Lots of Firepower II posts in the regular Firepower Club...thought that this might be a decent idea since someone suggested it.

Well, I'm a piker then...I have yet to break 1.5 million...

Tell me about your backglass...is that touched up or is it blue LEDs?

I have a spare FP2 backglass that is probably about a 6.5 on a scale of 1-10...would love to know about touching that one up.

Wow. Just wow.

I'm a warm white LED person...

It looks like that resistor (or whatever it is) is backwards.
I know nothing about boards...I send them to an expert. (But if you look at the lines, they seem backwards on the big one).
Lemme see if I can coax my expert to weigh in. (I just sent him a link)
He may be able to help out with the sound chip and NVRAM.

I'm not sure which sound chip it is... I know it was used in several different games--pins and video games--

I'm also not sure if you can download the sound as part of the ROMs listed here

https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?any=firepower+ii

I can see where color matched LEDs would make some sense with a distressed backglass.

My playfield is worn to the wood between 1 and 7...I have two artists who will reproduce the original appearance.
It sounds horrible but it really isn't.
I picked up the Createx opaque airbrush set last week. (The same guys are going to do the touchups to Blackout after I replace the inserts).

I saw a FP2 at the Pinball at the Zoo show this year and it wasn't working.
I've never actually seen another working FP2 in person.
There was one at Allentown last year that started smoking...gotta get the bridge rectifier done....

I bought a FP2 glass that is much better than the one that came with my pin but still could stand a couple of dots of paint. I'd really like to give the original glass a serious try simply to practice. (Blackout needs it too and while I plan to replace that, I would rather do it after I get pin #3--it may be that the Blackout glass is so busy that it would be tough to notice touchups)

We need some scans. My set of plastics is incomplete. (my 31-521-13 is broken--that is adjacent to the shooter lane exti and just under the curve by the exit of the ramp).
I've been talking to a guy via DM about this. He wants me to scan, send him the scans and then he's going to clean up/format the images or whatever and then send them to someone (CPR?) for this purpose...I just need to get around to removing the plastics and getting them to the scanner--but FP2 is my only working pin at the moment.

Welcome to the club!
Great looking playfield! (I'm jealous).
How are your plastics? If you see the note above--I'm dragging my feet on tearing mine down...Do you have access to a scanner? Would you be willing to scan and supply those scans to the vendor? (if you are in a position to do this, I can put you in touch with the guy I've been messaging for technical specs for the scans).

They don't yet make a hardtop but they do make a mylar playfield protector.

Is there any interest in some custom rule cards for Firepower II (I'm not the guy who makes stuff like that...I just ordered some for another pin and asked the guy to stop by here if he could whip something up)

Apparently, I have no influence.
Check out there are several Williams technical problem threads that are frequented by more experienced pinheads than I am. Go to the forum page and search for the problem. It may have already been covered and the answer could be easy. I think there is a "club" or two dedicated to Williams 3-7 machines and they discuss technical issues.

I'm curious to find out what the issue is. I think it looks like that component might be backwards. Also a slight chance that the rating is different from what the schematic calls for. (that could go either way though...bigger physical size suggests different size to me--but wouldn't it actually be smaller if it replaced an old one?--but the color suggests that it is the proper capacity...) Very curious what is causing the problem.

FP2 is/was my first pin. I bought it at an estate auction. It would not boot or credit but GI would come on and the test button for the sound chip worked. Batteries were off the board but they were corroded and the corrosion had crept up the lead. The boards looked fine. There was a back box key but there wasn't a coin door key.

I bought it because it looked a lot better than the Gottlieb CountDown that had the replacement board in the cabinet did (that one ended up going for $150). I also would have been dead if I had brought home TWO pinball project machines without ever having successfully resurrected one. FP2 also looked more fun to play. It had a ramp. And I really liked the first Firepower.

I was able to tombstone it while it was on it's legs and then a dude with a forklift came over and took it to my van. ONce at the van I was able to take the legs off one at a time and slide the pin into the back of the van. Once home, I called my buddy over and we put the legs back on got it onto the enclosed back porch. I plugged it in, turned it on and just looked at it. The backglass paint was crazed. A day or two later I drilled the lock and was pleasantly surprised at how clean it was inside the cabinet. There were lots of fuses and screws and springs in there along with $1.50 in quarters. I ordered a new battery holder, and never put it on. I sent off the boards to be rebuilt and added NVRAM. I ordered some warm white LEDs and a new rubber kit, plastics protectors and lots of other miscellaneous stuff--including some new legs. I ended up doing some connector repinning and a few other minor things. When I got the boards I waited a week to install them because I was afraid that it wouldn't work when I installed them. It did work. My machine isn't perfect (some playfield wear, and four light sockets that either don't function or function intermittently and I have a standup target with the pad partially missing--I have the replacement target and the pad). I just discovered that there is a gate on the exit of the shooter lane and replaced it with the exact same part that was also used on Blackout. (Working on that project). I ended up getting a replacement backglass that is MUCH better than the one that came with the machine. Oh, my cab is excellent--easily a 9.2 out of 10.

So, I see what others say about FP2 being a little "off." I don't think of it as a weakness, I think of it as skills building. I am a better pinball player because I have and play this pin. My ball times are longer on location and at shows while playing other pins. I think that early eighties SS games are great and that you get TONS of pinball for the price. While not regarded as highly as some classic games like Firepower, Blackout, Flash Gordon, Silverball Mania...FP2 is definitely a solid player. Personally, I think it would fit best in a medium to large lineup. It is solidly of its time and is much faster than some other early pins. At this point, I've had it for 11 months and it has been functional for 9. I'd do it again in a minute.

My Blackout project is much more in-depth...once the boards are back on that one and it is functional--this one really is a project-- the plan is to tear down the playfield on FP2 and install a mylar protector over the artist repainted touchups and rebuild the flippers and bumpers. Also planning to put wedge style light sockets in the bumpers and replace the target and the intermittent bayonet sockets.

I have been tweaking FP2...just small adjustments here and there: a slight shift of a standup target so it is more evenly spaced, cleaning/burnishing/adjusting contacts, slightly increased playfield angle and that gate have really made this pin rock.

I just got these apron cards in the mail and they look great!

Thanks Mr_Tantrum !

I contacted a possible vendor directly to ask about scans.
Apparently, in the super secret world of 35 year old pinball machines it is easy to "step in it" which I have done.

Do any of you have a full set of plastics that you would be willing to part with for a time?
Anyone have a perfect backglass?

I inquired about a backglass also.

It is a fun and underrated pin for sure.

I love the sound chip.

2 here as well. I never saw anything in the manual about the number of balls to put in the machine. I had to ask too.

Most copies of FP2 that I see are either trashed or not working.
I would think that someone, someday will do a hardtop or a repro playfield.
I wouldn't wait if you see it offered. My guess is that it'll be once for a short time and done.