i wish i could take credit for this idea, but kudos goes to chrisbee... 
needed a break from working on another machine, so i installed "the fonz mod" on my jacks open today... 
sadly, the fonz was MUCH cooler looking than me... 
it's been a long day... plus this took a bit more experimentation than i planned on to make it work... 
Quoted from ccotenj:plus this took a bit more experimentation than i planned on to make it work...
I think I'll pass on the Fonz mod Chris. With my arthritis I will most likely break my wrist. Sad but true. Sign of the times. Old Farts with broken parts.
Ken
Quoted from EM-PINMAN:I think I'll pass on the Fonz mod Chris. With my arthritis I will most likely break my wrist. Sad but true. Sign of the times. Old Farts with broken parts.
Ken
i hear ya on that... i wired it in series with the start button, otherwise i'd likely end up doing the same thing if i started it with the "bang" every time...
Quoted from thepinballworks:I have one that does that. Nice!
thanks... i think it's pretty cool... got approval from swmbo as well, which is always a positive... she's a "tilter" to begin with, so the idea of starting a game with a good rap appeals to her...
Quoted from Pin-it:Hey,wheres Potsie?
poor potsie... he always got the short end of the stick...
at least my potbelly is gone these days...
@pin-it...
tying back to the other thread.... simply rewiring to the slam switch didn't work (which i should have realized before i started, since its a normally closed switch 
)... at first i thought itvwas gonna because it started the machine, but when i tried it out with a ball in the game and the ball rolled over the trough switch, it started a new game...
then i tried a normally open bounce switch... after futzing with that for quite awhile trying to gap it so that it would only "bounce" once, i gave up on that idea... even when i got it so it only bounced once the majority of the time, exuberant play would cause it to bounce again and restart the game...
finally i scavenged a coin entry switch off an old hacked up wiring harness... removed the anti-bounce thingie, mounted it where the slam switch was on the door, and gapped it real tight... that was the ticket... zapped myself twice before i realized that i shoulda put the big fish paper insulation piece (that was on the slam switch) between the switch and the door... 
works pretty reliably... with the tight gap, you don't have to hit it real hard, but the switch doesn't close when the machine is shaken hard...
Quoted from ccotenj:works pretty reliably... with the tight gap, you don't have to hit it real hard, but the switch doesn't close when the machine is shaken hard...
Just hope its not nudge sensitive ,getting a high score then it resets. 
Full test implementation is in order.
Speaking from experience.
A truck i built i had shaved the door handles of which i put a pair of solenoids inline with the door handle linkage controlled by relays which were then controlled by a wireless remote for outside access or two press buttons on the inside cab dash mounted.
One day it was raining and the wiper motor was giving communication interference between the remote transmitter and the receiver,thank god i left the rear window latch unlocked.
Left it slightly latched all the time,couple of bumps got it unlatched ,reach inside press the dash button good to go. 
yea, it needs to be beta tested now... i'm gonna let swmbo and my bestie have at it for awhile... if neither one of them can make it reset during gameplay, i'll consider it "ready for production"... since she tilts a game at least half the time, and he shakes the machine constantly (for no real discernable reason... ), if it survives them, it should be good...
hey, that's a pretty cool "truck mod"... must have been quite a panic moment when you realized what was going on though...
Quoted from PappyBoyington:Love it! I still say "perfectamoondo" sometimes.
ah darn, i shoulda dropped a "perfectamoondo" at the end of the vid...
Quoted from ccotenj:ah darn, i shoulda dropped a "perfectamoondo" at the end of the vid...
Or snap your fingers and have chicks running over to you.
Quoted from Pin-it:Or snap your fingers and have chicks running over to you.
sadly, that never worked for me...
even if it did not, swmbo may be small, but she is tough... i wouldn't be in any condition to play pinball for awhile if that happened... 
Quoted from ccotenj:hey, that's a pretty cool "truck mod"... must have been quite a panic moment when you realized what was going on though...
Yeah ,^^freaked me out just a little bit.
Note to self > Turn wipers off before leaving truck.
Also set it up so that the Oem lock/unlock knob connected to the door latch linkage,just in case any electrical malfunction occured.
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