How tall are the correct legs on a Firepower? Mine are 28.5" (chrome, non ribbed), but my Firepower lockbar sits at about 68.5" off the ground, even with the front levelers all the way down, and it feels pretty high. Is this the correct height for this era of machine?

This site tells me that they should be 27"

https://www.flippers.be/basics/101_pinball_leg_length.html

But other sites have conflicting information.

Thanks!
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bernie

Thanks, I must have the correct legs then. It just seems like my lockbar is very high (about 68.5"). But maybe that is normal for this era. I don't have anything else to compare it to besides more modern games, and they are about 2 inches lower.

Could someone confirm how tall their lockbar is on their firepower (or similar era game)? Just so I can quit thinking about it.

Thanks!
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bernie

Ha, yes I mean 38.5". I mis typed that in two posts...

Is it really a firepower without cupped and raised inserts though? JK, looks awesome.

Local bar has a couple playfield coffee tables. One is a Firepower.

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No, that would have been pretty cool if they were.

I used a file. It worked pretty good, but it scraped the old ones up, if you care about that.

On another note, if I screw the top of my replacement left lane guide down, the ball won't fit in the outline. I have to unscrew it a little and lift it up. I would be curious to know if you have the same issue with your new lane guide.

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bernie

Are any other switches not working in the same row or column in the matrix?

https://www.pinitech.com/switch_database.php?name=Williams_Firepower

Reseating the connections on the board for the switches has fixed issues for me when I realised an entire row is out.

Make sure not only your connectors are making good contact by reseating them, but also that the wires are actually seated in the connector well. I have had to sort of resseat the wires even. Beyond that I do not know.

Mine will also do this. Haven't seen any rhyme or reason to it.

Jack played a couple games. But then he blew a fuse and didn't have a replacement.

He said it was an all original very low play example. It looked 9/10. I was surprised that the inserts weren't cupped even for a low play machine.

I upgraded the flippers in my firepower per the Vid guide. If I remember correctly I reused the old leaf switch on my new flipper mechs in order to get the lane switching to work right. Or at least that was the quickest fix in the moment with the parts I had. Works great.