problems. On power up/boot, the auto plunger coil pulses 4 times, also ocassionally the gun launch will do the same. I know these are on the same voltage connection #2 & #3. One thing that I am wondering about since they can both be actuated by the ball launch switch, gun handle trigger switch 11, and I assembled this project from parts, is there a diode missing from the mix some where that I failed to account for?
Thoughts and advice appreciated!

I had the very same issue ...

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/dirty-harry-gun-magazine-solenoid-firing-multiple-times

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